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Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bestselling Author Of 'Prozac Nation,' Dies At 52

5:40pm January 07, 2020

Bestselling author Elizabeth Wurtzel was 27 when Prozac Nation, her sensational memoir of a difficult life complicated by depression, was published. Wurtzel had cancer. She died Tuesday at age 52.

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Elizabeth Wurtzel, Who Stirred Conversation With 'Prozac Nation,' Dies At 52

3:14pm January 07, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The 1994 memoir opened a national dialogue about clinical depression and introduced readers to Wurtzel's brash, unapologetic voice. Wurtzel died of breast cancer at a Manhattan hospital Tuesday.

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There's Heart Amid The Ruins Of 'The Heap'

12:51pm January 07, 2020

by Jason Heller

Sean Adams' debut novel is set in the collapsed remains of a gargantuan, 500-story building somewhere in the American desert, once an entire metropolis and now surrounded by scavenger camps.

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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Little Women'

12:37pm January 07, 2020

Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation breathes new life into Louisa May Alcott's classic story of family, love and future.

Topics of Conversation, by Miranda Popkey

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There's Plenty To Talk About In 'Topics Of Conversation'

10:00am January 07, 2020

by Heller McAlpin

Miranda Popkey's novel tackles the complicated issues of female desire, sex and failed relationships through a troubled, unnamed narrator who reports on her conversations with a series of other women.

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'Why We Can't Sleep' Documents The Unique Pressures On Gen X Women

6:03am January 07, 2020

by Rachel Martin

Ada Calhoun talked to a lot of Gen X women about the angst they feel as they approach midlife — the pressure to have it all and the feeling that they should have done better for themselves.

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Miranda Popkey On 'Topics Of Conversation'

7:59am January 05, 2020

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with debut novelist Miranda Popkey about her new book, Topics of Conversation.

In a new book The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, author Kelly McGonigal argues that we should look beyond weight loss to the many social and emotional benefits of exercise.

Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

6:49pm January 04, 2020

by Stephanie O'Neill

A new book, The Joy of Movement, offers more motivation to exercise. It's not just about getting fit or looking good: Exercise can give you courage, pleasure and better friendships.

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Racism Scandal In The Romance Writing Industry

8:11am January 04, 2020

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Claims of racism are at the heart of a scandal within the organization Romance Writers of America — a powerful industry group with a lot more going for it than heaving bosoms and swarthy pirates.

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T.S. Eliot's Love Letters Unsealed

8:11am January 04, 2020

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to scholar Frances Dickey of the University of Missouri about the trove of love letters T.S. Eliot wrote to a woman he called his "muse." The letters were unsealed this week.

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