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Author Dave Cullen On Telling The Story Of The Parkland Activists

8:05am February 10, 2019

Dave Cullen, the author of Columbine, tackles another high school shooting in his new book, Parkland. Cullen talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the teen survivors who later became activists.

the cover art of Golden State by Ben H. Winters

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Lies Are Illegal In The 'Golden State' Of Ben Winters

8:05am February 10, 2019

by Lynn Neary

In his new book, the author imagines a world where officers known as Speculators track down liars, in a cross between a dystopian novel and a classic detective story.

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Questioning Authenticity — And Reality — In 'The Made-Up Man'

7:00am February 10, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Joseph Scapellato's new novel mashes up noir and philosophy in a multi-layered story about an aimless young man who gets caught up in his uncle's strange and possibly dangerous performance art.

Journalist Jill Abramson participates in a conference at Santa Clara Convention Center on Feb. 24, 2015 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Transcript: Former 'New York Times' Editor Jill Abramson Addresses Book Allegations

6:08pm February 09, 2019

by Michel Martin

The former New York Times executive editor and author of Merchants of Truth tells NPR's Michel Martin: "I will do everything within my power to correct anything that is imperfect in my book."

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A People's Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams.

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New Collection Asks: What Might The 'People's Future' Look Like?

10:00am February 09, 2019

by Arkady Martine

This new collection of speculative fiction stories imagines the lives of marginalized people in a variety of difficult future Americas. It's not an easy read, but it has depths of resilience and hope.

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A Fake Orchestra Performance In 'Sounds Like Titanic'

8:21am February 09, 2019

Scott Simon talks with Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman about playing with an orchestra that played to sounds from a CD. Her memoir, Sounds Like Titanic, raises questions about identity and reality.

detail of the cover of The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

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In 'The Night Tiger,' Fantastic Beasts Of Colonial Malaysia

8:21am February 09, 2019

by Scott Simon

Yangsze Choo's second novel features a disembodied finger, Chinese dancehalls of the 1930s and weretigers. For the author, it's a book of parallel worlds: the supernatural and the real.

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'Enchantée' Casts A Delightful Spell

7:00am February 09, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Gita Trelease's new novel follows a young woman trying to support her family in Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, using trickery and a little real magic to disguise herself as an aristocrat.

A couple side by side in bed, each looking at their cell phones.

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'Love Poems For Married People' Will Help Spice Things Up In The— Zzzzz

4:26pm February 08, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Honey? You awake? The soft glow of a smartphone screen, the caress of sweatpants, a new collection of poems by John Kenney celebrates what happens to romance after years (and years) of marriage.

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The Spirit of Science Fiction, by Roberto Bolano

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In 'Spirit Of Science Fiction,' Seeds Of A Great Career

10:00am February 08, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Roberto Bolaño's early novel, about the adventures of two young Chilean writers fleeing the Pinochet dictatorship, reads like a dress rehearsal for his masterwork The Savage Detectives.