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Walden says she relied on muscle memory to depict the jumps and twirls in Spinning.

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'It Would Have Changed My Life': Questions For Cartoonist Tillie Walden

7:00am December 24, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Tillie Walden's graphic memoir, Spinning, won a prestigious Eisner Award this summer. She says she wishes she'd had a book like it when she was young and coming to terms with her sexuality.

An Argument Against Life Sentences, Especially For Juvenile Defendants

8:01am December 23, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Robert Holbrook, who was given a life sentence, and Ashley Nellis, co-author of the book "The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences."

The map to college for adults is non-linear.

In 'Never Too Late,' Finally, A Guide For Adults Going To College

6:00am December 23, 2018

by Elissa Nadworny

There are hundreds of books about picking the best college. But let's face it: Most of them are written for high schoolers. A new book offers a roadmap for older students.

Michael Durand (left), husband of Kitchn Editor-In-Chief Faith Durand, and friend Chris Gardner (right) carve turkey while guests hang out in the Durands' kitchen, dirty dishes and all, at a recent party.

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Like Moths To A Flame: Why Modern-Day Guests Always Gather In The Kitchen

11:27am December 22, 2018

by Deena Prichep

Holiday season is party season. Hosts decorate their homes with trees, flowers and candles in the windows to make them cozy and festive. Yet so many parties end up in the kitchen. Why?

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The Demise Of 'Tin House'

8:01am December 22, 2018

by Lynn Neary

The literary magazine "Tin House" has announced its 20th anniversary issue will be its last. It broke the mold for literary magazines, becoming a go-to place for editors to discover new writers.

Robert Bly, pictured here in 1980, is known as the chief proponent of the Men's Movement of the 1990s. But in the poetry world, he's known for emotionally charged work about nature, the Vietnam War and personal unburdening.

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The Poet Of Minnesota, Vietnam And Mythical Men

4:21pm December 21, 2018

by Tom Vitale

Robert Bly is probably best known for his controversial nonfiction book Iron John. But as a poet, he's conjured deeply resonant imagery of nature and war for 60 years, as his Collected Poems reveal.

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Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music

1:40pm December 21, 2018

by Terry Gross

Wainwright's music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1992 and '17 about his life as a husband, father and son. His new Netflix special is Surviving Twin.

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Creator Taneka Stotts holds a copy of her Eisner Award-winning anthology Elements: Fire.

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'We Are Here': Questions For Comics Creator Taneka Stotts

7:00am December 21, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Taneka Stotts is a powerhouse comics creator and editor, and a persistent voice for change in the industry. Her anthology, Elements: Fire won an Eisner Award at San Diego Comic-Con in July.

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'Twainiac' Nick Offerman Reads Aloud About Samuel Clemens' Favorite Foods

6:25am December 20, 2018

David Greene talks to Nick Offerman — one of the voices behind Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens — about the series from Audible.

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Audible Theater presents Patti Smith: Words and Music.

Patti Smith On Art, Music And Relationships

3:22pm December 19, 2018

We'll hear about her long, storied career and her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.