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Nisid Hajari led international coverage at Newsweek for more than a decade as a foreign editor and managing editor and now oversees Asia coverage for Bloomberg View.

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India's 1947 Partition And The 'Deadly Legacy' That Persists To This Day

3:49pm June 09, 2015

In his new book, Midnight's Furies, Nisid Hajari describes the riots and massacres that ensued after Pakistan was established as a separate state, and how those tensions are still playing out.

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Coping With Calamity In Shimmering 'Cathedral'

11:08am June 09, 2015

by Heller McAlpin

The aging characters in Kate Walbert's new novel are learning to go with the flow as waters rise and life takes strange turns. Critic Heller McAlpin praises Walbert's ability to capture women's lives.

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This 'Book Of Numbers' Speaks A Human Language

6:56pm June 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Writer Joshua Cohen says his new novel (about a journalist and a tech mogul both also named Joshua Cohen) aims to reclaim the Internet. "It's made of our humanity," he tells NPR's Robert Siegel.

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As Global Population Grows, Is The Earth Reaching The 'End Of Plenty'?

1:26pm June 08, 2015

In his new book journalist Joel Bourne says humanity is facing a major problem: The world is running out of food. There are promising developments to meet the threat, he says, but time is running out.

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Bombs Blast And Time Marches On In 'A God In Ruins'

1:26pm June 08, 2015

by Maureen Corrigan

Kate Atkinson's novel both mourns the passing of the World War II generation and allows readers to vicariously enter into the experience of the war. It's a companion to her 2013 book, Life After Life.

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'Balm' Looks At Civil War After The Battles, Outside The South

1:22pm June 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

In her new novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez wanted to look beyond the traditional frame for Civil War stories. Her book is set in Chicago and opens as the nation is struggling to heal.

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A New Judy Blume Novel For Adults Is Always An 'Event'

10:10am June 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

In the Unlikely Event is beloved YA author Judy Blume's first novel for adults in 17 years — it's centered on a series of plane crashes that really happened in her home town in the early 1950s.

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In Debut Novel, Air Force Officer Questions How We Honor Our Veterans

6:21pm June 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Jesse Goolsby, author of I'd Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them, says it's not only a question of appreciation. "We just want a conversation about what our country asks of us," Goolsby says.

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Dante Guides A Husband Through Grief 'In A Dark Wood'

12:35pm June 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Joseph Luzzi used Dante's epic poem "The Divine Comedy" to get him through the grief of his wife's sudden death. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Luzzi.

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Deep Connections Link The Stories In 'Louisa Meets Bear'

12:35pm June 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Lisa Gornick about her new collection of short stories, Louisa Meets Bear. The stories chart the way small decisions can ripple through seemingly unconnected lives.

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