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Pocahontas and the English Boys, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman

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'Pocahontas And The English Boys' Bridged 2 Wildly Different Cultures

10:00am March 12, 2019

by Marcela Davison Avilés

Historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shines a new light on Pocahontas, showing how she made her way as a go-between for her two cultures, and introducing us to her long-forgotten English counterparts.

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Entertained But Underwhelmed By This European Bestseller? Join 'The Club'

7:00am March 12, 2019

by Michael Schaub

German author Takis Würger's debut novel, a thriller about a secret society at Cambridge University, also tackles hot-button issues of privilege and toxic masculinity. It's now out in English.

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Why Young Muslims Need To Hear From Former Extremists

6:04am March 12, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to Farah Pandith, former U.S. envoy to Muslim communities, about the fight against terrorism. Pandith is the author of How We Win.

Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a professor at the University of California, Irvine who is often tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature, has issued a new collection of short stories.

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'Nobel Of The Heart' Is The Real Prize For Author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

6:04am March 12, 2019

by Lynn Neary

The U.S.-based Kenyan writer is often tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now he's released Minutes of Glory, a short story collection which he calls his "literary autobiography."

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Barbara Brown Taylor is an ordained Episcopal priest who left her job as rector of a church to become a professor of religion.

For Priest Turned Professor, 'Holy Envy' Is Key To Appreciating World Religions

4:12pm March 11, 2019

by Terry Gross

Ordained Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor says that teaching the different religions of the world changed her students' understanding of faith — as well as her own.

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Why Many Americans Are Drawn To The Gig Economy

7:27am March 11, 2019

David Greene talks to sociologist Alexandrea Ravenelle about her book Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, which examines how companies treat their front-line workers.

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'The Volunteer' Is A War Story Unlike Any Other

7:00am March 11, 2019

by Jason Sheehan

Salvatore Scibona's new novel is a generational saga, an epic of Vietnam and other places rendered in language that makes even simple things sound mythic. But first, a boy is abandoned at an airport.

Will The U.S.-China Trade War Matter In The Coming Decades?

7:00am March 11, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Parag Khanna about his new book The Future Is Asian and the U.S.-China trade war.

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Menstruate? Celebrate! New Novel Urges Girls To Embrace 'The Moon Within'

9:10am March 10, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Author Aida Salazar didn't want her daughter to feel ashamed about getting her period. "I wanted to reframe the conversation," Salazar says. "I wanted to tell a different story."

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'The Altruists' Asks: How Do You Live A Good Life?

7:00am March 10, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

Andrew Ridker's sharp, compassionate first novel follows a family of flawed but sympathetic bumblers whose efforts to do good more often end up causing harm — to themselves and others.