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Samantha Irby: 'This Is The Glamorous Life Of A Writer"

8:17am March 28, 2020

by Scott Simon

Irby's new essay collection is Wow, No Thank You. She says it was inspired by moving from Chicago to Kalamazoo and feeling like a fish out of water, with no friends and a strange house.

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The Empress of Salt and Fortune, by Nghi Vo

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Uncovering The Secrets Of A Fallen Ruler In 'Empress Of Salt And Fortune'

7:00am March 28, 2020

by Jessica P. Wick

Nghi Vo's new novel is poised at the end of one empire and the beginning of another, as a cleric and their talking-bird assistant set about uncovering the dangerous secrets of a forgotten palace.

Alicia Keys performs during the filming of the Graham Norton Show at BBC Studioworks in London.

Alicia Keys Reflects On How Life Experiences Gave Her Permission To Be 'More Myself'

6:44pm March 27, 2020

by Noel King

The Grammy winner is coming out with a new album, Alicia, and has written a forthcoming introspective book, More Myself. She says she wishes she could tell her teenage self "to know she is enough."

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A Reading List For The Social Distancing Era, From Author Jade Chang

6:30pm March 27, 2020

Chinese American writer Jade Chang shares which books she's reading while she's stuck at home during the coronavirus social distancing.

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An image from the last episode of MASH on June 18, 1984 at the Malibu Creek State Park in California.

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Need Some Fresh Ideas? Family-Friendly Ways To Spend Your Days Inside

5:50pm March 27, 2020

by NPR Staff

Parents have been circulating ideas for how to keep kids happy — or at least occupied — during this time of social isolation due to COVID-19. Our Arts Desk has some heart-felt suggestions to offer.

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Libraries Get Creative With E-Books And Other Online Offerings

4:26pm March 27, 2020

Want to read, but your library is shut because of the coronavirus? Head over to your public library's website and find out how you can download books to read and listen to.

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Trump Has Declared 'War' On The Presidency, Author Says

1:28pm March 26, 2020

by Terry Gross

Benjamin Wittes says Trump has changed the presidency fundamentally — and we're seeing the impact during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the author, with Susan Hennessey, of Unmaking the Presidency

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Physical books may be more difficult to obtain for free these days, but the nonprofit Internet Archive is trying to keep digital bookshelves stocked through the end of the national coronavirus crisis.

'National Emergency Library' Lends A Hand — And Lots Of Books! — During Pandemic

12:28pm March 26, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

With coronavirus concerns closing libraries around the world, the nonprofit Internet Archive has suspended its waitlists for the digital copies of more than a million books.

Tigers, Not Daughters, by Samantha Mabry

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'Tigers, Not Daughters' Is Haunting — With Or Without A Ghost

7:00am March 26, 2020

by Caitlyn Paxson

In Samantha Mabry's new novel, three prickly sisters are haunted, maybe literally, by their fourth, who's died in an accident. She has a message for them, but they may be too sunk in grief to hear it.

ABC's Jonathan Karl Writes About 'Front Row At The Trump Show'

5:55am March 26, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ABC's White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl about his book: Front Row at the Trump Show. Karl was a cub reporter for the New York Post when he first met Donald Trump.

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