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May's YA Brings Unlikely Connections Between Very Different Stories

5:00am May 23, 2021

by Caitlyn Paxson

At first glance, The Ones We're Meant to Find and Luck of the Titanic don't have much in common — one's historical, one's dystopia. But as you read, you'll see surprising thematic connections.

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In David Yoon's New Novel, Resetting The Internet To 'Version Zero'

10:03am May 22, 2021

by Scott Simon

David Yoon draws on his own experience working in tech for his new novel, about a disillusioned data whiz who decides to, literally, reboot the internet — with some catastrophic consequences.

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For May, 3 Romances About Staying True To Your Passions, Whatever They May Be

5:00am May 22, 2021

by Maya Rodale

This month, Romancelandia brings us three tales of staying true to what you love, whether that's old cars, wedding dresses or even a grade school crush — while still pursuing the future you want.

A writer and trauma therapist specialist explores how weight lifting can help heal emotional trauma.

How Weight Lifting Helped One Writer Work Through Her PTSD

7:20pm May 21, 2021

by Maggie Mertens

A personal trainer and trauma specialist explores how a mindful approach to strength training can help people heal emotional trauma.

Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't), by Alex Bezzerides

We've Been Evolving For Millions Of Years, So Why Are Our Bodies So Flawed?

6:40am May 21, 2021

by Barbara J. King

In his debut book Evolution Gone Wrong, Alex Bezzerides mixes the technical anatomical stuff we need to know with vivid examples and humorous phrases — in offering us some answers.

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'Unsettled Ground' Lets Its Oddballs Stay Defiantly Odd

5:00am May 20, 2021

by Ilana Masad

Claire Fuller's beautifully written new novel follows 51-year-old twins who never left home, forced finally to cope with the outside world and some unpleasant family secrets after their mother dies.

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Rachel Cusk's 'Second Place' Offers Sharp Perceptions About Love And Creativity

1:27pm May 19, 2021

by John Powers

A writer offers up her guest house to a famous painter in hope that something transcendent will happen. But he's selfish, amoral and flagrantly misogynistic — and monstrously at ease with all this.

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Sebastian Junger Tackles The Idea Of 'Freedom' But Arrives At No Conclusion

10:52am May 19, 2021

by Michael Schaub

Freedom, Junger's latest book, follows the author and a group of acquaintances as they embark on a long walk from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh, tracing railroad lines.

Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice, Yusef Salaam

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One Of The Falsely Accused Central Park Five Tells His Story In 'Better, Not Bitter'

6:35pm May 18, 2021

by Ericka Taylor

In 1989, five kids were falsely accused of the brutal rape of a Central Park jogger. Yusef Salaam writes about systemic racism — and how his family and faith got him through seven years in prison.

Seth Rogen and his producing partner Evan Goldberg recently founded a company that sells marijuana.

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Seth Rogen On The Comedy Advice He Got At 12 That He Still Thinks About

4:40pm May 18, 2021

by Terry Gross

Rogen's first comedy teacher taught him to write material based on conflict, so he focused his first stand-up routine on his grandparents. His new book of personal essays is Yearbook.

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