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The 2023 Nobel Prize in literature goes to Norwegian writer Jon Fosse

8:52am October 05, 2023

The playwright won "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the Nobel panel said. Though little-known outside his home country, he is celebrated in literary circles.

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Sarah Cooper, who became famous during the pandemic, has a new memoir

5:11am October 05, 2023

After viral videos made her famous, comedian and writer Sarah Cooper says she's embracing being foolish — which is also the title of her memoir. She talks to NPR's Leila Fadel about her book Foolish.

Books seen in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18. There have been a growing number of books pulled from school libraries in the past few years.

Adults have a lot to say about book bans — but what about kids?

6:25pm October 04, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

We've heard from parents, authors, activists and other adults about banned books. But we haven't heard much from kids. We asked four young readers to share their thoughts about book bans.

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The cover of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow.

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For Alix E. Harrow, writing 'Starling House' meant telling a new story of Kentucky

3:51pm October 04, 2023

by Kalyani Saxena

Alix E. Harrow's Starling House depicts a dying, fictional coal town's horrors and dark past. Harrow joins a long tradition of authors writing Gothic fiction as a way to process the ills of society.

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Safiya Sinclair is an associate professor at Arizona State University.

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Poet Safiya Sinclair reflects on her Rastafari roots and how she cut herself free

1:44pm October 04, 2023

by Terry Gross

Sinclair grew up in a devout Rasta family in Jamaica where women were subservient. When she cut her dreadlocks at age 19, she became "a ghost" to her father. Her new memoir is How to Say Babylon.

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Books touching on race and LGBTQ+ topics remain the most likely targets of bans or attempted bans at public schools and libraries around the country, according to the American Library Association.

Michael Connelly, Nikki Grimes, Judy Blume and other authors unite against book bans

8:01am October 04, 2023

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

During what the ALA is calling Banned Books week, more than a dozen high-profile authors are taking a stand against censorship. Author Michael Connelly alone has donated $1 million to the cause.

Patrick Stewart on his new memoir and playing Captain Picard

4:56pm October 03, 2023

by Rachel Martin

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Sir Patrick Stewart about his recent memoir and why he sees his time playing Captain Picard as a kind of spiritual calling.

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'Eve' author says medicine often ignores female bodies. 'We've been guinea pigs'

1:43pm October 03, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Author Cat Bohannon says there's a "male norm" in science that prioritizes male bodies. Female bodies have been left out of countless clinical studies, and research is only just starting to catch up.

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Taylor Lorenz, columnist at The Washington Post and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet.

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How did we come to live extremely online? Mommy bloggers, says one writer

12:45pm October 03, 2023

by Claire Murashima

Washington Post columnist and tech journalist Taylor Lorenz chronicles the history of the internet in her new book, Extremely Online.

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Jordan Peele has a new collection of scary stories called 'Out There Screaming'

9:30am October 03, 2023

As a film director, Jordan Peele is a master of horror. Now he's curated a book of horror stories called Out There Screaming. He talks to Brittany Luse of the NPR show and podcast It's Been a Minute.

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