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'Sara Berman's Closet' Traces 1 Woman's Life, From Shtetl To Greenwich Village

1:41pm May 29, 2019

by Terry Gross

Berman was 60 when she moved to New York with just one suitcase to start a new life. Berman's daughter, Maira Kalman, and grandson, Alex Kalman, tell her story in a new book and museum show.

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Breaking Down The Doors To The Past In 'The Dinner Guest'

10:00am May 29, 2019

by Lily Meyer

In her new autofictional novel, Spanish writer Gabriela Ybarra turns past tragedy — the murder of her grandfather by Basque separatists — into a seamless blend of art, politics and private life.

Siege: Trump Under Fire, by Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff's New Trump Tell-All 'Siege,' Stars Steve Bannon And A Cast Of No-Names

8:11am May 29, 2019

by Ron Elving

The Fire and Fury author offers surprising stories about the president. But there may never have been a more polarizing president, nor an author less likely to be read as a neutral recorder of facts.

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This Is The 92nd Year For The Scripps National Spelling Bee

7:29am May 29, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Shalini Shankar, author of Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z's New Path to Success, about the competitors at this year's spelling bee.

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The Fizz Has Flattened Some In 'The Rosie Result'

7:00am May 29, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

The final volume in Graeme Simsion's Rosie trilogy — about an adorably dorky, autistic scientist and his wife and family — will enlighten readers about life on the spectrum, but may not charm them.

A file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Anthony Rostain, co-author of The Stressed Years of Their Lives, says today's college students are experiencing an "inordinate amount of anxiety."

College Students (And Their Parents) Face A Campus Mental Health 'Epidemic'

8:25pm May 28, 2019

by Terry Gross

Anthony Rostain and B. Janet Hibbs say college students today face an "inordinate amount of anxiety" — but parents can help their kids cope. Their book is The Stressed Years of Their Lives.

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Mythbusting The Welfare Queen

4:44pm May 28, 2019

Public assistance fraud was just the tip of the iceberg for Linda Taylor.

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CBS' Scott Pelley On 'Truth Worth Telling'

4:44pm May 28, 2019

The 60 Minutes correspondent and former CBS Evening News anchor gets real about truths worth telling.

Cover detail from No-No Boy by John Okada

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Love, Disappointment Course Through 4 Classic Asian American Novels

3:50pm May 28, 2019

by Maureen Corrigan

Penguin Classics has released paperback editions of four mid-20th century novels by Asian American authors: America Is in the Heart; The Hanging on Union Square; East Goes West and No-No Boy.

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The Confessions of Frannie Langton, by Sara Collins

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'Frannie Langton' Takes Power Over Her Own Story

2:00pm May 28, 2019

by Annalisa Quinn

In Sara Collins' new novel, a former slave accused of murder recounts her life — but, as Frannie Langton herself says, no one expects a woman like her to tell her story, or for it to include joy.