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Fallon's new book has a daddy bee, dog, rabbit, cat and donkey (one of his personal favorites) all trying — and failing — to get their babies to say "dada."

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If Jimmy Fallon Gets His Way, 'Your Baby's First Word Will Be Dada'

8:11am June 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

The Tonight Show host's new children's book was inspired by his daughters. He tells NPR about his efforts to trick his first daughter into saying "dada" and his family's struggle to conceive.

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'Louisa Meets Bear' Is More Than The Sum Of Its Parts

6:50pm June 09, 2015

by Michael Schaub

Lisa Gornick's new novel-slash-story-collection turns around the long and stormy relationship between the title characters. Critic Michael Schaub says the book "may not be comforting, but it's true."

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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Winemaker Iago Bitarishvili makes wine in clay vessels called qvevri, which he buries underground and fills with white grapes. There are no barrels, vats or monitoring systems for this ancient Georgian method, which is helping drive sales. Bitarishvili pl

Georgia's Giant Clay Pots Hold An 8,000-Year-Old Secret To Great Wine

2:35pm June 09, 2015

by Daniella Cheslow

Making ancient Georgian wine is pretty uncomplicated: Toss grapes into a huge, egg-shaped pot, bury it, walk away. What comes out is an orange wine with a deep tannin flavor prized around the world.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour Small Batch: 'Sense8'

2:03pm June 09, 2015

by Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon and Audie Cornish sit down to chat about the new Netflix series Sense8.

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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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Vanity Fair's Twitter page shows its July cover with Caitlyn Jenner. The issue and photo shoot had to be planned in secret.

Behind The Camera: How 'Vanity Fair' Got Its 'Call Me Caitlyn' Cover

6:31pm June 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

The issue with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover had many people talking before it even hit newsstands. Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter says the story took months of secret planning.

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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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