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What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival

1:46pm August 05, 2016

Keret's memoir, The Seven Good Years, spans the time between the birth of his son and the death of his father, who was a Holocaust survivor. Originally broadcast June 16, 2015.

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Cover of the first trade collection of the 1980s comics series Suicide Squad.

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The Unsung Heroine Who Helped Shape 'Suicide Squad'

11:25am August 05, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

The late Kim Yale co-wrote the comic book series that inspired the film hitting theaters this weekend. Neda Ulaby talked to several people who are happy to see her contributions recognized.

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I'm Supposed to Protect You From All This

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Investigating Complicated Family Myths In 'I'm Supposed To Protect You'

7:00am August 04, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Nadja Spiegelman is insightful about the power and malleability of memory in her new memoir, but the book is weighed down by an aggressively artificial poignancy, all ashtrays and meaningful silences.

"This iconic photograph became one of the most famous images of the 1970s," Jeffrey Toobin says. It shows Patty Hearst standing in front of a Symbionese Liberation Army flag several months after she was kidnapped.

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Whose Side Was She On? 'American Heiress' Revisits Patty Hearst's Kidnapping

4:34pm August 03, 2016

Hearst was abducted in 1974 and then declared allegiance to her captors. Legal expert Jeffrey Toobin does not believe Hearst was brainwashed, but rather, "responded rationally to the circumstances."

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'I Am Providence' Is A Love/Hate Letter To A Literary Subculture

10:46am August 03, 2016

by Jason Heller

Nick Mamatas takes on the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft — both Lovecraft's notorious racism and sexism, and the zealous fandom that's sprung up around him — with scathing humor in his latest novel.

Blue Monday Vol. 1 By Chynna Clugston-Flores.

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There Could Be No Other Way: 'Blue Monday' Is Back

10:00am August 03, 2016

by Petra Mayer

Chynna Clugston-Flores' cult comic about a music-crazy high-schooler and her mad mod friends is back after more than a decade. It's a largely autobiographical look at teen life in the early '90s.

Illustration of two people standing on a beach, with suitcases in the shape of books.

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Pack These Pages: 7 Professional Booksellers Select Your Summer Reading

5:50pm August 02, 2016

We asked booksellers across the country to share recommendations for books that you can take with you on vacation — or just to the nearest shade tree.

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Detroit Bookseller Picks 3 Nonfiction Books For Your Summer

4:32pm August 02, 2016

Janet Webster Jones recommends Why Grow Up? by Susan Neiman, The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson and A History Of Food In 100 Recipes by William Sitwell.

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'The Fire This Time': A New Generation Of Writers On Race In America

4:32pm August 02, 2016

by NPR Staff

Author Jesmyn Ward invited prominent writers from her generation to pen essays for The Fire This Time. It's a nod to James Baldwin's work of a similar name, which warned of today's racial tension.

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Sophisticated ways of tracking reading habits give publishers hard data that reveals the kinds of books people want to read. But a veteran editor says numbers only go so far in telling the story.

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Publishers' Dilemma: Judge A Book By Its Data Or Trust The Editor's Gut?

4:32pm August 02, 2016

by Lynn Neary

Sophisticated ways of tracking reading habits give publishers hard data that reveals the kinds of books people want to read. But a veteran editor says numbers only go so far in telling the story.

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