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Meena Kandasamy Claims Space For Herself In 'Exquisite Cadavers'

7:00am November 08, 2020

by Jenny Bhatt

Meena Kandasamy's new novel is ostensibly about a married couple in London dealing with storms both intimate and geopolitical — but the writer also manages to work her own story into the margins.

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60 Years Later, Ruby Bridges Tells Her Story In 'This Is Your Time'

8:59am November 07, 2020

by Scott Simon

Bridges was the little girl depicted in that famous Norman Rockwell painting — the first Black student at her New Orleans elementary school. Now, she's written a book to tell kids her story.

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A pre-pandemic Seattle supermarket boasts row after row of prepackaged snacks. Even before the pandemic put extra stress on grocery workers, keeping shelves stocked with the variety Americans have come to expect took a hidden toll on producers, distributo

'Secret Life Of Supermarkets' Shines A Light On Bounty's Dark Side

7:00am November 07, 2020

by John Henning Schumann

Keeping U.S. markets filled with a dazzling array of choices relies on an army of farmers, suppliers, truckers and retail workers. What's gained and lost as all that food makes its way to the shelves?

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If You Could Administer 'Instant Karma,' What Would You Do?

7:00am November 07, 2020

by Alethea Kontis

Marissa Meyer's new novel follows a girl who — after a karaoke rendition of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and a blow to the head — develops the ability to visit swift retribution on wrongdoers.

Future Presidents Should Be Held More Accountable, 'After Trump' Author Says

1:43pm November 05, 2020

by Terry Gross

Jack Goldsmith, former legal counsel to George W. Bush's White House, says no matter when Trump leaves office, his successor will face tough questions about how to reconstruct the battered presidency.

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The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War, by Delphine Minoui

Amid Violence And Tragedy, A Library Brings Hope In 'The Book Collectors'

10:57am November 05, 2020

by Martha Anne Toll

Journalist Delphine Minoui tells the true tale of a young man who refused to escape the terrors of Assad's regime in Syria, instead working with friends to make a library — a beacon of hope.

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'The Harpy' Doesn't Need Monsters To Break Up A Marriage

10:00am November 04, 2020

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

If you expect the heroine of Megan Hunter's new novel to turn into an actual harpy, you'll be disappointed; The Harpy is actually a quiet, slightly surreal meditation on a failing marriage.

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In Her New Collection, Nicole Krauss Considers How 'To Be A Man'

7:00am November 04, 2020

by Lily Meyer

Nicole Krauss's novels often have complex structures, but the simplicity of her new story collection allows the beauty and precision of her writing to shine through.

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'How To Make A Slave' Author On The Advice That Changed His Writing Career

6:03pm November 03, 2020

by Terry Gross

Jerald Walker talks about growing up on Chicago's South Side, raising his two sons in a predominantly white suburb and preventing his essays from turning into clichés about the Black experience.

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Walt Whitman, Judith Harris And Whitman Again: What To Read On Election Day

6:03pm November 03, 2020

Poet Tess Taylor shares her recommendations for some Election Day poetry to gird voters.

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