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What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Leslie Nneka Arimah

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'What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky' Is Defiantly, Electrically Original

7:00am April 05, 2017

by Michael Schaub

Lesley Nneka Arimah's remarkable debut collection is both cohesive and varied at the same time. Grounded both in the U.S. and Nigeria, it's full of sly humor, genuine emotion and occasional horror.

Ernest Hemingway, pictured in 1948, and other famous figures throughout world history are often wrongly given credit for quotes and phrases. The author of Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations aims to set the record straight.

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'Hemingway Didn't Say That' (And Neither Did Twain Or Kafka)

7:56pm April 04, 2017

There are tons of quotes from famous people out there — and a lot of them are just plain wrong. Author Garson O'Toole has dedicated himself to setting the record straight.

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Book Examines 17 'Gatekeepers' Into The White House's Inner Workings

4:47pm April 04, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Chris Whipple and former White House Chief of Staff James Baker about The Gatekeepers, Whipple's look at how chiefs of staff have defined decades of presidencies.

Laura Jane Grace burned her birth certificate at a concert in North Carolina in 2016 in protest of the state's "bathroom bill" requiring transgender people in government facilities to use bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificate.

For Laura Jane Grace, Punk Was A Form Of Armor

3:43pm April 04, 2017

The founder of the band Against Me! felt so conflicted about her gender growing up that she thought she was schizophrenic. Since transitioning, she's become more in touch with herself.

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Mayte Garcia looks back on her relationship with Prince in a new book titled The Most Beautiful.

Mayte Garcia Knew She Would Marry Prince, But Could Never Have Predicted How

11:37am April 04, 2017

In her new book, The Most Beautiful, Garcia explains how an unlikely meeting at one of the pop icon's concerts sparked a relationship full of love, surprises and, ultimately, heartbreak.

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'Foxlowe' Is A Delicious Slice Of Darkness

7:00am April 04, 2017

by Jason Heller

Eleanor Wasserberg's debut novel is not for the faint of heart — this tale of a cultishly evil group called the Family who live in a mansion on the English moors is unrelentingly cruel and eerie.

William Powell was 19 when he wrote The Anarchist Cookbook. He died in July 2016.

Documentarian Says 'Anarchist Cookbook' Author Was Filled With Remorse

4:54pm April 03, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

But remorse and regret are two different things. William Powell's 1970s book contains instructions for making explosives. Charlie Siskel interviewed him for his film American Anarchist.

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Molecules in wine stimulate thousands of taste and odor receptors, sending a flavor signal to the brain that triggers massive cognitive computation involving pattern recognition, memory, value judgment, emotion and, of course, pleasure.

The Taste Of Wine Isn't All In Your Head, But Your Brain Sure Helps

3:17pm April 03, 2017

by Mark Schatzker

Savoring the flavor of wine activates more gray matter than solving a complex math problem, according to neuroscientist Gordon Shepherd. His new book, Neurenology, explores your brain on wine.

Author Looks To Other Countries To Rethink America's Complicated Tax Code

2:13pm April 03, 2017

When it comes to taxes, T.R. Reid says other countries have done "what the U.S. Congress evidently can't do — they've made it simple." His new book is A Fine Mess.

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'Fine Mess': You Can Learn A Lot About A Country By Its Taxes

6:41am April 03, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to journalist and author T.R. Reid, who traveled the world to look at the tax codes of other nations to see how the U.S. might learn from their experience.

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