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'One True Loves' stirs a journey to a successful future with a bit of love

11:09am January 06, 2022

by Alethea Kontis

Elise Bryant tells a fantastic tale full of shenanigans and escapades, while also delving into deeper issues of race and the perception of a successful future for young people of color.

Ambiguous loss describes a type of distress many of us have experienced over the last two years, as the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted and eroded many parts of life. Author and therapist Pauline Boss' book explains how ambiguous loss works and how to

When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges

4:42pm January 05, 2022

by Graison Dangor

Over the last two years, many have experienced a kind of ambiguous loss as we have lived with isolation and uncertainty in the pandemic. Author and therapist Pauline Boss explains how to move forward.

The container ship Hyundai Hope is loaded in Norfolk, Va., on Dec. 1, 2021.

The global supply chain is amazingly efficient. So why did it break down?

1:17pm January 05, 2022

by Dave Davies

"Americans went on a shopping spree as soon as lockdown started, and we haven't really stopped," journalist Christopher Mims says. His book, Arriving Today, goes inside the global supply chain.

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In 'The Maid,' a devoted hotel cleaning lady is a prime murder suspect

7:47am January 05, 2022

by Bethanne Patrick

In Nita Prose's debut, a guest at a fancy urban hotel lies dead and the main suspect is Molly Gray, a devoted member of the cleaning staff who recognizes she has "trouble with social situations."

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A 1962, near-mint copy of 'The Incredible Hulk' comic sells for record price

5:32am January 05, 2022

The comic, in which the Hulk appears in his original grey, not his signature green, sold for almost half a million dollars at auction. It's the most expensive copy of the first Hulk story ever sold.

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'Fiona and Jane' captures a friendship's intensity, loyalty and occasional torment

5:04pm January 04, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jean Chen Ho about her new book, Fiona and Jane. It describes how two Taiwanese American women who grew up in Los Angeles grow apart and find their way back to each other.

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After serving as the lead manager for the ultimately unsuccessful second Trump impeachment, Rep. Jamie Raskin became a member of the House select committee looking into the Jan. 6 attacks.

After his son's suicide and the Jan. 6 attack, Rep. Jamie Raskin is not giving up

3:21pm January 04, 2022

by Terry Gross

Raskin's son died just days before the Capitol insurrection. Now Raskin serves on the House select committee charged with investigating the Jan. 6 attack. His new memoir is Unthinkable.

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'Fiona and Jane' is a life-sized story of true friendship

11:16am January 04, 2022

by Ilana Masad

Jean Chen Ho's debut work of fiction focuses on a long-standing friendship that rings, sometimes terribly, true, as the girls-turned-women face the trials and tribulations of life.

Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy, by Jamie Raskin

Rep. Jamie Raskin searches for answers in 'Unthinkable' journey of trauma and grief

9:35am January 04, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

In a new memoir, the Democratic congressman recounts a year of loss and grief after the death of son Tommy — and a motivation to right the wrongs that occurred on Jan. 6.

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Greenblatt's book argues growing intolerance in the U.S. threatens democracy

6:44am January 04, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, about the growth of hate and systemic violence in the U.S. His new book is called: It Could Happen Here.

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