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Feminist Gloria Steinem Finds Herself Free Of The 'Demands Of Gender'

4:12pm August 26, 2016

As she approached 60, the co-founder of Ms. magazine says, she entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Originally broadcast Oct. 26, 2015.

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'The Couple Next Door' Ratchets Up Parenting Paranoia

3:45pm August 25, 2016

by Bethanne Patrick

Shari Lapena's novel about a couple whose baby daughter goes missing while they're at a dinner party next door strikes at the heart of parenting fears — but falls down as a police procedural.

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Texas Bookseller Picks 3 Summer Reads

6:23pm August 24, 2016

Julia Green of Front Street Books recommends Moonlight on Linoleum by Terry Helwig, City of Women by David R. Gillham and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly.

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Newly American 'Dreamers' Are Torn Between Love And Disappointment

1:04pm August 24, 2016

by Michael Schaub

Imbolo Mbue's debut novel is one of the best books to deal with the financial crisis of 2007-2008. It's the story of a Cameroonian immigrant couple and the rich, troubled Americans they work for.

Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Green Bay, Wis., on Aug. 5. Michael Kranish and his colleague Marc Fisher are the authors of Trump Revealed, a biography about Trump's life and career that is based on the work of more than 20 of the Post's reporters, edi

Trump Off Camera: The Man Behind The 'In-Your-Face Provocateur'

6:55pm August 23, 2016

Biographer Marc Fisher says Donald Trump has lived a "strikingly solitary life given how public he is." Fisher and his Washington Post colleague Michael Kranish are the authors of Trump Revealed.

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'The Terror Years' Traces The Rise Of Al-Qaida And ISIS

6:54pm August 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

Lawrence Wright's new book collects his essays for The New Yorker on the growth of terrorism in the Middle East, from the Sept. 11 attacks to the recent beheadings of journalists and aid workers.

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'Breath Of Earth' Is A Brisk, Relevant Alt-History Barnstormer

4:53pm August 23, 2016

by Jason Heller

Beth Cato's new book is set in an alternate version of San Francisco where geopolitical intrigue and homegrown unrest complicate a young earth magician's attempt to head off the great quake of 1906.

Milton's Satan may have been kicked out of Heaven, but he had it made in Hell.

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Better To Reign In Hell: Literature's Unpunished Villains

4:23pm August 22, 2016

by Petra Mayer

Snidely Whiplash may have been famous for yelling "Curses, foiled again!" But sometimes the bad guys win — from Milton's Satan to X-men foe Magneto, we're taking a look at the ones who get away.

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Wisdom From YA Authors On Leaving Home: Cynthia Kadohata

10:36am August 21, 2016

Kadohata is the Newbery Medal-winning author of the YA novel "Kira-Kira." For our "Next Chapter" series, she talks about an eye-opening bus trip she took across the U.S. right before she left home.

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'Carry On' Tells The Story Of Unlikely Bond Between 2 Athletes That Changed 3 Lives

10:07am August 21, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Lisa Fenn, the author of "Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family," and the two athletes Fenn profiled, Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton.