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Beth Moore on her memoir 'All My Knotted-Up Life'

7:59am February 19, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

Beth Moore made headlines when she left the Southern Baptist church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks her about that and about surviving sexual abuse. Moore's memoir is "All My Knotted-Up Life."

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Rebecca Makkai on her novel 'I Have Some Questions For You'

8:02am February 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

A podcaster returns to her boarding school decades after a classmate was murdered to rehash the crime. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rebecca Makkai about her novel, "I Have Some Questions For You."

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Jac Jemc on her new novel 'Empty Theatre'

8:02am February 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Jac Jemc bout her new novel, "Empty Theatre." It's a satirical re-imagining of the relationship between King Ludwig of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Hungary.

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The human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals know

2:08pm February 17, 2023

by Terry Gross

Science writer Ed Yong recently won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence for An Immense World, his book about the diversity of perception in the animal world. Originally broadcast June 22, 2022.

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Bozoma Saint John writes of love, loss and survival in 'The Urgent Life'

5:08am February 16, 2023

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Bozoma Saint John about her memoir: The Urgent Life.

New book looks at love and heartbreak, both romantic and familial

5:25pm February 14, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Camonghne Felix about her new memoir, Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation.

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Grace Lin and Kate Messner on their new children's book 'Once Upon a Book'

8:02am February 12, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to authors Grace Lin and Kate Messner about their new children's book. "Once Upon a Book" follows a young girl who discovers the joy of reading.

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Gothataone Moeng on her first collection of short stories 'Call and Response'

7:57am February 11, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Gothataone Moeng about her first collection of short stories, "Call and Response." They involve Botswanan characters caught between tradition and modernity.

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Patrick Bringley on his book 'All the Beauty in the World'

7:57am February 11, 2023

by Scott Simon

Patrick Bringley found solace and healing while working as a guard at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bringley about his book, "All the Beauty in the World."

Stokely Carmichael, shown here in 1967, helped popularize the term "Black Power!" in 1966.

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How Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers changed the civil rights movement

1:29pm February 08, 2023

by Terry Gross

Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were formed. His new book is Saying It Loud.

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