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'Novel Of The Century' Is A Lively Companion To 'Les Misérables'

1:17pm March 28, 2017

by Liza Graham

David Bellos' new book is a comprehensive guide to Les Misérables, and a compelling story in its own right, packed with detail about the creation and publication of Victor Hugo's massive masterpiece.

For-profit colleges have faced federal and state investigations into their aggressive recruiting tactics.

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable

3:09pm March 27, 2017

Tressie McMillan Cottom worked in enrollment at two for-profit colleges, but quit because she felt uncomfortable selling students an education they couldn't afford. Her new book is Lower Ed.

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Emma Donoghue Helps Kids Deal With Dementia (And Still Has Fun) In 'The Lotterys'

5:06am March 27, 2017

by Rachel Martin

Emma Donoghue tackles a tough topic with light and humor in The Lotterys Plus One, her new kids' book about a boisterous blended family learning to accommodate a difficult grandfather with dementia.

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Author Finds A Counter-Narrative Of Equality In Adam And Eve Story

6:27pm March 26, 2017

Bruce Feiler speaks about his new book, "The First Love Story," and how the story of Adam and Eve is still important to relationships between men and women today.

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Christina Ricci plays Zelda Fitzgerald in Amazon's Z.

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Forget F. Scott: In 'Z,' Christina Ricci Tells Zelda Fitzgerald's Story

11:35am March 26, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

There's a common misconception (popularized by Ernest Hemingway) that Zelda Fitzgerald ruined her husband's life. The truth, Ricci says, is much more complicated.

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'Wait Till You See Me Dance' Is A Marvelous Waltz Of Misdirection

10:00am March 26, 2017

by Annalisa Quinn

Deb Olin Unferth's story collection delights in going in unexpected directions, and her sensitively-drawn characters feel the full, real, often contradictory and uneasy layering of human emotion.

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Jay Chandrasekhar Of 'Super Troopers' On His Memoir 'Mustache Shenanigans'

8:14am March 26, 2017

Jay Chandrasekhar of Super Troopers fame talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his new memoir about how he made it in Hollywood. The book is called Mustache Shenanigans.

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Actor, Director And Writer Andrew McCarthy Takes On Young Adult Fiction

8:14am March 26, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to actor and director Andrew McCarthy about his new young adult novel, Just Fly Away.

The Moluccan Cockatoo Feast, from the series The Fantastical Feasts, 2014

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How Do You Dream Up A Cockatoo Feast? An Artist Explains In 'Imaginarium'

8:14am March 26, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Looking at Claire Rosen's photographs can feel like walking into someone else's dreams. In her new book Imaginarium she provides inspiration and advice for curating a creative life.

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In 1957, Duncan Hines and his wife, Clara, cut a cake at the Duncan Hines test kitchen in Ithaca, N.Y.

Duncan Hines: The Original Road Warrior Who Shaped Restaurant History

7:00am March 26, 2017

by Nicole Jankowski

The name on that box of cake mix belonged to a real person. Hines was a traveling salesman who just wanted to find a decent meal on the road — and ended up being America's go-to restaurant expert.