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Molly Shannon, shown here in 2021, co-stars I Love That for You, a Showtime comedy series about shopping channel hosts.

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How 'SNL' alum Molly Shannon found profound healing after childhood tragedy

1:45pm April 11, 2022

by Terry Gross

Shannon's new memoir, Hello, Molly! opens with the car crash that killed her mother and sister when Shannon was 4. She says, for a long time, she was motivated by a desire to make her mom proud.

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Historical novel 'Take My Hand' focuses on involuntary sterilization of Black women

9:21am April 10, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her new novel "Take My Hand," which fictionalizes a 1973 involuntary sterilization case, and about why she's drawn to history as a novelist.

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Delia Ephron recounts a concentrated period of loss, love and illness in new memoir

8:52am April 09, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with writer Delia Ephron about her memoir, "Left On Tenth." It recounts a short but harrowing period in which she experienced loss, romance and a potentially fatal illness.

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Irish poet and novelist Colm Toibin reads from his new poetry book 'Vinegar Hill'

8:01am April 09, 2022

by Scott Simon

Colm Toibin reads from his new collection of poetry, "Vinegar Hill," and answers questions from Scott Simon.

Artem Chapeye, a writer fighting in Ukrainian army, on his love story for his country

4:20pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Artem Chapeye, author of the book The Ukraine, who is currently serving as a private in the army fighting for Ukraine.

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'The Candy House' cautions: Be careful of things that at first appear inviting

5:05am April 08, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jennifer Egan about her latest novel, The Candy House.

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Emily St. John Mandel tackles the big questions in 'Sea of Tranquility'

2:37pm April 07, 2022

by Maureen Corrigan

Mandel's latest work is an ingeniously constructed, deeply absorbing novel that summons up three fully realized worlds in three distinct time periods — including the 25th century.

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There's no redemption to be had in Chelsea Bieker's 'Heartbroke'

6:45am April 07, 2022

by Kristen Martin

The author of Godshot brings readers a new set of stories; Heartbroke unfolds in a chorus of yearning and sorrow, told in 11 different voices that Chelsea Bieker inhabits with perfect pitch.

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2022 Whiting Awards celebrate 10 emerging writers

8:00pm April 06, 2022

by Fi O'Reilly

The 10 winners of this year's Whiting Awards have been announced; the $50,000 prize honors emerging writers, with the hope of allowing them to concentrate full-time on their work.

El Peso Hero saves civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in a special edition of Héctor Rodríguez's self-published comic book series. The 18-page issue is free, with text in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian.

Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue

1:56pm April 06, 2022

by Olivia Hampton

Fed up with Mexico's non-interventionist policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, Héctor Rodríguez sends his Mexican American superhero to Mariupol in the latest issue of the series.

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