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Amitav Ghosh: 'The World Of Fact Is Outrunning The World Of Fiction'

7:19pm September 16, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Ghosh's latest book, Gun Island, is a modern retelling of a Bengali myth. He believes old legends have a lot to teach us about how to think about the catastrophic effects of climate change.

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Sept. 27, 2018.

Reporters Dig Into Justice Kavanaugh's Past, Allegations Of Misconduct Against Him

5:51pm September 16, 2019

by Terry Gross

A new book by The New York Times' Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly extends the investigation into the SCOTUS justice's history, chases down sexual misconduct allegations and considers his years since.

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Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals, by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

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In 'Wildhood,' Scientists See Similarities In Adolescent Humans And Other Animals

4:45pm September 16, 2019

by Barbara J. King

Understanding the lives of animals can illuminate our own — and those of loved adolescents too. But authors Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers at times push cross-species links too far.

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Remembering Tony Winner Phyllis Newman

4:25pm September 16, 2019

Tony Award winner Phyllis Newman died Sunday at age 86. She won the award for her role in 1962's Subways Are For Sleeping. She also appeared on TV, as an actress and quiz show panelist.

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3 Crackling Young Adult Reads To Welcome Fall

7:01am September 16, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Time to put down the beach reads and pick up some substantive, immersive new young adult books — from a monstrous fantasy, to a refugee's tale, to a story that brings new meaning to haunted houses.

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'Homesick' Is A Boundary-Expanding Story Of Devotion And Growing Up

10:12am September 15, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Accomplished translator Jennifer Croft's first non-translated work is a hybrid, mixing photography and impressionistic autobiographical writing to tell the story of Croft's artistic coming of age.

The late opinion journalist Molly Ivins, a syndicated columnist and public speaker, is the subject of the new documentary film Raise Hell.

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A Portrait Of Molly Ivins, Maverick Texas Journalist, In 'Raise Hell'

7:46am September 15, 2019

by Wade Goodwyn

A new documentary about the political columnist and author takes a personal look at a woman who used her scalding wit and investigative skills to skewer politicians for nearly four decades.

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'The Divers' Game' Depicts An Unimaginably Unjust, All Too Believably Cruel World

7:01am September 15, 2019

by Jason Heller

In author Jesse Ball's universe, which runs too closely parallel to our own, human worth has been reduced, negated, argued out of existence. But it has left an echo, one with a haunting symphony.

A Tour To The REACH, The Kennedy Center's New Performance Space

6:01pm September 14, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin talks with the Kennedy Center's Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the opening of the REACH rehearsal and performance space.

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For a fleeting moment in time, MoviePass subscribers could see a movie a day for just $9.95 a month.

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MoviePass Has Officially Shut Down, And We Don't Know If There Will Be A Sequel

5:11pm September 14, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

The service announced Friday that it would be suspending service for an undefined amount of time.