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Dan Brown Pits Creationism Against Science In His Latest Novel, 'Origin'

8:27pm October 22, 2017

by Lakshmi Singh

Brown has long considered questions about science and faith, leavened with plenty of adventure, of course. In his new novel, he asks whether faith in God (or gods) can survive the advance of science.

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'Hotel Scarface': The Hotel At The Center Of Miami's Cocaine Boom

7:38am October 22, 2017

NPR's Melissa Block talks to journalist Roben Farzad about his new book, Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami. It was a hub for Miami's exploding cocaine trade.

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Author Recognizes Ordinary Africans Fighting Extremism

7:38am October 22, 2017

NPR's Melissa Block talks to Alexis Okeowo author of A Moonless, Starless Sky. Among the stories, a Somali girl defies al-Shabab and plays basketball, and a Mauritanian man campaigns against slavery.

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Family Drama Against A Flooded Backdrop In 'The Floating World'

7:00am October 22, 2017

by Gwen Thompkins

C. Morgan Babst's portrait of a troubled New Orleans family that fractures further during and after Hurricane Katrina is poetic and suspenseful — but the drama sometimes drowns in too much detail.

Author Philip Pullman — pictured at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, England — is resurrecting his famed fantasy world for a new trilogy.

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Philip Pullman Returns To The Dark Materials Universe In A New Prequel — Er, 'Equel'

8:12am October 21, 2017

by Scott Simon

The fantasy world of the author's His Dark Materials series is back in The Book Of Dust: La Belle Sauvage. It's the first entry in a new trilogy.

"The Butchering Art" by Lindsey Fitzharris

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No One's Hands Are Clean In 'The Butchering Art'

7:00am October 21, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

Lindsey Fitzharris' new book about the horrors of Victorian medicine and the introduction of antisepsis is a vital, effective history — but perhaps you shouldn't read it with a full stomach.

Blitt's 2008 New Yorker cover, "Fistbump: The Politics of Fear," was inspired by the rumors that circulated about the Obamas during that year's presidential campaign.

'I'm Just Trying To Make Myself Laugh': 'New Yorker' Artist Shares His Cover Stories

4:49pm October 20, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Barry Blitt's new book features some of the cartoonist's most memorable and merciless work, including his 2008 drawing of Barack and Michelle Obama fist-bumping in the Oval Office.

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Renowned American Composer And Educator Samuel Adler To Visit Winston-Salem

2:53pm October 20, 2017

by David Ford

World-renowned composer and educator Samuel Adler will be in the Triad this weekend.

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Anthony Bourdain On 'Appetites,' Washing Dishes And The Food He Still Won't Eat

1:28pm October 20, 2017

The TV host's new documentary is Wasted! The Story of Food Waste. In 2016, Bourdain spoke to Fresh Air about cooking for his young daughter: "If she's not happy, I'm not happy."

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Gabrielle Union says she thinks it's tacky to tell on your costars — but she tells many revealing stories about herself in We're Going to Need More Wine.

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Gabrielle Union Gets Real In 'We're Going To Need More Wine'

6:29am October 20, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Union has graced screens big and small since the '90s. Now she's written a frank, funny essay collection that's not just a celebrity tell-all (though she does dish on Heath Ledger's dreaminess).

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