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'Wall Of Storms' Sweeps Away Your Expectations, Brilliantly

7:00am October 02, 2016

by Amal El-Mohtar

Ken Liu's even more epic followup to last year's epic fantasy The Grace of Kings picks up several years after the first book, with a completely new and fascinating set of characters and conflicts.

Toledano on set, being made up for one of his fates.

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A Photographer Gets Old — Over And Over — In 'The Many Sad Fates'

7:30pm October 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Photographer Phillip Toledano lost both his parents, an aunt and an uncle and began to wonder — what other dark turns did life have in store? He explores the possibilities in a new short film.

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Not My Job: Author Randy Wayne White Gets Quizzed On Theme Restaurants

1:00pm October 01, 2016

In addition to being the author of the Doc Ford books and the Hannah Smith series, White has been an explorer, a deep sea diver, a full-time fishing guide, and he owns restaurants throughout Florida.

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Authors Talk Politics: Junot Diaz On Election 2016

9:01am October 01, 2016

For the latest in our "Let's Talk Politics" series NPR's Scott Simon talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz about this election year.

Richard Trentlage, Oscar Mayer Weiner Song Writer, Dies At 87

8:44am October 01, 2016

In 1962, Richard Trentlage recorded an advertising jingle in his living room that began "I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner..." He was no one-slogan wonder.

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'Cruel Beautiful World' Was Inspired By Two Haunting Relationships

8:28am October 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Before novelist Caroline Leavitt started dating a controlling boyfriend, she had tragically lost a friend to one. She says writing her new book was "a way for me to forgive myself."

Michael Twitty wants credit given to the enslaved African-Americans who were part of Southern cuisine's creation. Here he is in period costume at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate.

This Historian Wants You To Know The Real Story Of Southern Food

8:28am October 01, 2016

by Erika Beras

Michael Twitty wants credit given to the enslaved African-Americans who were part of Southern cuisine's creation. So he goes to places like Monticello to cook meals slaves would have eaten.

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Magic In The Air: 3 Young Adult Fantasy Reads For Fall

7:00am October 01, 2016

by Caitlyn Paxson

You may be back in school, but your bookshelf doesn't have to reflect that — we've got three YA fantasy novels for fall starring three girls grappling with the impact of magic on their lives.

Matzo ball soup is a classic recipe straight from Eastern Europe. But not all Jews from the region came to the New World via Ellis Island, as reflected in this jalapeño-inflected family recipe from chef Pati Jinich.

For Rosh Hashana, A Matzo Ball Soup By Way Of Mexico

6:42pm September 30, 2016

Matzo ball soup is a classic straight from Eastern Europe. But not all Jews from the region came to the New World via Ellis Island, as this jalapeño-inflected recipe reflects.

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Costume Designer Colleen Atwood Took Unlikely Path To Hollywood Royalty

4:44pm September 30, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood knows tough times. A single mom at 17 who once worked at a French fry factory to make ends meet is Hollywood royalty today. A favorite of director Tim Burton, Atwood is now costume designer for his adaptation of the darkly comic, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children and the upcoming Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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