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Nobel Prize Judges Face Crisis 'Worse Than One Can Imagine' After Resignations

5:54pm April 09, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Three members of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in literature, protested its response to a simmering scandal by resigning their permanent roles. Now, the group is in a tough spot.

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How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway

1:48pm April 09, 2018

by Terry Gross

Todd Purdum's new book, Something Wonderful, is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind such hit shows as Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The Sound of Music.

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Books stacked in a library. The Romance Writers Association issued a statement earlier this week criticizing their own history of excluding black authors from RITA prizes.

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The Billion-Dollar Romance Fiction Industry Has A Diversity Problem

12:11pm April 08, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

No black author has ever won its top prize. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks about the issue with Alisha Rai, author of the Forbidden Hearts series.

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'No One Meant To Be In My Office': A Divorce Lawyer's Tips On Staying Together

7:15am April 08, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

James Sexton has seen the demise of more than a thousand marriages — which inspired him to write a new book on how to keep it together. His advice? Keep communicating, and be painfully honest.

Judy Norsigian, executive director and founder of Our Bodies, Ourselves, speaks behind a copy of the women's health guide at the National Press Club in 2012.

Feminist Health Guide 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Will Stop Publishing

7:15am April 08, 2018

The groundbreaking book was first released in the early 1970s. It gave women frank information about then-taboo topics like masturbation, birth control and female sexual anatomy.

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Birds Open Bottles And Catfish Hunt Pigeons When 'Darwin Comes To Town'

7:00am April 08, 2018

by Genevieve Valentine

Evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen's new book is a breezy (sometimes too breezy) account of the ways animals have adapted to city life, and the staggering impact humans have had on evolution.

detail from the cover of Jo Nesbo's Macbeth

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'This Guy Had Really Done A Great Job Before I Started': Jo Nesbo's 'Macbeth'

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Scott Detrow

The Norwegian crime novelist says he tries to avoid other people's ideas. Then he was offered the chance to adapt one of Shakespeare's masterpieces.

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'The Recovering' Chronicles Addiction In Lush, Caressing Detail

7:00am April 07, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

Author Leslie Jamison's new memoir of her years of alcoholism walks in the paths of drunken icons like Raymond Carver and John Cheever, describing the effects of intoxicants with gorgeous, exact care.

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Meg Wolitzer's 'Female Persuasion' Honors The Women Who Helped Her On Her Way

4:48pm April 06, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Wolitzer's new novel tells the story of two women: an 18-year-old college freshman and the famous feminist who befriends and inspires her.

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Largely Forgotten Osage Murders Reveal A Conspiracy Against Wealthy Native Americans

2:12pm April 06, 2018

Members of the Osage Indian Nation became very wealthy in the 1920s after oil deposits were found on their land. Then local whites began targeting the tribe. Originally broadcast April 17, 2017.

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