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Hanya Yanagihara's 'To Paradise' is one of the most highly anticipated novels of 2022

8:47am January 08, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon interviews celebrated novelist Hanya Yanagihara about her newest work, "To Paradise," an epic tale spanning 200 years in a fictionalized New York City.

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Everybody in the Red Brick Building, written by Anne Wynter and illustrated by Oge Mora

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WaaaAAH! Rraak! 'Everybody in the Red Brick Building' is awake!

8:47am January 08, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

Baby Izzie howls, Rayhan's parrot screeches, Benny and his friends play flashlight tag, and Natalia launches her rocket in the new children's book by author Anne Wynter and illustrator Oge Mora.

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Remembering essayist Joan Didion, a keen observer of American culture

1:35pm January 07, 2022

by Terry Gross

Didion, who died Dec. 23, was known her cool, unsentimental observations. Her books include Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The Year of Magical Thinking. Originally broadcast in 1987 and 2005.

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Ambiguous loss describes a type of distress many of us have experienced over the last two years, as the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted and eroded many parts of life. Author and therapist Pauline Boss' book explains how ambiguous loss works and how to

When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges

4:42pm January 05, 2022

by Graison Dangor

Over the last two years, many have experienced a kind of ambiguous loss as we have lived with isolation and uncertainty in the pandemic. Author and therapist Pauline Boss explains how to move forward.

The container ship Hyundai Hope is loaded in Norfolk, Va., on Dec. 1, 2021.

The global supply chain is amazingly efficient. So why did it break down?

1:17pm January 05, 2022

by Dave Davies

"Americans went on a shopping spree as soon as lockdown started, and we haven't really stopped," journalist Christopher Mims says. His book, Arriving Today, goes inside the global supply chain.

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'Fiona and Jane' captures a friendship's intensity, loyalty and occasional torment

5:04pm January 04, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jean Chen Ho about her new book, Fiona and Jane. It describes how two Taiwanese American women who grew up in Los Angeles grow apart and find their way back to each other.

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After serving as the lead manager for the ultimately unsuccessful second Trump impeachment, Rep. Jamie Raskin became a member of the House select committee looking into the Jan. 6 attacks.

After his son's suicide and the Jan. 6 attack, Rep. Jamie Raskin is not giving up

3:21pm January 04, 2022

by Terry Gross

Raskin's son died just days before the Capitol insurrection. Now Raskin serves on the House select committee charged with investigating the Jan. 6 attack. His new memoir is Unthinkable.

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Greenblatt's book argues growing intolerance in the U.S. threatens democracy

6:44am January 04, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, about the growth of hate and systemic violence in the U.S. His new book is called: It Could Happen Here.

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Why you want to supercharge your brain

7:50am January 03, 2022

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Professor James Goodwin about his book, Supercharge Your Brain: How to Maintain a Healthy Brain Throughout Your Life.

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'African Town' traces the history of the last slave ship sent to the U.S.

8:15am January 02, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

Eyder Peralta talks with Charles Waters and Irene Latham about their book, "African Town." It's about the community established by the Africans on the last slave ship to the U.S.

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