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Dance, Sing, Just 'Keep Moving,' Dick Van Dyke Tells Seniors

6:20pm October 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

As he approaches his 90th birthday, the energetic, award-winning actor shares his tips on how to enjoy aging — and has a new book to prove it. It's all about attitude and staying active, he says.

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Sloths Against Humanity in 'Memetic'

5:32pm October 15, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

James Tynion's zombie horror comic has an inspired idea at its core: The infection comes from an Internet meme, a cartoon of a cute sloth that turns all who see it into brainless, ravenous beasts.

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Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'Fates And Furies'

2:56pm October 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Author and screenwriter Richard Russo has selected our third book — a new novel by Lauren Groff. Fates and Furies chronicles a marriage over 24 years. Russo calls it "an incredibly ambitious work."

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How Asian-Americans Have Redefined What It Means To Be American

2:44pm October 15, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to historian Erika Lee about her new book, The Making of Asian America: A History.

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Epic 'City On Fire' Burns Almost Too Brightly

1:19pm October 15, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Garth Risk Hallberg's massive debut novel is a headlong rush through New York in the 1970s; critic Jason Sheehan says Hallberg writes "like he's not sure anyone will ever give him a second chance."

Cleese says that compared to the production challenges he faced when working on Fawlty Towers, doing American sit-coms felt like "the Rolls Royce way of making comedy."

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Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else

12:23pm October 15, 2015

The co-founder of the Monty Python troupe admits he wasn't "naturally gifted" at physical comedy, and learned a lot by imitation. His new memoir, So, Anyway..., covers his boyhood and early career.

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Marlon James Becomes First Jamaican To Win Man Booker Prize

6:42pm October 14, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to James, whose novel, A Brief History Of Seven Killings, won the Man Booker Prize Tuesday. The novel is an epic reimagining of the assassination attempt on Bob Marley.

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Book Review: 'The News,' By Tess Taylor

4:07pm October 14, 2015

by Tess Taylor

Critic Tess Taylor reviews journalist Jeffrey Brown's poetry collection, The News.

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New Take On Old Tale: Novelist Retells King David's Story

3:05pm October 14, 2015

Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize winning historical novelist. Her latest book "The Secret Chord," tells the story of King David. NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to her about her conception of the flawed king.

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Grace Jones: 'I'm A Bit Split Personality'

3:04pm October 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

The gender-bending musician and supermodel discusses how her past and her personality inform her new book, I'll Never Write My Memoirs.

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