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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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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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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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Author John Irving says his new book was inspired by photos of young circus performers in India and Mexico.

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John Irving Always Knows Where He's Going

12:43pm November 03, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Irving's latest novel is Avenue of Mysteries. He tells NPR's Lynn Neary that he thinks about each book for a long time — and he doesn't start writing until he knows what the ending will be.

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Actress Illeana Douglas Recounts A Life 'Lived In And Out Of The Movies'

1:34pm November 02, 2015

The actress, who appeared in Six Feet Under and Cape Fear, discusses growing up on a commune, working with (and dating) Scorsese and her various acting gigs. Douglas' memoir is I Blame Dennis Hopper.

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J.K. Rowling On Her Nom De Plume Robert Galbraith

10:21am November 02, 2015

What's in a name? A lot it turns out, if you are J.K. Rowling and want to write anonymously. She tells David Greene why she took a pseudonym to write a series of crime novels.

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J.K. Rowling Explores Perils Of Fame In New Robert Galbraith Novel 'Career Of Evil'

9:58am November 02, 2015

by NPR Staff

J.K. Rowling has just published her third mystery under the pseudonym. This time, detective Cormoran Strike and his beautiful assistant are battling a serial killer — and their own dark pasts.

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Career of Evil, by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling).

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Writing 'Career Of Evil' Gave Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) Nightmares

9:50am November 02, 2015

by Barrie Hardymon

Rowling studied real criminal case studies to write the latest in the Cormoran Strike mystery series — "It was horrible," she says. But writing under a pseudonym remains "a very private pleasure."

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