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'Bloom County' And Opus The Penguin Return After A 25-Year Hiatus

3:06pm October 12, 2015

Comic strip creator Berkeley Breathed tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger that a 2008 letter from author Harper Lee inspired him to re-launch his famous strip on Facebook. It's now called Bloom County 2015.

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Donna Karan On Motherhood, Fashion And Designing The Perfect Pair Of Jeans

1:19pm October 12, 2015

When Donna Karan started her brand in 1984, she thought it would be "a little company." Four decades later, she looks back on her life, her legacy and leaving her company. Her memoir is My Journey.

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Poet Ted Hughes met Sylvia Plath 1956. "They were both geniuses, says biographer Jonathan Bate. Hughes is shown above on the first day of trout fishing season in April 1986.

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Sylvia Plath's Husband, Ted Hughes, Lived A Life Of Poetry And Tragedy

10:28am October 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

Biographer Jonathan Bate says his job is to write about "the quality and endurance of the literary work." His new biography has been disavowed by the Hughes estate.

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Sculptor Turns Rain, Ice And Trees Into 'Ephemeral Works'

12:07pm October 09, 2015

British artist Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures melt and decay. "It's not about art," he says. "It's just about life, and the need to understand that a lot of things in life do not last."

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'Not In God's Name' Confronts Religious Violence With A 'Different Voice'

6:43pm October 08, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks about his new book, Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence.

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Plan 'B': How A Feminist Comic Book Found Devoted Fans Through Absurdity

10:03am October 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick about her comic, Bitch Planet, about a dystopian future where being "noncompliant" in almost any way can land women on a prison planet.

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Michael Solomonov describes Israeli-style hummus as "a marriage of chickpeas and tehina."

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For Israeli-Born Chef, Hummus And 'Tehina' Are A Bridge To Home

3:57pm October 07, 2015

Chef Michael Solomonov sees his mission as connecting people to the food of his homeland. "That, to me, is my life's work," he says. Solomonov's new cookbook is Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking.

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Life With A Comedian Isn't Always Funny

1:38pm October 07, 2015

Kelly Carlin, George Carlin's daughter, released a new memoir called A Carlin Home Companion, about growing up as the only daughter of one of the greatest comedians of all time.

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For Prolific Author Percival Everett, The Wilderness Is A Place Of Clarity

1:38pm October 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Everett praises Wyoming, where many of his new stories are set, for being "so sparsely populated." And he says the outdoors aren't dangerous — human voices in the wilderness are far scarier.

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California's Growing Dunes In 'Gold Fame Citrus' Force Residents To Retreat

7:53am October 07, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to author Claire Vaye Watkins about her new novel: Gold Fame Citrus. It's set in the American West of the not too distant future that has been completely transformed by drought.

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