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'Survivor Cafe' Explores How To Preserve The Legacy Of Horrific Events

4:31pm September 12, 2017

How do we carry the stories of horrific events forward? That's one of the questions Elizabeth Rosner tries to answer in her book, Survivor Cafe: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory.

Hillary Rodham Clinton visits the Glazier Arboretum Park where she often likes to hike in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Who Is 'What Happened' For? Maybe Hillary Clinton Most Of All

2:42pm September 12, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Danielle Kurtzleben says Clinton's tale about her losing 2016 campaign reads like the unburdening of a woman relieved to finally, without interruption, tell her side of a story everyone already knows.

Claire Messud's previous books include The Emperor's Children and The Woman Upstairs.

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Adolescent Friendship Fades Away In Claire Messud's Gothic 'Burning Girl'

2:11pm September 12, 2017

by Maureen Corrigan

Messud's novel centers on best friends from different class backgrounds who begin to drift apart in 7th grade. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls The Burning Girl a story of "betrayal and isolation."

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A Disappearance in Damascus, by Deborah Campbell

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In 'Damascus,' A Chilling Mystery With A Personal Connection

12:06pm September 12, 2017

by Deborah Amos

Deborah Campbell's A Disappearance in Damascus is both a taut detective story and an intimate account of friendship during war — and that's before our reviewer discovered her own part in the story.

Sir Peter Hall ran the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He's pictured above in London in July 1987.

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Director Peter Hall, A Champion Of British Theater, Dies At 86

8:10am September 12, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Hall ran two of the most important theater companies in England — the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He directed Waiting for Godot and Amadeus, among dozens of plays, old and new.

Len Wein, Co-Creator Of Wolverine And Storm Comics, Dies At 69

8:16pm September 11, 2017

Len Wein, co-creator of iconic comic book characters such as Wolverine and Storm, has died. He was 69 years old.

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Wold Without Mind by Franklin Foer (Emily Bogle/NPR)

'World Without Mind': How Tech Companies Pose An Existential Threat

6:31pm September 11, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

From Facebook's algorithms to our reliance on phones instead of our memories, tech giants are taking us to a future that's either utopian or dystopian, author Franklin Foer says.

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Goodbye National Folk Festival, Hello North Carolina Folk Festival

2:57pm September 11, 2017

by David Ford

Hundreds of traditional musicians, craftspeople and dancers gathered over the weekend in the Triad for the 77th National Folk Festival.

Gorbachev: His Life and Times By William Taubman

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'Gorbachev' Is A Gripping, Sympathetic And Detailed Portrait

9:38pm September 10, 2017

by Mark Katkov

In Gorbachev: His Life and Times, biographer William Taubman makes a convincing case that the former Soviet leader's decency — the word appears throughout the book — is key to understanding him.

Not My Job: We Quiz Arcade Fire's Win Butler On Odd Arcade Games

1:47pm September 10, 2017

The band's fifth album, Everything Now, was released in July. We'll ask Butler about a game from the 1980s, a rather surprising game from Japan, and The Last Barfighter — a game with a twist.

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