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Sen. Cotton Keeps Politics Out Of His New Book, 'Sacred Duty'

5:53am May 27, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sen. Tom Cotton about his book: Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery. Cotton served in Iraq and Afghanistan and as a platoon leader at Arlington.

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Book: 'The Queen' Follows Original Welfare Fraudster Linda Taylor

5:18pm May 26, 2019

Josh Levin, author of The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about Linda Taylor's complicated history.

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What To Read This Summer

9:00am May 26, 2019

by Barrie Hardymon

Need summer book recommendations? From new novels, to classics, to nonfiction, here are our suggestions.

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'Summer Of Ellen' Builds Lyrical, Sunny Suspense

7:00am May 26, 2019

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Agnete Friis' new novel takes place in flashbacks, jumping between the present and a rural Danish farm during the summer of 1978 — a seemingly idyllic time, until two people go missing.

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Joy In Excess: The Overflowing Art of Mark Alan Stamaty

10:00am May 25, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Two new books — a reissue of 1971's Yellow Yellow and a compilation of Stamaty's MacDoodle Street newspaper strips — highlight the artist's joyful ability to imagine the world the way kids do.

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A Different Kind Of Story About Slavery In 'The Confessions Of Frannie Langton'

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Lynn Neary

Debut novelist Sara Collins wanted to explore the roots of scientific racism and produced the Gothic novel The Confessions of Frannie Langton.

Cover art to Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits, by Kathryn Williams

This 'Greatest Hits' Album Is Real. Its Artist Is Fiction

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Scott Simon

Laura Barnett wrote a novel about an aging singer-songwriter sizing up her life in 16 tracks. Then she approached musician Kathryn Williams, who created the book's original soundtrack.

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Sharp Satire And Dark Humor In 'Riots I Have Known'

7:00am May 25, 2019

by Michael Schaub

Ryan Chapman's debut novel opens in the middle of a prison riot as the unnamed narrator cowers in fear for his life — which doesn't seem like a setup for comedy, but it's packed with dark laughs.

'Accidental Presidents' Looks At Achievements Of Vice Presidents Who Became President

5:07pm May 24, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jared Cohen, author of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America. He chronicles the legacies of men who have taken office when the incumbent died.

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New research confirms what we've been hearing for years: Cooking from scratch and eating "real food" is healthier than consuming the highly processed foods that make up the majority of calories in the American diet. The problem is that knowing this doesn'

OPINION: Why Ditching Processed Foods Won't Be Easy — The Barriers To Cooking From Scratch

7:00am May 24, 2019

Though a new study shows that eating unprocessed food is healthier, home-cooked meals require resources that food experts take for granted, such as money and time, the authors of a new book argue.