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Herman Koch Gets Meta In 'Dear Mr. M'

8:57am August 28, 2016

Linda Wertheimer talks to the Dutch writer about his novel: A teacher has an affair with his student. She breaks it off. He disappears. And then a writer comes along, and turns the story into a novel.

The Kingdom of Speech is Tom Wolfe's first book of nonfiction in 16 years.

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In Tom Wolfe's 'Kingdom,' Speech Is The One Weird Trick

12:42pm August 27, 2016

by NPR Staff

In Tom Wolfe's first book of nonfiction in 16 years, he argues that the development of speech, not evolution, has made humans what we are today — evolution, he says, applies only to animals.

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Wisdom From YA Authors On Leaving Home: Neal Shusterman

8:44am August 27, 2016

For our series "Next Chapter," author of award-winning YA novel "Challenger Deep," talks about the summer he was 16, when his parents uprooted him from their Brooklyn home and moved to Mexico City.

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Feminist Gloria Steinem Finds Herself Free Of The 'Demands Of Gender'

4:12pm August 26, 2016

As she approached 60, the co-founder of Ms. magazine says, she entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Originally broadcast Oct. 26, 2015.

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Newly American 'Dreamers' Are Torn Between Love And Disappointment

1:04pm August 24, 2016

by Michael Schaub

Imbolo Mbue's debut novel is one of the best books to deal with the financial crisis of 2007-2008. It's the story of a Cameroonian immigrant couple and the rich, troubled Americans they work for.

Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Green Bay, Wis., on Aug. 5. Michael Kranish and his colleague Marc Fisher are the authors of Trump Revealed, a biography about Trump's life and career that is based on the work of more than 20 of the Post's reporters, edi

Trump Off Camera: The Man Behind The 'In-Your-Face Provocateur'

6:55pm August 23, 2016

Biographer Marc Fisher says Donald Trump has lived a "strikingly solitary life given how public he is." Fisher and his Washington Post colleague Michael Kranish are the authors of Trump Revealed.

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'The Terror Years' Traces The Rise Of Al-Qaida And ISIS

6:54pm August 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

Lawrence Wright's new book collects his essays for The New Yorker on the growth of terrorism in the Middle East, from the Sept. 11 attacks to the recent beheadings of journalists and aid workers.

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Wisdom From YA Authors On Leaving Home: Cynthia Kadohata

10:36am August 21, 2016

Kadohata is the Newbery Medal-winning author of the YA novel "Kira-Kira." For our "Next Chapter" series, she talks about an eye-opening bus trip she took across the U.S. right before she left home.

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'Carry On' Tells The Story Of Unlikely Bond Between 2 Athletes That Changed 3 Lives

10:07am August 21, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Lisa Fenn, the author of "Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family," and the two athletes Fenn profiled, Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton.

Originally from Limbe, Cameroon, Imbolo Mbue moved to the U.S. to go to college. She began writing Behold the Dreamers after she lost her job in the financial crisis.

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Debut Novel Takes On The American Dream ... Racism, Recession And All

9:07am August 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

Like the protagonists in her novel, Imbolo Mbue came to the U.S. from Cameroon. She says the recession "laid bare a lot about the way in which the American dream is not that accessible to everybody."