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'Daily Show' Host Writes About Growing Up Biracial In South Africa

1:07pm November 11, 2016

by NPR Staff

Trevor Noah's black mother was jailed for having a relationship with his white father. She always turned to humor before anger, and Noah says that's a trait he inherited. His new book is Born a Crime.

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The Greatest Hits Of 'The Platinum Age Of Television'

1:45pm November 10, 2016

"Television has really become where a lot of the action is right now," critic David Bianculli says. His new book revisits the best of the small screen — from I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead.

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Politics & Government

Author Who Chronicled 1970's Feminist Movement Reacts To Clinton's Loss

7:58am November 10, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to journalist and author Lynn Povich about what Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump means for women's rights. Povich is the author of: The Good Girls Revolt.

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Author Richard Russo Ponders What The Presidential Election Was Really About

7:27am November 10, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo, who often writes about class in America, about his post-election outlook. His latest book is Everybody's Fool.

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'Doonesbury' Creator Has 'Great Fun' Putting Trump In A Comic Setting

1:37pm November 07, 2016

"Donald and I go all the way back to when his hair was dark brown," Garry Trudeau jokes. His new book, Yuge!, is a collection of 30 years of comic strips featuring Trump as a character.

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Writer Thomas Mallon: Fact Is Stranger Than Fictionalizing The Election

9:16am November 05, 2016

Writer and critic Thomas Mallon, who happens to be Republican, imagined the 2016 presidential campaign as a novel in a recent New Yorker article. He talks to NPR's Scott Simon.

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For Tippi Hedren, Hitchcock's Scares Came Off-Screen

9:16am November 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

In her new memoir, Tippi, the actress speaks frankly about Hollywood, her career, and her complicated relationship with Alfred Hitchcock — who made her a star, but also made her life hell.

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Francine Prose's 'Mister Monkey' Novel Inspired By Her Granddaughter's Cheeky Comment

9:00am November 05, 2016

Mister Monkey is the latest novel by award-winning writer Francine Prose. NPR's Scott Simon chats with Prose about the novel which was inspired after a seeing a play with her granddaughter.

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Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Discusses 'The Sympathizer' And His Escape From Vietnam

2:47pm November 04, 2016

Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in 1975. He won the Pulitzer Prize this year for his spy novel The Sympathizer. Originally broadcast May 17, 2016.

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Editor Terry McDonnell Doctors Stories In 'Accidental Life'

6:18am November 03, 2016

Terry McDonell has worked with literary greats Hunter Thompson, Richard Ford, George Plimpton and many more. He reflects on that work in a new book about the art of working with writers.

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