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Really listening to someone else's convictions in 'The Believer' by Sarah Krasnostein

10:57am March 03, 2022

by Kristen Martin

The author offers six profiles that include a Buddhist death doula, a student of the paranormal, the staff at the Creation Museum, and a woman who was imprisoned for her abusive husband's murder.

Sarah Polley on the medical advice that inspired her to confront memories of her pain

4:41pm March 02, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with actress, director and writer Sarah Polley about her new book, Run Towards the Danger.

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She sees life through the lens of books in 'Checkout 19'

5:48am March 02, 2022

by Lily Meyer

The protagonist of Clare-Louise Bennett's novel is a determinedly unfixed and unrooted person who marks time through which writers she has read.

'New York Times' writer Frank Bruni on what losing eyesight taught him about life

4:55pm March 01, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Frank Bruni about his new book The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, a memoir about the author partially losing his eyesight.

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A woman finds as many constraints in America as at home in India in 'Border Less'

5:39am March 01, 2022

by Martha Anne Toll

The character in Namrata Poddar's novel works in a call center and dreams of a new life in the U.S. but once there, she and other emigrants feel "othered" at work and in daily life.

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'What My Bones Know' is Stephanie Foo's memoir on living with complex PTSD

8:53am February 27, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Sarah McCammon speaks with author and journalist Stephanie Foo about her new book, "What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma."

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Beyoncé collaborator Warsan Shire releases her first full collection of poetry

8:12am February 27, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Warsan Shire's poetry rocketed into public view when she collaborated with Beyoncé on the visual album "Lemonade." Sarah McCammon asks Shire about her first full collection of poetry.

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'Checkout 19' encapsulates a lifelong love affair with the magic of books

7:59am February 26, 2022

by Scott Simon

An English schoolgirl discovers the power of reading, writing and imagination in the new novel, "Checkout 19." Scott Simon speaks with author Claire-Louise Bennett about her story.

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Frederick Douglass biographer traces the rise of a legendary abolitionist and orator

1:33pm February 25, 2022

by Dave Davies

David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. Originally broadcast in 2018.

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Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, Liza Donnelly

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'Very Funny Ladies' sketches out the history of women cartoonists at 'The New Yorker'

5:30am February 25, 2022

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Liza Donnelly has had a long career writing and drawing cartoons for The New Yorker. In her latest book, she continues her examination of the history of women cartoonists and the storied magazine.