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Children's Book, 'Our Family Farm,' Sells Thousands Of Copies

8:35am October 13, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Mark Watne, president of the North Dakota Farmer's Union, about the children's book that's meant to inspire a new generation of farmers.

Rancho Santa Margarita Skate Park in Rancho Santa Margarita

'Exalting The Banal To The Monumental' Through California Skate Parks

7:00am October 13, 2019

by Emma Bowman

The state that gave birth to modern skateboarding is home to concrete playgrounds that are works of art in the eyes of photographer Amir Zaki: "They become more imaginative and open as spaces."

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'Orpheus Girl,' Painful and Beautiful, Puts A Modern Twist On Myth

7:00am October 13, 2019

by Alethea Kontis

Author and poet Brynne Rebele-Henry transplants the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice to modern-day Texas, for a wrenching tale of two young women whose love lands them in a religious re-education camp.

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Book: 'Major Misconduct'

5:57pm October 12, 2019

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with author Jeremy Allingham about his new book Major Misconduct, which covers the painful cost of fighting in hockey.

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A Puppeteer Gets Swept Up In Political Theater In 'Kingdom For A Stage'

10:00am October 12, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

In her new book, Heidi Heilig continues the tale of family, rebellion and necromancy begun in For a Muse of Fire. Heilig tackles difficult issues deftly, and sets up readers for a rousing conclusion.

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Tim O'Brien On Becoming A Father At 58

8:12am October 12, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks to celebrated author Tim O'Brien about his new book, Dad's Maybe Book, which he wrote for his two sons.

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'We've Got More To Say About You': Olive Kitteridge Is Back, And Complex As Ever

8:12am October 12, 2019

by Scott Simon

Elizabeth Strout won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2008 novel that spun together 13 connected stories of love, loss and loneliness. She returns to the small town of Crosby, Maine in Olive, Again.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Ronan Farrow talked with NPR ahead of the release of his book Catch and Kill.

Ronan Farrow Stands By His Reporting On NBC's 'Corrosive' Secrecy Around Sexual Abuse

10:02pm October 11, 2019

Farrow tells NPR powerful media executives went to great lengths to kill his story on sexual assault allegations, to the point where he thought, if it didn't see light, "more people would get hurt."

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, by Ronan Farrow

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In 'Catch And Kill,' Ronan Farrow Offers A Damning Portrait Of A Conflicted NBC

8:41pm October 11, 2019

by Annalisa Quinn

The book ties the killing of his story on Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct to a pattern of harassment and abuse within NBC — including payouts and rape allegations against Matt Lauer.

The author Edna O'Brien's latest book is Girl, which follows a young woman kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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Edna O'Brien On 6 Decades Of Writing 'Very Difficult Stories' About Women

8:24pm October 11, 2019

by Mary Louise Kelly

In Girl, a young woman in Nigeria is abducted by Boko Haram — and that's just the beginning. For nearly 60 years, its Irish author has written about women "both as victims and as fighters, combined."

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