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What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics

2:07pm May 01, 2024

by Dave Davies

In The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing parallels to today's political climate.

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Christian author, warning of domestic terrorism, speaks directly to her community

5:08am May 01, 2024

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Elizabeth Neumann about the rise of Christian extremism. Neumann served as a Homeland Security official in the Trump administration. Her new book is Kingdom of Rage.

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Fantasy writer Leigh Bardugo on magic, miracles and her version of hell

1:42pm April 30, 2024

by Sam Briger

Bardugo is best known for her YA Shadow and Bone series. Her adult novel, The Familiar, centers on a young woman in 16th century Spain who must hide her identity as a Jew who converted to Catholicism.

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Why 1999 was such a big year for movies

5:26pm April 28, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Brian Raftery, author of the book, Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

Health & Safety

Author Emily Oster's new book 'Unexpected' tackles difficult pregnancies

4:17pm April 27, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Emily Oster about her new book The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications.

Books

Ruth Reichl's 'The Paris Novel' is a coming-of-age story set in 1980s Paris

8:23am April 27, 2024

by Scott Simon

Food writer and editor Ruth Reichl's new book, "The Paris Novel," is a coming-of age story full of the author's favorite things: Art, fashion, literature, 1980s Paris, and - of course - oysters.

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Novelist John Green says OCD is like an 'invasive weed' inside his mind

1:41pm April 26, 2024

by Terry Gross

Green's YA novel, Turtles All The Way Down, has been recently adapted to film. Green described living with OCD, and how "one little thought" could take over his mind, in this 2017 interview.

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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters, by Susan Page

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Barbara Walters forged a path for women in journalism, but not without paying a price

5:33pm April 24, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Walters was the first woman to co-anchor a national news show on prime time television. "The path she cut is one that many of us have followed," says biographer Susan Page, author of The Rulebreaker.

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Riders pass a baton during a Pony Express relay race in Okmulgee, Okla.

A photographer documented Black cowboys across the U.S. for a new book

5:00am April 24, 2024

by Olivia Hampton

NPR's A Martinez speaks with photojournalist Ivan McClellan about his new book documenting Black cowboys, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture.

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Adam Moss allowed NPR into a space only two other people have seen: his painting studio.

In a collection of 40+ interviews, author Adam Moss tries to find the key to creation

5:00am April 24, 2024

Author Adam Moss interviewed more than 40 creative minds to find out how they went from a blank page to finished work of art.

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