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Author Interview: 'They Were Soldiers'

6:10pm May 24, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Joseph Galloway and Marvin Wolf, who covered the Vietnam War, about their new book They Were Soldiers: the Sacrifices and Contributions of our Vietnam Veterans.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., attends a press conference on Feb. 26 on Capitol Hill. Omar tells NPR the progressive left "has moved the needle on the national conversation" surrounding certain policies.

Ilhan Omar On Her Memoir And Moving The Needle Toward Progressive Policies

10:11am May 24, 2020

Rep. Ilhan Omar has a new memoir about her journey to Congress after fleeing civil war in Somalia. She talked with NPR about her life and her hopes for future coronavirus relief measures.

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Meredith Talusan On Her New Memoir, Life As A Child Star, Relationship With Parents

9:17am May 23, 2020

Author Meredith Talusan talks to NPR's Scott Simon about her new memoir, Fairest.

Brigid Schulte is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of Overworked.

Pandemic Makes Evident 'Grotesque' Gender Inequality In Household Work

5:46pm May 21, 2020

by Terry Gross

With more people staying home due to COVID-19, journalist Brigid Schulte says it's impossible to ignore "the fact that women bear so much more of the burden of child care and housework."

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Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity, by Porochista Khakpour

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'Brown Album' Centers On The Erasure Of Race In American Culture

7:00am May 21, 2020

by Hope Wabuke

Porochista Khakpour's work is strongest when she turns the lens on herself to examine how she, too, is complicit; many essays here are just too tantalizingly brief to allow space for deep analysis.

Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, shown broadcasting from Moscow in 2014, says he acted as a whistleblower when he shared classified documents with journalist Barton Gellman.

Journalist Who Helped Break Snowden's Story Reflects On His High-Stakes Reporting

4:06pm May 20, 2020

by Dave Davies

Barton Gellman shared a Pulitzer for his reporting about former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and the country's secret surveillance program. His new book is Dark Mirror.

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New Thriller Challenges Readers To Take Another Look At 'These Women'

7:00am May 20, 2020

by Bethanne Patrick

Ivy Pochoda keeps up her focus on the overlooked and forgotten in her new novel. Here, it's a group of sex workers and club dancers whose lives are connected — and imperiled — by a serial killer.

'Outside' Magazine Correspondent Examines Her Fears In 'Nerve'

6:08am May 20, 2020

NPR's Noel King talks to Eva Holland, a correspondent with Outside magazine, about her new book: Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear, on how she tamed her fears and anxiety.

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An illustration illustrating positive thinking.

Anxious? Meditation Can Help You 'Relax Into The Uncertainty' Of The Pandemic

2:42pm May 19, 2020

by Terry Gross

ABC News correspondent Dan Harris was broadcasting live in 2004 when he experienced a panic attack. He credits meditation with helping him work through his anxiety — both then and now.

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Journalist Barton Gellman's new book, Dark Mirror, focuses on his complicated working relationship with Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked the agency's secret surveillance programs. Here, Snowden, who has lived in Mo

In 'Dark Mirror,' Reporter Concludes: 'Snowden Did Substantially More Good Than Harm'

6:01am May 19, 2020

by Greg Myre

Edward Snowden handpicked Barton Gellman as one of three journalists he would work with to reveal government secrets. Gellman's book is an in-depth look at where he agreed and disagreed with Snowden.