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'Dementia Reimagined' Asks: Can There Be Happiness For Those With Memory Loss?

4:47pm May 21, 2019

by Terry Gross

While caring for her mother, who had dementia, bioethicist Tia Powell began imagining a different way to approach the disease. Her new book looks at long-term care options and end-of-life decisions.

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Jim Sciutto On Tactics Russia And China Use To Attack The U.S.

6:36am May 21, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to CNN anchor Jim Sciutto about his book: The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America.

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Filmmaker John Waters, 73, has plenty of advice for his fellow elders: "Whenever any magazine says, 'What photographer do you want to shoot you?' I always just say, 'The one that has the biggest retouch budget!' "

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'Filth Elder' John Waters Says There Are Still 'Plenty Of Rules' Left To Break

2:03pm May 20, 2019

by Terry Gross

The cult filmmaker, 73, has plenty of ideas about what older people should and shouldn't do. "You can't be trying too hard to rebel [when] you're older," Waters says. His new book is Mr. Know-It-All.

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In 'Ladysitting,' Lorene Cary Chronicles The End Of Her Grandmother's Life

6:04pm May 19, 2019

Lorene Cary's new memoir explores the ups and downs of caretaking for an elderly family member. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Cary about Ladysitting: My Year With Nana at the End of Her Century.

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Grappling With Identity In 'Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love'

8:28am May 19, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with poet and video game designer Keith S. Wilson about his new collection of poetry, Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love, which explores space, race and physics.

Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football, by John Urschel

From The Gridiron To Multigrid Algorithms In 'Mind And Matter'

5:45pm May 18, 2019

by Michel Martin

MIT mathematician and former Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel has a new memoir out about how he combined his two very different talents into a successful and varied career.

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The Chateau Marmont's Place In Hollywood History

8:12am May 18, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon discusses the glamorous LA hotel Chateau Marmont with Shawn Levy, author of The Castle on Sunset.

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Short Stories In 'Orange World'

8:12am May 18, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell about her new, otherworldly, collection of short stories, Orange World.

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Novelist Stephen McCauley Embraces Life On A 'Small, Everyday Scale'

1:24pm May 17, 2019

by Terry Gross

McCauley's novel, My Ex-Life, is a comedy about a couple whose marriage ended years ago when the husband came out as gay. "All relationships evolve," he says. Originally broadcast June 20, 2018.

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A Bend in the Stars, by Rachel Barenbaum

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Rachel Barenbaum's 'A Bend In The Stars' Tells A Tale Of Injustice And Romance

1:11pm May 17, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Barenbaum says she was inspired by the story of Albert Einstein's race to prove his theory of relativity. The novel digs into questions of philosophy, time, and whether rules are meant to be broken.

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