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Double Murder Charges Still Haunt Ex-Raven Linebacker Ray Lewis

6:18am November 05, 2015

Ray Lewis was leaving a Super Bowl party in 2000 when 2 men were stabbed to death. The murder charges against Lewis were dropped. David Greene talks to Lewis about his memoir, I Feel Like Going On.

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Behind Bars, Cheap Ramen Is As Good As Gold

6:29pm November 04, 2015

by NPR Staff

Instant noodles are a staple for inmates: a basis of recipe hacks, a form of currency. They've even helped defuse a prison riot, as an ex-inmate details in Prison Ramen, a book of stories and recipes.

A 'Troublemaker' Leaves Her Life In Scientology

3:14pm November 04, 2015

by NPR Staff

In her new memoir, actor Leah Remini writes about growing up in the Church of Scientology, becoming one of its prized celebrities, and her family's eventual, wrenching decision to leave it behind.

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French writer Pascal Garner, who died in 2010, wrote more than 30 children's books.

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Brief And Brisk, The Newly Translated 'Boxes' Is An Existential Pleasure

2:15pm November 04, 2015

by John Powers

The French writer Pascal Garnier, who died in 2010, wrote more than 30 children's books, but he's best known for a series of acclaimed novels. Critic John Powers reviews the newly translated Boxes.

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'City Of Clowns' Is A Dreamlike Tale Of Family And Tragedy

10:15am November 04, 2015

by Jason Heller

Author Daniel Alarcón's new graphic novel is adapted from a short story about a young Peruvian journalist who discovers strange links between his father and the impoverished street clowns of Lima.

Music Destroys And Music Heals In 'Modern Girl'

7:03am November 04, 2015

by Michael Schaub

Riot grrrl legend Carrie Brownstein's excellent new memoir takes readers from her difficult childhood to the rise and fall (and rise again) of her band Sleater-Kinney, which she says saved her life.

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In 'I Feel Like Going On,' Ray Lewis Doesn't Apologize For Hard Hits

6:33am November 04, 2015

Former Baltimore Ravens football player Ray Lewis has written a book called, I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory. David Greene talks to him about the physical aspect of football.

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)

5 Best-Selling Female Writers You May Not Have Heard Of

9:14pm November 03, 2015

by Linton Weeks

Many extremely popular writers of the 19th century are now pretty much forgotten — and gone with the wind.

From a scapegoat for the "sapping" of the "white race," to a symbol of modern engineering, to a target of the counterculture movement: White bread's been a social lightning rod time and again.

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The History Of American White Bread Is Anything But Bland

3:33pm November 03, 2015

by Ted Burnham

From a scapegoat for the "sapping" of the "white race," to a symbol of modern engineering, to a target of the counterculture movement: White bread's been a social lightning rod time and again.

Tracey Stewart poses with Tweed and Gidget at Farm Sanctuary's Watkins Glen, N.Y., location. Stewart is the founder of the online magazine, Moomah.

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For Tracey Stewart, Life After The 'Daily Show' Is All About The Animals

3:29pm November 03, 2015

When they ran out of room for rescue animals in their home, Tracey Stewart and her husband, former Daily Show host Jon Stewart, bought a farm. Her new book is Do Unto Animals.

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