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'New Yorker' Cartoonist And TV Producer Writes 'Honest Portrait' Of His Parents

2:35pm April 02, 2015

Bruce Eric Kaplan's illustrated memoir I Was A Child describes his life in Maplewood, N.J., in the '60s and '70s. He says it's a way of keeping his parents alive, "not just for me, but for the world."

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Change Your Habits And You'll Be 'Better Than Before'

6:43pm April 01, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Gretchen Rubin about her new book, Better Than Before. It's her philosophy of how to create good habits and nix the bad ones.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren talked about 2016 to WBUR's Here & Now: "What I care about is that everyone who runs for president, who runs for any national office right now, talks about this core set of issues."

Elizabeth Warren On Hillary Clinton And Running For President

11:17am April 01, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

In an interview with NPR's Here & Now, the darling of the left again denies any interest herself. But her politics — and followers — will have an influence.

Models show designs by Oscar de la Renta at the 1973 Versailles show. De la Renta was one of the first American designers to sign on for the catwalk competition.

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How A 1970s Fashion Faceoff Put American Designers In The Spotlight

9:06pm March 31, 2015

by NPR Staff

In The Battle of Versailles, fashion critic Robin Givhan tells the story of the groundbreaking runway show that pitched French couture designers against American up-and-comers.

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'Lost Child' Author Caryl Phillips: 'I Needed To Know Where I Came From'

9:05pm March 31, 2015

by NPR Staff

"A part of me was beneath the surface and I had to discover it if I wanted to write with any clarity about myself," says Phillips. His novel The Lost Child brings Wuthering Heights into modern times.

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How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival

5:27pm March 30, 2015

Kevin Kruse's book looks at how industrialists in the '30s and '40s recruited clergy to preach free enterprise. And under the Eisenhower administration, Christianity and capitalism moved center stage.

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Richard Price is also the author of, among other books, Clockers, Freedomland and The Wanderers.

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Not My Job: Richard Price (AKA Harry Brandt) Gets Quizzed On Pseudonyms

10:24am March 30, 2015

For his latest book, The Whites, novelist Richard Price decided to use a pen name. In retrospect, he wishes he hadn't.

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John Hargrove, a trainer who spent 14 years working with orcas, mostly at SeaWorld, eventually became disillusioned with the company's treatment of its killer whales.

Former Orca Trainer For SeaWorld Condemns Its Practices

9:12pm March 28, 2015

John Hargrove says he left SeaWorld after seeing "devastating effects of captivity" on orcas. His new book is Beneath The Surface. SeaWorld's Christopher Dold says such criticism is "unfounded."

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'Night At The Fiestas' Spins Stories Of Faith And Family

5:29pm March 28, 2015

by NPR Staff

Kirstin Valdez Quade's debut book of short fiction is inspired by her family and its long history in the "romanticized" region of northern New Mexico.

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Hunting Mythical Monsters 'At The Water's Edge'

10:56am March 28, 2015

by NPR Staff

Sara Gruen is following her bestselling Water for Elephants with a tale of a young American couple who travel to Scotland during the Second World War in search of the legendary Loch Ness Monster.

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