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A 2010 memorial service for the Jonestown massacre in Oakland, Calif., featured photographs of the victims.

Nearly 40 Years Later, Jonestown Offers A Lesson In Demagoguery

2:24pm April 11, 2017

by Terry Gross

In 1978, more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jim Jones committed mass suicide in Guyana. In his new book, The Road to Jonestown, journalist Jeff Guinn details how Jones captivated so many.

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A moment of discovery from Cathy Malkasian's richly melancholic graphic novel Eartha.

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Long-Buried Secrets, Scampering Dreams And A Cat That Talks: 'Eartha'

12:01pm April 11, 2017

by Glen Weldon

In Cathy Malkasian's gorgeous, melancholic graphic novel, a woman travels to a distant city to learn why its residents have stopped dreaming.

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'Brimstone' Burns Brightly, Despite A Few Flaws

10:00am April 11, 2017

by Amal El-Mohtar

Set in a real Florida town with a real history of devastating fires, Cherie Priest's Brimstone is a deeply loving story about a witch and a grieving veteran with a strange connection to the fires.

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'Where The Water Goes' Is Effortlessly Engaging — And Also Scary

7:00am April 11, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

In Where the Water Goes, David Owen uses the history of the Colorado River to lay out the immense complexity of America's water situation, reminding us that both water and time are finite resources.

The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold (center) learns he won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, surrounded by his colleagues in the newsroom Monday.

Here Are The Winners Of The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes

5:02pm April 10, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Among the winners were Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad for fiction, The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold for national reporting and The East Bay Times for breaking news reporting.

A visitor to the Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley, Calif., attends a wine tasting class. Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it's all about tiny differences in taste and smell

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Oaky, With Notes Of BS: Why Wine Tasting Struggles To Get It On The Nose

3:37pm April 10, 2017

by Tove Danovich

Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it's all about tiny differences in taste and smell. The danger is in getting too poetic.

Throughout his career, Prince played around with constructions of race, gender and sexuality.

Prince Contained Multitudes, New Book Confirms

10:31am April 10, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Prince on defining his music: "The only thing I could think of, because I really don't like categories, but the only thing I could think of is inspirational."

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Author Richard Florida On 'The New Urban Crisis'

8:29am April 10, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to author Richard Florida — who has made a career studying cities, both culturally and economically. Florida's new book is called The New Urban Crisis.

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A Chef's Struggle Recounted In 'Out Of Line'

8:02am April 09, 2017

Award-winning chef Barbara Lynch succeeded in what traditionally has been a male-dominated industry. She spoke to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her amazing life, and her new memoir, Out of Line.

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Laura Kipnis Tackles Campus Sexual Politics In 'Unwanted Advances'

7:55am April 09, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Kipnis, a professor at Northwestern, argues that Title IX investigations of sexual misconduct on campus are vastly overexpanded, to the point of chilling intellectual freedom and academic debate.