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Hernan Diaz on his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'Trust'

8:12am May 13, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Hernan Diaz about his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "Trust," about a New York tycoon who takes advantage of the 1929 crash and his attempts to control his own story.

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Anne Berest's novel traces her family history and leads back to the Holocaust

8:12am May 13, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anne Berest about her new novel "The Postcard." It's based on the author's own family history and unwinds a mystery leading back to the Holocaust.

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Victor LaValle's novel 'Lone Women' is infused with dread and horror — and more

7:22am May 12, 2023

by Michael Schaub

This is a wonderful novel that expertly combines adventure and terror, sprinkled with The Changeling author's mordant wit and assured prose. It is a horror novel, but it's also a refreshing western.

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'The East Indian' imagines the life of the first Indian immigrant to now-U.S. land

7:26am May 11, 2023

by Jenny Bhatt

Brinda Charry aims to recover, reclaim, and reframe the little-known, barely footnoted history of the earliest Indian immigrant on record to what is now the United States.

Truman Committee became the model for scrutinizing giant public expenditures

5:12am May 11, 2023

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Steve Drummond about his book, The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two.

This anthology wants us to redefine fitness for ourselves

5:13pm May 10, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Justice Roe Williams, who coedited Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What it Means to Be Fit in American Culture.

Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers

1:50pm May 10, 2023

by Dave Davies

Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book, Clearing the Fog.

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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, by Claire Dederer

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When art you love was made by 'Monsters': A critic lays out the 'Fan's Dilemma'

1:50pm May 10, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

Do geniuses get a "hall pass" for their behavior? Or, do we "cancel" the art of artists who've done "monstrous" things? That's the question Claire Dederer tackles in her new book.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference to sign several bills related to public education and teacher pay, in Miami, on May 9.

Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others

1:21pm May 10, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

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'Warrior Girl Unearthed' revisits the 'Firekeeper's Daughter' cast of characters

9:10am May 10, 2023

by Caitlyn Paxson

In this gripping follow-up to Angeline Boulley's much-lauded debut, we return to Sugar Island and meet the next generation of girls in the Firekeeper family.