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According to the U.S. Census, single adult women now outnumber married adult women in America.

Single By Choice: Why Fewer American Women Are Married Than Ever Before

3:59pm March 01, 2016

Rebecca Traister, author of All the Single Ladies, says the declining marriage rates among adult women are less about the institution of marriage and more about the choices available to women today.

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Provocative Book Explores The Connection Between Loneliness And Art

2:28pm March 01, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Olivia Laing surveys the landscape of urban alienation in her new book, a work that is part-memoir and part-criticism. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Lonely City is "absolutely one of a kind."

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Sentenced To Death For Murder, A Woman Tells Her Story From 'Memory'

2:11pm March 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

In Petina Gappah's new novel, an albino Zimbabwean woman named Memory is charged with murdering her adoptive father. She narrates the tale from inside a maximum security prison in Harare.

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'Lonely City' Is More Than A Cry For Connection

7:00am March 01, 2016

by Jason Heller

Writer Olivia Laing recalls her days as an expatriate Brit in New York in her new book, a meditation on modern life and loneliness. It's a lonely read, too, but full of heart-piercing wisdom.

Adam Grant is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Originals.

Originals: How To Spot One, How To Be One

12:01am March 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, tells us what makes an original, how parents can nurture originality in their children, and its potential downside.

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Nancy Jo Sales interviewed more than 200 teenage girls about their social media and Internet habits while researching her book American Girls.

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Teen Girls And Social Media: A Story Of 'Secret Lives' And Misogyny

7:43pm February 29, 2016

Author Nancy Jo Sales says the Internet fosters a kind of sexism that is harmful to teen girls. Her new book is American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.

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'The Ballad Of Black Tom' Offers A Tribute And Critique Of Lovecraft

1:55pm February 29, 2016

Growing up, Victor LaValle loved reading the horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft. It wasn't until later that LaValle recognized the racism in Lovecraft's work and felt the need to respond.

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'The Martian' Started As A Self-Published Book

4:24pm February 28, 2016

by Lynn Neary

The movie that was nominated for several Oscars began as a self-published book by Andy Weir. NPR's Lynn Neary looks at how an unknown author's book became a hit audio book and major motion picture.

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Frankly, My Dear, Mark Leyner Doesn't Give A Damn

7:00am February 28, 2016

by Jason Sheehan

Mark Leyner manages to make run-on sentences, erotic digressions and manic depression engaging in his autobiographical novel, Gone with the Mind.

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'Imbeciles' Explores Legacy Of Eugenics In America

2:53pm February 27, 2016

Adam Cohen's new book tells the story of the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell. The ruling permitted the state of Virginia to sterilize an "imbecile" — a scientific term of the day.

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