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Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o Says Prison Formed Him As A Writer

7:39am October 10, 2020

by Scott Simon

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a perennial favorite for the Literature Nobel. He hasn't won yet — but he does have a new book out, a novel in verse that tells the origin story of Kenya's Gĩkũyũ people.

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Riva Lehrer's On Her New Memoir 'Golem Girl'

7:39am October 10, 2020

Scott Simon speaks to the acclaimed painter, writer and teacher about her new book, which recounts a life growing up with spina bifida.

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For Poet Maggie Smith, An Ending Was The Beginning Of Her New Book

4:11pm October 09, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

Smith says she started writing Keep Moving as her marriage was ending. It began as a series of affirmations she wrote for herself on Twitter; she found that the posts were helping other people too.

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Poet Louise Glück Wins 2020 Nobel Prize In Literature

3:55pm October 08, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

American poet Louise Glück won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Also a Pulitzer Prize winner, she becomes the 16th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Poet Louise Glück received the the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2016. On Wednesday, Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nobel Prize In Literature Awarded To U.S. Poet Louise Glück

10:46am October 08, 2020

The 2020 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to U.S. poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

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U.S. Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

10:18am October 08, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

The 2020 prize was awarded to Gluck for what the Swedish Academy said was "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

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Phil Klay's New 'Missionaries' Is An Ambitious Novel Of Ideas

10:00am October 08, 2020

by Lily Meyer

Klay won acclaim for his debut story collection Redeployment, about the experiences of soldiers. His long awaited novel looks at how America has developed and exported the idea of a war on terror.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab

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'Addie LaRue' Is Invisible — But Memorable

7:00am October 08, 2020

by Caitlyn Paxson

Addie LaRue was born in France 400 years ago — but nobody remembers that. She made a supernatural deal for immortality at the cost of permanent anonymity, so she tries to leave a mark however she can.

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Literature Prize Will Be The 4th Nobel Announced This Week

6:08am October 08, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

The Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced Thursday morning. We look at potential winners, and what the Swedish Academy will have to do to overcome past controversies.

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Matt Cline, a student at Brown University, plays with a Rubik's Cube at his frat house on Oct. 2, 2007.

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Rubik's Cube Inventor Writes A New Book: It's Full Of Twists And Turns

6:08am October 08, 2020

by David Greene

Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik invented his fun (and frustrating) colorful cube in 1974. He tells that story, and talks about creativity, curiosity, play and puzzles, in Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All.

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