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In 'Intimacies, Received,' moments of intimacy come tangled with moments of violence

2:30pm September 27, 2022

by Jeevika Verma

Taneum Bambrick's second collection of poems portrays how moments of intimacy can represent moments of violence – and how difficult it can be to untangle the two from each other.

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Law professor unearths cases of racial violence from the Jim Crow era

1:24pm September 27, 2022

by Dave Davies

In her new book, By Hands Now Known, Margaret Burnham reports on little-known cases of racial violence in the Jim Crow era, including crimes that went unreported and murderers who were never punished.

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A novelist's time in the MMA cage informed his book on memory loss and identity

1:57pm September 26, 2022

by Dave Davies

John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, is about a veteran MMA fighter struggling to remember everyday things. Originally broadcast June 2022.

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Kwame Alexander's new book about slavery is 'Door of No Return'

7:46am September 26, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Morning Edition's poet-in-resident Kwame Alexander about his new Young Adult book: The Door of No Return.

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You can now buy the longest book in existence, but it's not meant to be read

5:59am September 26, 2022

At 21,450 pages — think 15 copies of War and Peace stacked on top of each other — One Piece includes every panel of the long-running Japanese comic of the same name.

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'Less' offers more in Andrew Sean Greer's follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning novel

5:01am September 26, 2022

by Maureen Corrigan

Greer's new comic novel, Less is Lost, is as funny and poignant as its predecessor. But comedy also arises out of pain and Greer smoothly transitions into the profound.

Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Ser Criston (Fabien Frankel) discuss country matters.

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'House of the Dragon' episode 6: From here to paternity

10:16pm September 25, 2022

by Glen Weldon

On HBO's Game of Thrones spin-off, questions around several characters' lineage turn the show into one long episode of medieval Maury.

Angelina Ballerina, written by Katharine Holabird and illustrated by Helen Craig

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40 years after she took the stage, 'Angelina Ballerina' is still dancing

7:55am September 25, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

Angelina is a determined little mouse in a pink tutu who dreams of becoming a ballerina. Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig revisit their beloved character, the star of more than 25 picture books.

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Kamila Shamsie's novel 'Best of Friends' asks if all friendships are meant to last

9:21am September 24, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kamila Shamsie about her novel, "Best of Friends," which follows the relationship between two women from their childhoods in Pakistan to adulthood in London.

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New Yorker writer Hua Hsu's coming of age memoir 'Stay True' is out now

8:15am September 24, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hua Hsu about his new memoir "Stay True," a deep dive into the author's coming of age, the nature of close friendship, and grief.

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