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'Heaven, My Home' Is A Complicated Place

7:00am September 20, 2019

by Bethanne Patrick

Attica Locke returns to the world of Highway 59 in Heaven, My Home, which finds Texas Ranger Darren Mathews dealing with the disappearance of the young son of an imprisoned white supremacist leader.

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In 'Obviously,' Comedian Muses About Growing Up In A Small Kentucky Town

4:38pm September 19, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with comedian Akilah Hughes about a collection of short essays in her new book, Obviously.

Reflecting on his decision to go public with classified information, Edward Snowden says, "The likeliest outcome for me, hands down, was that I'd spend the rest of my life in an orange jumpsuit, but that was a risk that I had to take."

Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With Russia

2:58pm September 19, 2019

by Dave Davies

In 2013, Snowden showed journalists thousands of top-secret documents about U.S. intelligence agencies' surveillance efforts. He's been living in Russia ever since. His new book is Permanent Record.

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'This Is Not Propaganda' And The Post-Truth World

1:44pm September 19, 2019

We explore one author's quest for truth in an increasingly fake world.

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'Coventry' Touches On Gender, Self-Definition In Taking Control Of One's Narrative

7:01am September 19, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

In her first essay collection, Rachel Cusk writes like someone who has been burned and has reacted not with self-censorship but with a doubling-down on clarity.

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In 'Doxology,' The Comedy Is Never Quite In Tune

7:00am September 19, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Nell Zink is a very funny writer, but the comedy never quite works in her new novel, which follows two aging punks and their daughter, from the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the '80s to D.C. today.

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Book: 'Juliet Takes A Breath'

3:49pm September 18, 2019

Gabby Rivera discusses her new novel for high schoolers, Juliet Takes a Breath.

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Racial Tensions Complicate The Search For A Missing Child In 'Heaven, My Home'

2:03pm September 18, 2019

by John Powers

Attica Locke's new novel centers on a black Texas ranger's effort to find the vanished son of a white supremacist. Heaven, My Home offers an unsettling American spin on a complicated crime story.

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In 'Savage Gods,' An Author Finds That Pondering Being Leads To An Inability To Write

7:01am September 18, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Paul Kingsnorth moved to a small farm in Ireland to be closer to the land and to reconnect with the essence of being. Instead of contentment, he found that it was tough to find meaning in writing.

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Lecturer At The University Of Cambridge Makes Literary Dream Discovery

6:13am September 18, 2019

Annotations on a 17th century copy of Shakespeare's plays were discovered to be written by English poet John Milton. James Scott-Warren of the University of Cambridge explains what the notes reveal.

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