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Ten Hearts For The Country — And Language — Of 'Ice Cream Star'

8:25am February 16, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Reviewer Jason Sheehan says Sandra Newman's debut novel may start some arguments — but readers would be better off just sitting down, opening the book and letting the beauty of her language sink in.

Philip Levine, Who Found Poetry On Detroit's Assembly Lines, Dies At 87

8:13am February 16, 2015

by Tom Vitale

In his six-decade career, Levine found grace and beauty in the lives of working people, especially the people and places of his youth. He was a United States poet laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Marco Rubio's second book is titled American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone.

God, Grits And American Dreams: It's Presidential Candidate Book Season

8:09am February 16, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The Iowa caucuses are a year away, which means it's time for presidential campaign books. Marco Rubio was in Iowa on Friday to hawk his new work.

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt drinks a glass of wine at a fundraising dinner in 1938. FDR fancied himself quite the skilled mixologist; many of his colleagues disagreed.

'Party Like A President' Recalls Mixology, Mischief Inside Oval Office

7:57am February 16, 2015

by Samantha Raphelson

In his new book, author Brian Abrams chronicles the drinking habits and debauchery of former presidents.

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'The Room' Offers An Escape From The Office — Or Does It?

12:49pm February 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Swedish actor and playwright Jonas Karlsson ventures into fiction with The Room, a surreal tale of a dour bureaucrat who finds a tiny secret room at his workplace, a room which may or may not be real.

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Stokely Carmichael, shown here in 1967. Historian Peniel Joseph argues Carmichael's writings on slavery and capitalism deserve more attention.

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How Black Lives Have Always Mattered: A Reading List

7:03am February 15, 2015

by Peniel E. Joseph

For Black History Month, historian Peniel E. Joseph recommends books that take an unsparing look at slavery and American capitalism, with a focus on the often overlooked work of Stokely Carmichael.

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Three Books To Light Your Fire For Valentine's Day

10:03am February 14, 2015

If you've been comfortably paired up for years now, our romance guru Bobbi Dumas recommends three Valentine's Day reads that'll help give you the spark and thrill of first love all over again.