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For 'Juliet The Maniac,' Healing Had To Come From Within

7:00am May 01, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Juliet Escoria's autobiographical novel is a heartfelt, raw story about surviving mental illness and learning to cope with inner demons. It's not a comfortable read — but it is a powerful one.

What My Mother And I Don't Talk About, edited by Michele Filgate

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What Don't You Talk About With Your Mom?

6:01am May 01, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

A book of essays from a diverse, accomplished array of writers reveals the ways our mothers fail us and we fail them — and poses the question of how much a tough conversation could close those rifts.

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For National Poetry Month, Perspectives On Poetry, Identity And Inspiration

4:31pm April 30, 2019

by Natalie Brennan

April is the most poetic month, and we're celebrating by asking poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Yanyi, and Franny Choi to talk about what inspires them to write, and how poetry helps express identity.

Reprinted from I Was Their American Dream (copyright 2019 by Malaka Gharib).

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In 'I Was Their American Dream,' It's Culture, Not Color, That Matters

2:05pm April 30, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Even as NPR editor Malaka Gharib makes light of herself in her high-spirited graphical memoir, her wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws.

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Ali Smith's 'Spring' Unfolds Like A Fern

7:00am April 30, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

The latest volume in Smith's seasonal quartet revisits some of her familiar themes — the bleakness of contemporary politics, loss, fractured families, nature and art — yet still feels spring-fresh.

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'High Five' Readers Invited To Participate In Secret Tournament

6:43am April 30, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to best-selling, children's book author Adam Rubin about his latest: High Five. It tells the story of a secret high-five tournament that's been held in the animal kingdom.

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Nolan Gasser's New Book Explores Musical Taste And Where It Comes From

6:34pm April 29, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nolan Gasser, chief musicologist and architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project about his book Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste.

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Javanka In The White House

3:44pm April 29, 2019

What influence does the couple have on the president? And how do they use it?

Melinda Gates at a panel discussion in New York in February. She is the author of a new book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.

Melinda Gates On Marriage, Parenting And Why She Made Bill Drive The Kids To School

10:33am April 29, 2019

by Michel Martin

In her new book, The Moment Of Lift, the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation calls on readers to support women everywhere as a means to lift up society.

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Varys (Conleth Hill) and Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) commiserate over how very, very safe they are, down in the Winterfell crypts, because they are dumb.

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 3: 'At Least We're Already In A Crypt'

8:46am April 29, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The Battle of Winterfell is finally here, and it's the most brutal episode of the series yet — one that comes with a body count and a surprise, truly shattering conclusion.