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Born out of loss, 2 parents build their own underground society in 'The New Naturals'

9:39am November 12, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to the author Gabriel Bump about his new book 'The New Naturals.' A couple, overcome by the loss of their infant daughter, set out to build a new underground society.

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Claire Keegan's latest book tells 'Stories Of Women And Men'

9:11am November 11, 2023

by Scott Simon

Claire Keegan's latest book is a slim collection of 3 stories examining relationships between women and men. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the acclaimed Irish writer.

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Michael Cunningham's new novel is his first in almost a decade

9:11am November 11, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Michael Cunningham about his new novel, "Day." Cunningham won a Pulitzer Prize for a previous novel, "The Hours."

Design strategist Anna Engstrom created this sketch of a futuristic hospital that appears in Artists Remaking Medicine. She writes that she envisions "a more colorful health care future."

Could creativity transform medicine? These artists think so

7:00am November 11, 2023

by Mara Gordon

A new book argues that the arts have a role to play in shaking up the status quo in the American health care system and creating 'desperately needed culture change.'

Copies of Britney Spears' book The Woman In Me in a book store window.

What Britney Spears' book taught me about resilience and self love

7:00am November 11, 2023

by Luke Medina

The release of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me, means she gets to reclaim her story after it has been told for her for too long. And in a way, I got to revisit and reclaim my own, too.

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A Marine veteran says the contradictions of war can make you feel insane

1:20pm November 10, 2023

by Terry Gross

Elliot Ackerman served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, during which time, he says, he witnessed the best and worst that human beings are capable of. Originally broadcast Nov. 11, 2021.

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'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad

1:20pm November 10, 2023

by Dave Davies

Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism. Originally broadcast Nov. 8, 2022.

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'The Future' asks if technology will save humanity or accelerate its end

5:13pm November 08, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Naomi Alderman on her new novel, The Future, which asks whether the giants of technology more likely to save humankind or accelerate its end.

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How American Girl dolls became a part of American culture

5:13pm November 08, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks about their new book Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can't Quit American Girl.

Barbra Streisand shares her secret for keeping performances honest

3:51pm November 08, 2023

by Terry Gross

When she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, Streisand would alter the music slightly each night: "You can't just copy what you did from the night before." Her new memoir is My Name is Barbra.

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