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Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins' Is Lovely, Dark, and Deep

7:00am June 18, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Annie Proulx's epic new novel is a multigenerational, multi-century epic about the fall of forests before human depredation — just don't think about how many trees went into its 700-plus pages.

Silence On The Sidelines: An MLB Insider's 'Manifesto' On Youth Sports

2:31pm June 17, 2016

Baseball's Mike Matheny talks about his playing career, managing in the big leagues and the pressures of youth sports. Matheny is the author of The Matheny Manifesto. Originally broadcast May 5, 2015.

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For decades, Nitza Villapol hosted Cocina al Minuto, a popular cooking show in Cuba. In the decades after Fidel Castro took power, she adapted her cooking, teaching Cubans how to make do without certain ingredients while instructing them in how to use onc

Nitza Villapol: The Woman Who Taught Cubans To Cook With Just About Anything

8:06pm June 16, 2016

by Suzanne Cope

For over 40 years, Villapol hosted a popular cooking show in Cuba, her recipes shifting to reflect the realities of life under the revolution. No meat? No problem — she fried plantain peels instead.

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In 'The Girls,' A Teen's Need To Be Noticed Draws Her Into A Manson-Like Cult

7:14pm June 16, 2016

by Lynn Neary

Emma Cline's debut novel was inspired by the infamous Manson family murders. But Cline says it wasn't the cult that fascinated her — it was the young girls who were so taken by it.

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Jason and Lucie Amundsen on their farm in in Wrenshall, Minn.

'Locally Laid': A Humorous Memoir To Cure You Of Farming Fantasies

5:09pm June 16, 2016

by Nina Martyris

When Jason Amundsen told his wife he was quitting his job to raise pasture-raised eggs, she was less than amused. Readers, however, will chuckle at the story of their tragicomic path to success.

Lois Duncan was a pioneer in the genre of teen suspense. Books like Down a Dark Hall scared generations of readers.

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Remembering Lois Duncan, The Queen Of Teen Suspense

4:51pm June 16, 2016

by Petra Mayer

The beloved author died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 82. Just a teen herself when she started writing, Lois Duncan sent chills down a generation of spines with books like Down a Dark Hall.

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Former Restaurant Worker Serves Up Industry-Inspired Fiction In 'Sweetbitter'

1:46pm June 16, 2016

Stephanie Danler drew on her own experiences to write her novel about a young woman working at an upscale restaurant in New York. "It's so physically punishing," she says of her work as a server.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi wrote about the second-wave feminist movement in Backlash.

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'In The Darkroom' Explores The Concept Of Identity — Both Fixed And Fluid

11:53am June 16, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Pulitzer-prize winning author Susan Faludi writes about her father's sex reassignment surgery in her memoir, In The Darkroom. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it "exhausting, messy and provocative."

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The Power Of Seeing, And Being Seen, In 'The Girls'

7:00am June 16, 2016

by Jean Zimmerman

Emma Cline's spooky new novel starts with a teenaged girl spying on a shabby-glamorous group of Mansonesque cult followers. She follows, desperate for attention — and eventually, they see her too.

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Tig Notaro On Her Terrible Year In 'I'm Just A Person'

6:21pm June 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Comedian Tig Notaro shot to fame in 2012, talking candidly onstage about having cancer. Now she's in remission, recently married and the author of a new memoir called I'm Just A Person.

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