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A Stage-4 Cancer Patient Shares The Pain And Clarity Of Living 'Scan-To-Scan'

2:05pm February 12, 2018

by Terry Gross

Religion scholar Kate Bowler used to believe God had a plan for her life. Then she was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer. "I really had to rethink what trust and hope looks like," she says.

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A scene from Matthew Cordell's Caldecott-winning Wolf in the Snow.

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'Hello, Universe' Wins Newbery Medal, While Caldecott Goes To 'Wolf In The Snow'

1:12pm February 12, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The annual honors in children's literature have been awarded: Erin Entrada Kelly won the Newbery for her contribution to children's literature, and Matthew Cordell won the Caldecott for illustration.

Author Judy Blume speaks about her book, In the Unlikely Event, in 2015.

At 80, Judy Blume Reflects On Feminism, #MeToo And Keeping Margaret 12

9:06am February 12, 2018

by Chloee Weiner

Judy Blume's best-selling books have shaped the way we talk about puberty, periods and female sexual experiences. Those story lines take on renewed relevance amid the #MeToo movement.

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A vendor adjusts heart-shaped pillows hanging from a tree in Jalandhar, India, on Feb. 9.

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Poem For Your Thoughts: Your Memories Of Love, Captured In Poetry

5:12am February 12, 2018

You shared stories of being smitten, stories of betrayal and even a love letter to a dog. Here, author Kwame Alexander selects poems that get to the heart of those experiences.

Text Me When You Get Home, by Kayleen Schaefer

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'Text Me When You Get Home' Celebrates The Complexities Of Female Friendship

10:00am February 11, 2018

by Rhaina Cohen

Women in the Middle Ages were excluded from many realms: the law, universities, and surprisingly, from friendship. Clearly, that's changed — and Kayleen Schaefer's new book examines how and why.

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'Text Me When You Get Home'

8:02am February 11, 2018

It's a common call as women bid goodbye to each other: "Text me when you get home." And that's the title of Kayleen Schaefer's book about modern female friendship. She talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

'Heart Berries,' by Terese Marie Mailhot

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In 'Heart Berries,' An Indigenous Woman's Chaotic Coming-Of-Age

7:33am February 11, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Terese Marie Mailhot's new memoir is an effort to draw art from mental illness, lost love and her family history on an Indian reservation in British Columbia.

A Mouth Is Always Muzzled by Natalie Hopkinson

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'A Mouth Is Always Muzzled' Is A Sprawling Look At Art And Resistance

7:00am February 11, 2018

by Ericka Taylor

Natalie Hopkinson's new book takes her ancestral land of Guyana as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging look at art and the role of the artist in shaping politics, culture and the future itself.

The History Of Chicago's Public Housing In 'High-Risers'

8:02am February 10, 2018

Cabrini-Green was a symbol for public housing in the late 20th century until it was torn down in 2011. Ben Austen talks with Scott Simon about that history and his new book, High-Risers.

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In 'Catnip,' Love And Loss Sketched Out In Cat Cartoons

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Scott Simon

Michael Korda's new book Catnip: A Love Story collects the doodles that he created based on his wife's cats in order to comfort her during her battle with a malignant brain tumor.