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George R.R. Martin attends a 2013 afterparty for HBO's Game Of Thrones, which was adapted from his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire.

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George R.R. Martin Really Does Know You Want Him To Write Faster

5:44pm October 19, 2019

by Scott Simon

Martin, who's working on the long-awaited sixth volume of his series A Song of Ice and Fire, rarely gives interviews — but NPR's Scott Simon recently caught up with him onstage at an awards ceremony.

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Book: 'Free Cyntoia'

5:10pm October 19, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Cyntoia Brown-Long about her memoir, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System.

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In 'Reincarnation Stories,' Visual Exuberance Masks Artistic Care

10:00am October 19, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Legendary underground cartoonist Kim Deitch's new book is packed with monkeys, cartoon magpies, and even Jesus; it starts with an account of killing time after eye surgery and gets wilder from there.

Novelist John le Carré says he is "haunted" by current affairs. "If we can make people feel that the social contract is back in place and they're part of it, then possibly we have a future," he says. Le Carré is shown above in his London home in 2008. H

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John Le Carré Fears For The Future In 'Agent Running In The Field'

8:08am October 19, 2019

by Scott Simon

Decades ago, Le Carré worked for British intelligence services MI5 and MI6. He has channeled that experience into more than 50 years of espionage thrillers.

Choreographer and director Mark Morris, pictured here at a rehearsal in 2017, will release a new memoir called Out Loud.

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'Everybody's Other Than Everybody Else': Choreographer Mark Morris

8:08am October 19, 2019

by Scott Simon

The prolific dancer and company director has written Out Loud -- a memoir of hits and flops, childhood trauma and a lifetime at the forefront of modern dance.

Peter Navarro, White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, has admitted quoting a fictional character in several of his nonfiction books.

White House Adviser Peter Navarro Calls Fictional Alter Ego An 'Inside Joke'

7:51pm October 18, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Peter Navarro, a key architect of President Trump's trade policy, made up one of the people the adviser repeatedly quotes in his nonfiction books. Navarro's publisher is not amused.

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Show People: A History of the Film Star, by Michael Newton

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Movies Cast A Spell In 'Show People'

4:34pm October 18, 2019

by Genevieve Valentine

Author Michael Newton waxes rhapsodic in his new book about a century of acting, with a special fondness for performances about performance; it's taken for granted how much we love movies.

No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History ,byGail Collins

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'Past Their Prime' At 20? Book Chronicles Attitudes Toward Female Aging In America

1:45pm October 18, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

Known for the punch of her columns, The New York Times' Gail Collins sprinkles conversational, sardonic asides throughout No Stopping Us Now in an effort to keep the decades-long hike spry.

'Geography of Risk' Calculates Who Pays When A Storm Comes To Shore

2:27pm October 17, 2019

by Dave Davies

Journalist Gilbert Gaul says federal subsidies encourage developers to keep building on the coasts — despite accelerating and increasing risks from climate change.

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Heading Out On The Ice With Adam Rippon

2:23pm October 17, 2019

In his new book, the figure skater opens up about his road to the Olympics and beyond.