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'Conditional Citizens' Examines What It Means To Be An American

12:32pm September 22, 2020

by Noel King

Laila Lalami's new book is Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. She says conditional citizens — of which she's one — are people sometimes embraced by America, other times rejected.

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From 'SNL' To Workout Videos, How RBG Became A Pop Culture Icon

11:56am September 22, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

Outside the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had another life in pop culture as a symbol of dissent and feminism. The Notorious RBG was celebrated in memes, movies, T-shirts and tote bags

H.R. McMaster, then U.S. national security adviser, attends a joint press conference of President Trump and Baltic heads of state at the White House in April 2018.

McMaster: Goal Of Changing Putin Is A 'Delusion' Suffered By 3 Presidents

8:29pm September 21, 2020

by NPR Staff

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster told NPR that President Trump isn't the first U.S. president to suffer under a misapprehension about what's possible in dealings with Moscow.

"I'm a comedian. I'm not here to be agreed with," says Colin Quinn. "In fact, if you came up to me and said, 'You're not funny, but I agree with you,' I'd be offended because I'm here to make people laugh. ... It's much more powerful than somebody agreein

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In A 'Coast-To-Coast Roast,' Colin Quinn Finds Humor In The State We're In

4:16pm September 21, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

As a veteran stand-up comedian, Quinn has spent decades on the road, performing in 47 out of the 50 states he now affectionately eviscerates in his new book, Overstated.

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President Trump and H.R. McMaster walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 2017.

Latest Tell-All, By Former National Security Adviser McMaster, Is Not All About Trump

9:34am September 21, 2020

by Ron Elving

This book may be the master in-depth briefing H.R. McMaster always wanted to give the president. For better or worse, it seems listening to lengthy historical explanations has not been Trump's style.

Bishop Michael Curry gave a sermon at the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, at St. George's Chapel, in Windsor, England.

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Bishop Michael Curry Preaches The Power Of Love To Find 'Hope In Troubling Times'

11:18pm September 20, 2020

The head of the Episcopal Church gave an impassioned sermon at the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Now, Curry expands on his message of love in a new book, Love is the Way.

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"The Bodega Boys" Desus And Mero Offer Life Advice In New Book

10:10am September 20, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with the team of Desus and Mero about their new advice book, God-Level Knowledge Darts.

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Susanna Clarke Divines Magic In Long-Awaited Novel 'Piranesi'

8:51am September 20, 2020

by Vikki Valentine

Clarke fans waited 16 years for this follow-up to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Here, Clarke limns a magic that is part of the very fabric of the universe.

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, by Sophie Hannah

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Poirot's The Star, But His Sidekick Shines In 'Kingfisher Hill'

1:48am September 20, 2020

by Vikki Valentine

The latest installment in the Hercule Poirot franchise — now being written by Sophie Hannah — is a masterful, multilayered puzzle in which Poirot's assistant Inspector Catchpool plays a key role.

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Anne Helen Petersen Talks Millennial Burnout

12:13pm September 19, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon talks to former BuzzFeed writer Anne Helen Petersen about her new book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.

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