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'Charlie Chan:' An Imaginary Cartoonist Draws A Very Real Homeland

7:00am March 05, 2016

by Etelka Lehoczky

Charlie Chan Hock Chye is one of Singapore's great unsung cartoonists. He's also imaginary — the virtuosic invention of comic artist Sonny Liew, who's created a realistic mix of comics and history.

More Color In Kids' Lit: Your Best Picks

4:39am March 05, 2016

Our story about Marley Dias' #1000blackgirlbooks list got lots of feedback and some really good suggestions for kids' reading lists.

Pat Conroy, author of best-selling novels including The Great Santini and The Prince of Tides, died Friday of pancreatic cancer. He had revealed the diagnosis â and vowed to fight it â just weeks ago.

'Prince Of Tides' Author Pat Conroy Dies At 70

1:17am March 05, 2016

by Barbara Campbell

The best-selling author was known for novels such as The Great Santini and The Prince Of Tides. He had announced last month that he had pancreatic cancer.

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In Richard Price's 'The Whites', Haunted Cops And Cases They Couldn't Close

1:49pm March 04, 2016

Price says that in every precinct there's one cop who just can't let go of a case. "They all reminded me of Ahab ... looking for their whales," he says. Originally broadcast Feb. 17, 2015.

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Signs warn not to drink the lead-contaminated water from a water fountain in Flint, Mich.

America's 'Lead Wars' Go Beyond Flint, Mich.: 'It's Now Really Everywhere'

5:39pm March 03, 2016

David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz chronicle America's poisonous relationship with lead in Lead Wars. "We've created a terribly toxic environment in all sorts of ways," Rosner says.

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'The Yid' Blends Soviet Fact And Fiction

2:45pm March 03, 2016

by Jane Ciabattari

Paul Goldberg's audacious new novel trades in rumor and anecdote, conjuring a time of anti-Semitism and violence in 1950s Moscow.

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Memory Of Potato Famine Burdens 'Immortal Irishman'

6:44am March 03, 2016

Civil War buffs and the Irish-American community have probably heard of Thomas Francis Meagher. Renee Montagne talks to New York Times columnist Timothy Egan about his book The Immortal Irishman.

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'Borderline' Is Urban Fantasy With A Cinematic Punch

5:44pm March 02, 2016

by Amal El-Mohtar

Mishell Baker's new fantasy novel follows filmmaker Millie Roper as she manages her mental and physical issues while hunting down a missing fairy nobleman — and trying to make a career in Hollywood.

Let's Stop Requiring Advanced Math, A New Book Argues

9:09am March 02, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus keep millions of people from graduating. And they're unnecessary, argues author and professor Andrew Hacker.

Gary Shulze, 66, and Pat Frovarp, 75, sit in Once Upon A Crime, the Minneapolis bookstore they ran for 14 years. On when they first met: "Well, Gary was pretty doggone cute," says Frovarp. "There's no doubt about it."

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The Final Chapter Of A Tale Of Books, Love And Mystery In Minneapolis

7:14pm March 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Gary Shulze and Pat Frovarp have run the beloved Once Upon A Crime bookstore for 14 years. They fell in love there, bought it together and married there. Now, they're retiring.

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