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Where Author Jacqueline Woodson Would Like To Take Young People's Literature In 2018

4:52pm January 09, 2018

by Lynn Neary

The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Gene Luen Yang passed the baton to his successor Jacqueline Woodson on Tuesday. NPR takes a look at where young people's literature is now and where the new ambassador would like to take it in the coming year.

Author Denis Johnson, pictured here in 2013, died in May of 2017. The new posthumously published collection, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, features five of Johnson's short stories.

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Posthumously Published 'Sea Maiden' Affirms Denis Johnson's Eternal Voice

2:54pm January 09, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

A new collection features five stand-alone stories by Johnson, who died in 2017. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is "the kind of work every writer would like to go out on."

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Patrice Banks own the Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby, Pa.

Girls Auto Clinic Owner: 'I Couldn't Find A Female Mechanic, So I Had To Learn'

1:47pm January 09, 2018

by Terry Gross

There was a time when Patrice Banks avoided taking her car in for routine maintenance. Now, she's a trained mechanic, and the owner of a garage that caters to women.

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For 'The Immortalists' Knowledge Of Death Changes Lives

7:00am January 09, 2018

by Jean Zimmerman

In Chloe Benjamin's new book, four siblings growing up on the Lower East Side amid the upheavals of the 1960s gain forbidden, life-changing knowledge: The exact year and date of their deaths.

'Fire And Fury' Author Michael Wolff Discusses Bannon's Role In White House

10:35pm January 08, 2018

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with journalist and author Michael Wolff about his book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Wolff discusses Steve Bannon's role in the White House and his future relationship with the Republican party.

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Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer of the podcast, "By The Book," share self-help secrets from books they've lived.

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Want A New You For The New Year? These Books Might Actually Help

6:06pm January 08, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer live by a new self-help book for each episode of their podcast By the Book, so they're experts on which ones might really help us keep our New Year's resolutions.

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Activist Rosa Clemente (far left), actors Susan Sarandon and Michelle Williams and activist Tarana Burke (far right), arrive to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Clemente is an organizer, political commentator and indep

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At The Golden Globes, Not Just Another Red Carpet

11:20pm January 07, 2018

This year, industry reports of sexual harassment and abuse echoed on the red carpet. Some celebrities chose to wear black to convey their support for people who have reported misconduct.

Greta Pane is a post-doctoral fellow in English literature at Boston University.

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Meeting After A Moment Of Musical Connection, 17 Years Later

6:30pm January 07, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Greta Pane had a musical "missed connection" in a practice room years ago. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with her and with the mystery pianist, Noah Farber, who was on the other side of the wall.

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Actor Joe Morton plays Rowan Pope in the ABC drama Scandal.

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Joe Morton, Scheming Father Of 'Scandal,' On Playing Dick Gregory On Stage

6:04pm January 07, 2018

by Michel Martin

In addition to his role on the hit TV drama, he also stars in a one-man show on the comedy pioneer: "I was looking for parts ... that had some greater reverberation than just entertainment," he says.

After A Year Of Reckoning, Can Hollywood Change?

6:04pm January 07, 2018

In the wake of the "MeToo" movement, NPR's Michel Martin asks New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear if Hollywood will change its attitude toward sexual harassment. Goodyear wrote about the industry's reckoning in her latest article for the magazine.