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'Warlight' Illumines Family Secrets In Ondaatje's Latest

7:00am May 08, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Set during and after World War II, Warlight follows a young man trying to find out what really happened when his parents disappeared and left him and a young sister in the care of two mystery men.

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Sharply Written 'Mars Room' Ventures Behind The Bars Of Women's Prison

2:22pm May 07, 2018

by John Powers

Rachel Kushner's new novel centers on a young mother serving two consecutive life sentences for murdering a man who'd been stalking her. Critic John Powers calls The Mars Room "searingly intelligent."

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Lidia Bastianich owns restaurants in New York, as well as in several other cities.

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How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'

1:18pm May 07, 2018

by Terry Gross

Bastianich grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. After they fled Europe as refugees and emigrated to America, she drew on those childhood meals in opening her first restaurant.

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Author Finds Resilience, Love And 'Beauty In The Broken Places'

6:54pm May 06, 2018

Allison Pataki was on an airplane with her husband when he suffered an extremely rare, nearly fatal stroke. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pataki about her memoir Beauty in the Broken Places.

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A man pours milk into a can in India's Mayong village in 2015. India is the world's largest producer and consumer of milk.

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Milk! The 'Most Over-Argued Food In History'

8:34am May 06, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Author Mark Kurlansky discusses his new book Milk! with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, and the roots of modern debates on dairy.

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Looking At 'Race And The Royals' Ahead Of Royal Wedding

8:28am May 06, 2018

Aatish Taseer chronicles some of his experiences dating British minor royalty in a recent Vanity Fair article. He tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro what he learned.

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Author Junot Diaz Faces Sexual Misconduct Accusations

8:28am May 06, 2018

by Lynn Neary

Author Junot Diaz has been accused of sexual misconduct and verbal abuse by several women.

detail from the cover of That Kind of Mother

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In 'That Kind Of Mother,' A White Mom, A Black Son

8:28am May 06, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Rumaan Alam's new novel starts out as a tale of female friendship between a woman and her child's nanny. Then it becomes a different sort of story — one about an unconventional parenthood.

"The Queen's Embroiderer" by Joan DeJean

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'The Queen's Embroiderer' Stitches Up A Twisted Family Saga

7:00am May 06, 2018

by Genevieve Valentine

Joan DeJean's latest dive into French history starts with something simple — the appointment of a royal embroiderer. But then things get weird: inheritance fraud, elopements, double lives and more.

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Exploring 'The Heritage' Of Black Athletes

8:07am May 05, 2018

In his book The Heritage, Howard Bryant makes the case that black athletes carry a heritage of activism and tells NPR's Scott Simon why some fans have a hard time with that.