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The 'Amazing Fantastic Incredible' Life Of Stan Lee, Now In Comic Form

5:15pm November 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

Stan Lee is a comic book legend. He's the writer behind Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Host Renee Montagne sits down with the 92-year-old to talk comics and his own superheroic life.

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Shonda Rhimes appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Sept. 24. Her new memoir is called Year of Yes.

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Shonda Rhimes On Running 3 Hit Shows And The Limits Of Network TV

5:44pm November 11, 2015

The force behind ABC's Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder says she has fought to get important images — like same-sex couple love scenes — on air.

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"I've always been an introverted person," Shonda Rhimes says, and she found the fame that came with her television successes to be "daunting."

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For A Year, Shonda Rhimes Said 'Yes' To All The Things That Scared Her

1:37pm November 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

The creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal says despite the success of her shows, her life "had gotten really small," so she decided to step out of her comfort zone. Year of Yes is her new memoir.

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Why Eating Food Out Of A Bowl Makes Nigella Lawson Happy

7:12pm November 09, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to celebrity chef Nigella Lawson about the breadth of food you can serve in a bowl. Her latest cookbook is called, Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food.

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'Arab Of The Future' Chronicles The Challenges Of A Cross-Cultural Childhood

1:43pm November 09, 2015

Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Riad Sattouf grew up in the Middle East and France with a French mother and Syrian father. "I hate nationalism," he says. "Comic book author [is] my first nationality."

Author Michael Cunningham won the Pulitzer Prize for his previous novel The Hours.

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Beyond The Happily Ever After, Cunningham Asks: 'What's That About?'

9:18am November 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Author Michael Cunningham was fascinated by fairy tales as a child — but he always wondered what happened after the story ended. His new collection, The Wild Swan, tries to answer that question.

'Tribal' Book Looks At College Football's Rabid Fans

6:34pm November 07, 2015

Florida State University Professor Diane Roberts talks about her book "Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America" which examines the communities of rabid fans around college football.

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Mary-Louise Parker says her father loved words; they used to send poems to each other in the mail.

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'Dear Mr. You' Is A Lifetime In Letters

11:33am November 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Actor Mary-Louise Parker has written a memoir, Dear Mr. You, in the form of letters to important men in her life — among them her beloved father and the accountant who had to tell her she was broke.

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'Destiny And Power' Reveals Elder Bush's Criticism Of His Son's Administration

6:44pm November 06, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Jon Meacham about his biography of George H.W. Bush, which includes the elder Bush's criticism of his son's administration when it came to the second war in Iraq.

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Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

1:58pm November 06, 2015

Dunham says when she started writing HBO's Girls, she was drawn to characters with "a bit of a Zelda Fitzgerald lost, broken woman quality." Originally broadcast Sept. 29, 2014.

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