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In his 30 years of sharing sex advice, Dan Savage has seen changes in how his audience communicates, what they ask and how opinions — even his — evolve.

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Dan Savage Looks At What Has Changed In The 30 Years He's Been Giving Sex Advice

10:24am September 25, 2021

Savage has a new book celebrating 30 years writing his sex advice column "Savage Love." He talked with NPR about where he's been wrong, what's changed and why gay people know more about sex.

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Ruth Ozeki Tackles Capitalism, Materialism And Neoliberalism In New Book

8:56am September 25, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon asks Ruth Ozeki about her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness.

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Anthony Doerr On The Spark That Inspired 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'

8:56am September 25, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Anthony Doerr about his latest novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Before We Disappear, by Shaun David Hutchinson

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Fall Brings YA Historicals About Thieves And The Rapscallions Who Love Them

5:00am September 25, 2021

by Caitlyn Paxson

Both The City Beautiful and Before We Disappear feature young crooks getting by in big cities at the turn of the 19th century, one haunted by his past and the other trapped by his magic powers.

Novelist Edwidge Danticat: Allow Haitians To Determine Their Own Future

4:52pm September 24, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with award winning Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat about the challenges in Haiti.

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Communication Is The Challenge In This Novel Of Loss And Discovery

5:00am September 23, 2021

by Lily Meyer

Jon McGregor's new novel follows an expedition guide who suffers a stroke in the middle of an Antarctic ice storm and loses the ability to speak — and the people around him at a loss for what to say.

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Richard Powers' Book 'Bewilderment' Explores Life On And Beyond Earth

4:29pm September 22, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with novelist Richard Powers about his new book, Bewilderment, about a widowed father and his son trying to make sense of the world.

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Percival Everett's Latest Grounds Racial Allegory In History, Horror And Blood

10:03am September 22, 2021

by Carole V. Bell

In The Trees, Everett revisits the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, imagining a series of similar killings in the same small Mississippi town. Mixing horror, humor and insight, it's impossible to put down.

Writer Roald Dahl with his wife American actress Patricia Neal at the Screen Directors Awards, circa 1962.

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'Whizzpopping' News: Netflix Now Owns All Of Roald Dahl's Stories

9:49am September 22, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Netflix has acquired The Roald Dahl Story Co. (RDSC), which manages the British author's catalogue. "Human beans" just can't get enough, as Dahl's loveable BFG might say.

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'The Forgotten First': Remembering Black Players Who Broke The NFL's Color Barrier

6:04am September 22, 2021

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Keyshawn Johnson about his new book — The Forgotten First — about the four Black pioneers who broke the NFL's color barrier.