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Coronavirus And Drinking Games: Author Of New Book Sees Commonalities

1:24pm July 07, 2020

by Susan Brink

Adam Kucharski, author of the new book The Rules Of Contagion, talks about how to predict the spread (and end) of contagious events, from viruses to internet trends.

Ingrid Wall and Joachim Wall, parents of murdered journalist Kim Wall, are interviewed at the inaugural grant ceremony for The Kim Wall Memorial Fund at Superfine on March 23, 2018 in New York City.

Journalist Kim Wall's Parents Show She Was More Than A Victim In 'A Silenced Voice'

11:58am July 07, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

Kim Wall was 30 when she was killed by a source. Her parents are working to make sure her name will not be a warning but a tag under ambitious investigative pieces, a line on resumes, a calling card.

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In 'Members Only,' Pandya Examines Brown Space Between Black And White

6:29am July 07, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sameer Pandya, author of the new book: Members Only.

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Friends and Strangers, by J. Courtney Sullivan

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Privilege Takes Many Forms In 'Friends And Strangers'

4:15pm July 06, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

J. Courtney Sullivan's new novel examines the relationship between a mother and her child's caregiver — both women with significant degrees of privilege, despite their surface economic differences.

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The Debate Over The Word Irregardless. Is It A Word?

7:40am July 06, 2020

Merriam-Webster has confirmed that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, despite concerns from teachers that it is not.

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Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir, Gail Caldwell

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'Bright Precious Thing' Encompasses Memories Unleashed By #MeToo Movement

5:00am July 06, 2020

by Heller McAlpin

Like most good memoirs, Gail Caldwell's latest is a reassessment of life choices, roads taken and others foregone. "At some point you shuffle the cards and call the deck a life," she writes.

"I dug my fingers there and here and stretched my arms like ropes. I threw my body through the air and caught myself in all the ways I'd imagined, a bright path of thinking."

This Book Teaches Kids 'How To Solve A Problem' Like A Rock Climber Would

11:16am July 05, 2020

by Samantha Balaban

Nineteen-year-old Ashima Shiraishi may be one of the most talented rock climbers in the world, but lofty titles aside, she wants kids to know that most of climbing — and life — is "just falling."

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Author Lacy Crawford Looks Back At Her Sexual Assault In New Memoir

7:53am July 05, 2020

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author Lacy Crawford about her new memoir, Notes on a Silencing, about her sexual assault at an elite boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire.

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A Competition To Finish Louisa May Alcott's Story

5:12pm July 04, 2020

An unfinished story by Louisa May Alcott has recently been published, and now there's a competition to find a writer to finish the story.

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D. L. Hughley: 'Everybody Knows' Independence Day Didn't Free Us All

2:30pm July 04, 2020

by Scott Simon

In his new book, Surrender, White People!, Hughley suggests we consider whether our national holidays speak to the entire nation — along with other bitingly funny ideas for addressing injustice.

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