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'The Beautiful Cure' Reveals The 'Profound' Power Of The Immune System

1:52pm November 26, 2018

by Terry Gross

Immunologist Daniel Davis says scientists are harnessing the power of the immune system to create new medications to fight cancer, auto-immune conditions and other diseases.

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'Dance In America' Aims To Chronicle The Art In The U.S.

1:35pm November 26, 2018

by Genevieve Valentine

Mindy Aloff has attempted the nearly impossible task of collecting, in an anthology, the essays, excerpts, and asides that create a snapshot of the history of American dance.

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'Why We Dream' Is A Spirited, Cogent Defense Of Dreams And Dream-Telling

10:39am November 26, 2018

by Lily Meyer

"If we fail to take the simple steps to remember and understand our dreams, we are throwing away a gift from our brains without bothering to open it," writes Alice Robb.

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Book Review: 'Tales From The Inner City'

7:55am November 25, 2018

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with author and illustrator Shaun Tan about his new book, "Tales from the Inner City," which explores the relationship between humans and animals living in a city.

My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Just How Tight Are Family Ties When Your Sister's A 'Serial Killer'?

7:00am November 25, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

Oyinkan Braithwaite's wry, sly debut novel follows two sisters, dowdy Korede and gorgeous Ayoola — who has a habit of killing her boyfriends. Korede cleans up her sister's messes, but for how long?

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How To Stay 'Vegan Strong' These Holidays

5:47pm November 24, 2018

How to survive the holidays if you're a vegan? Bill Muir has some ideas. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, Vegan Strong.

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Book Review: 'The Friend' Wins 2018 National Book Award For Fiction

7:53am November 24, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Sigrid Nunez about her novel, "The Friend," which just won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction.

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Unseen Forces Menace 'The Houseguest'

7:00am November 24, 2018

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Amparo Dávila is often described as Mexico's answer to Shirley Jackson, and The Houseguest -- her first collection to be translated into English --radiates a sense of unease and calamity.

Here's What College Freshmen Are Reading

11:00am November 22, 2018

Colleges across the U.S. assign books to introduce new ideas to incoming students. This year, colleges selected books on topics that ranged from climate change to race, fiction and non-fiction

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'Hardly Children' Is Restless And Strange — Just Like Humanity

10:00am November 22, 2018

by Ilana Masad

The spare, slightly creepy off-white cover of Laura Adamczyk's debut collection is perfect for the uncomfortable stories within it, works that examine family, childhood, adulthood, gender and race.