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Michael Herr, Whose Vietnam War Reporting Became Iconic, Dies At 76

4:53pm June 24, 2016

by Rose Friedman

Herr's book Dispatches redefined the genre of war reporting. "I was there to watch," he wrote. "I went to cover the war and the war covered me; an old story, unless of course you've never heard it."

Book Review: 'As Good As Gone' By Larry Watson

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'Good As Gone' Doesn't Quite Get To Greatness

7:00am June 23, 2016

by Michael Schaub

Larry Watson sticks to what he knows and loves in his latest novel: The cinematic badlands of Montana, and a tough, taciturn Western hero. But none of his characters truly rise above ciphers.

David Hepworth's new book, Never A Dull Moment, is out now from Henry Holt & Co.

The Case For 1971 As Rock's Greatest Year

7:07pm June 22, 2016

by NPR Staff

That year, music journalist David Hepworth argues, offered an explosion of talent from David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Al Green, John Lennon and more. He discusses his new book, Never a Dull Moment.

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Dissapearance At Devil's RockBy Paul Tremblay

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'Devil's Rock' Is An Atmospheric, Gut-Twisting Descent

7:00am June 22, 2016

by Jason Heller

Things are not what they seem in Paul Tremblay's new novel; a simple search for a missing child becomes a dizzying emotional vortex as ominous new details and old tragedies surface.

Book Review: 'Hot Dog Taste Test,' by Lisa Hanawalt.

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Hot Dogs Against Conformity In 'Taste Test'

2:48pm June 21, 2016

by Etelka Lehoczky

If you're the kind of person who'd wear a hot dog costume to a princess party, you'll love Lisa Hanawalt's lushly illustrated, off-the-wall diary/food meditation/travelogue Hot Dog Taste Test.

Forgotten History: How The New England Colonists Embraced The Slave Trade

1:20pm June 21, 2016

American slavery predates the founding of the United States. Wendy Warren, author of New England Bound, says the early colonists imported African slaves and enslaved and exported Native Americans.

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Terry McMillan accepts the award for outstanding literary work, fiction, for "Getting to Happy" at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, March 4, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Terry McMillan's Latest: Revisiting Past Loves, Rediscovering Yourself

12:01pm June 21, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In her new novel, I Almost Forgot About You, McMillan's heroine confronts midlife malaise by reconnecting with men from her past.

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Fizzy 'Vinegar Girl' Tames Shrewishness To Sparkle

7:00am June 21, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

Anne Tyler's latest is part of a series of Shakespeare plays-turned-novels; she's turned The Taming of the Shrew into a modern screwball comedy about an absent-minded scientist and his daughters.

A fan holds a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at a book release party at Scholastic headquarters in New York in 2007.

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Harry Potter Inc. Hopes To Re-Create The Magic, Hogwarts And All, With 'Cursed Child'

6:50pm June 20, 2016

by Lynn Neary

Lynn Neary wonders whether the latest "Harry Potter story" (technically the script of a new play) merits the marketing push it's getting.

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Cover detail of What a Fish Knows, by Jonathan Balcombe

Fish Have Feelings, Too: The Inner Lives Of Our 'Underwater Cousins'

5:57pm June 20, 2016

Jonathan Balcombe, author of What A Fish Knows, says that fish have a conscious awareness — or "sentience" — that allows them to experience pain, recognize individual humans and have memory.

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