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A Cartoonist's Funny, Heartbreaking Take On Caring For Aging Parents

1:26pm May 08, 2014

In Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast combines text, cartoons, sketches and photos to describe her interactions with her parents during the last years of their lives.

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Poker players take part in the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament in Las Vegas.

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From Poker Amateur To World Series Competitor In 'The Noble Hustle'

1:37pm May 07, 2014

Colson Whitehead's new book was born of an assignment to write about the World Series of Poker for Grantland. It's a sharp observational tale of the game, those who play it and how it changed him.

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The Making Of 'Godzilla,' Japan's Favorite 'Mon-Star'

2:23pm May 02, 2014

Steve Ryfle is the author of a book about the making of the film and its many sequels. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2004, on the film's 50th anniversary.

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How An Army Officer And Diplomat Wrote His Way Through Trauma

6:25pm April 26, 2014

by NPR Staff

After a decade of witnessing death and bloodshed in five different wars, Ron Capps developed post-traumatic stress disorder. His memoir, Seriously Not All Right, chronicles his battles.

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A Fire Sparks Rivalry And Suspicion In 'The Art Of Secrets'

11:30am April 26, 2014

The Art of Secrets is the young-adult story of an investigation centered on a suspected hate crime in Chicago. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the book's author, high school librarian James Klise.

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Justice Stevens: Six Little Ways To Change The Constitution

11:30am April 26, 2014

by NPR Staff

In a new book, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says we should rewrite the Second Amendment, abolish the death penalty and restrict political campaign spending.

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Richard Blanco reads his poem "One Today" during President Obama's second inaugural, on Jan. 21.

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Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco: 'I Finally Felt Like I Was Home'

2:40pm April 24, 2014

Blanco, who read his poem "One Today" at Obama's second inauguration, is the first immigrant, Latino and openly gay poet chosen to read at an inauguration.

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In her new book, Forcing the Spring, investigative reporter Jo Becker goes behind the scenes in the fight for marriage equality. Above, Eric Breese of Rochester, N.Y., joins hundreds of others to rally outside the Supreme Court during oral arguments in a

'Forcing The Spring' Tells One Chapter In Story Of Marriage Equality

2:42pm April 23, 2014

The strategy of going to the Supreme Court to challenge Proposition 8 was controversial within the gay-rights movement. Now, Jo Becker's new book is proving to be controversial as well.

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Carlotta Gall began reporting on Afghanistan in November 2001, just after the U.S. started bombing the country in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pakistan, The Taliban And The Real 'Enemy' Of The Afghanistan War

7:42pm April 15, 2014

In a new book, New York Times correspondent Carlotta Gall offers new information about how Pakistan has helped the Taliban in Afghanistan and may have helped hide Osama bin Laden.

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Empathy: How Should We Care About One Another?

7:20am April 15, 2014

Kelly McEvers talks to Leslie Jamison, author of the new essay collection, The Empathy Exams: Essays. The book takes the writer on a quest to figure out how others feel empathy.

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