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Remembering Lois Duncan, The Queen Of Teen Suspense

4:51pm June 16, 2016

by Petra Mayer

The beloved author died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 82. Just a teen herself when she started writing, Lois Duncan sent chills down a generation of spines with books like Down a Dark Hall.

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Former Restaurant Worker Serves Up Industry-Inspired Fiction In 'Sweetbitter'

1:46pm June 16, 2016

Stephanie Danler drew on her own experiences to write her novel about a young woman working at an upscale restaurant in New York. "It's so physically punishing," she says of her work as a server.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi wrote about the second-wave feminist movement in Backlash.

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'In The Darkroom' Explores The Concept Of Identity — Both Fixed And Fluid

11:53am June 16, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Pulitzer-prize winning author Susan Faludi writes about her father's sex reassignment surgery in her memoir, In The Darkroom. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it "exhausting, messy and provocative."

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The Power Of Seeing, And Being Seen, In 'The Girls'

7:00am June 16, 2016

by Jean Zimmerman

Emma Cline's spooky new novel starts with a teenaged girl spying on a shabby-glamorous group of Mansonesque cult followers. She follows, desperate for attention — and eventually, they see her too.

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Tig Notaro On Her Terrible Year In 'I'm Just A Person'

6:21pm June 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Comedian Tig Notaro shot to fame in 2012, talking candidly onstage about having cancer. Now she's in remission, recently married and the author of a new memoir called I'm Just A Person.

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Read, Watch, Binge! Did you like the movie Trainwreck? You might also like the web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, the book How to Build a Girl and the TV show You're the Worst.

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Like These Movies? Here Are 100+ Things You Might Also Like ...

3:12pm June 15, 2016

Introducing NPR's cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, book/movie/TV recommendation algorithm: HUMANZ.

Understanding Congressional Gerrymandering: 'It's Moneyball Applied To Politics'

1:40pm June 15, 2016

Ratf**ked author David Daley says that Republicans targeted key state legislative races in 2010 in an effort to control state houses, and, eventually, Congressional redistricting.

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'The Course Of Love' Is More Case Study Than Novel

10:00am June 15, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

Alain de Botton returns to a long-standing fascination — the arc of relationships — in his new novel. But despite its fictional trappings, the book seems more like a class on maintaining a marriage.

Go Into the Light: DC Comics relaunches its line of superheroes titles again. Still. Some more.

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DC Comics' 'Rebirth': When The Super-Villain Is Your Own History

8:30am June 15, 2016

by Glen Weldon

DC Comics has relaunched its line of superhero titles again in a bid to recapture "hope and optimism." This time, heroes fight a villain who represents the cynical tone comics adopted in the 1980s.

The 'Turkey' apricot, a hand-coloured engraving after a drawing by Augusta Innes Withers (1792-1869), from the first volume of John Lindley's Pomological Magazine (1827-1828). The Romans dubbed the apricot the "precious one." Poets praised its beauty. The

'Moon Of The Faith:' A History Of The Apricot And Its Many Pleasures

11:24am June 14, 2016

by Joel Denker

The Romans dubbed it the "precious one." Poets praised its beauty. The conquering Arabs took it to the Mideast, where the luxurious fruit was exploited in sugary confections.