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Author Of 'The New Childhood' Advises Parents: Don't Panic About Screen Time

8:24am December 29, 2018

NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks with Jordan Shapiro about his new book, "The New Childhood," which explains how children should engage with the digital technology around them.

A Year-End Musical Road Trip With 'Memphis Rent Party' Writer Robert Gordon

8:24am December 29, 2018

We take a year-end musical road trip with Memphis music writer Robert Gordon, who shares some of the stories from his collection of essays "Memphis Rent Party."

Israeli writer Amos Oz, shown here in 2015, died Friday at age 79.

Amos Oz Dies At 79; Hailed As 'Glory' Of Israel's Writers

4:56pm December 28, 2018

by Martha Wexler

The novelist and peace advocate died Friday. He once called the language in which he wrote, modern Hebrew, his "musical instrument" and compared it to "an erupting lava, an earthquake in action."

Former first lady Michelle Obama's new book Becoming was published in November.

Tell-Alls, Dramatic Warnings And The Obamas Lead Political Books Of 2018

10:47am December 27, 2018

by Meghan Collins Sullivan

This year brought memoirs from several former Trump administration officials, investigations by journalists reporting on Trump's White House — and a look back from former first lady Michelle Obama.

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The Afro-Latino Brooklynite Miles Morales is one of many characters who don the mask in the 2018 film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.

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50 Wonderful Things From 2018

5:00am December 27, 2018

by Linda Holmes

One pop culture critic takes some time to run down not 10, not 20, but 50 wonderful things from movies, TV and more in 2018.

The new Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird features Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch and Gbenga Akinnagbe as Tom Robinson.

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Aaron Sorkin Brings 'To Kill A Mockingbird' To The Broadway Stage

4:15pm December 26, 2018

by Andrew Limbong

After lawsuits and pushback from Harper Lee's estate, the beloved 1960 novel is now a play. But Atticus Finch looks and sounds a little different than he did in the book.

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Author N.K. Jemisin won her third Hugo Award this year for The Stone Sky.

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At The End Of The Year, N.K. Jemisin Ponders The End Of The World

4:09pm December 26, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Jemisin is the only author to win three Hugo Awards in a row — for her Broken Earth trilogy, which begins with an apocalypse. She says she likes to explore what apocalypses mean for different people.

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'Reluctant Psychonaut' Michael Pollan Embraces 'New Science' Of Psychedelics

1:47pm December 26, 2018

by Terry Gross

Author Michael Pollan experimented with mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelics while researching his latest book, How to Change Your Mind. Originally broadcast May 15, 2018.

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How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway

12:43pm December 24, 2018

by Terry Gross

Todd Purdum's book, Something Wonderful, is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind hit shows like Carousel and The Sound of Music. Originally broadcast April 9, 2018.

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Coloring Without Borders — a book featuring contributions from more than 80 artists — invites kids to fill in the blanks. Young artists can draw a friend for Jim Field's Squirrel (left) or finish Max Ulichney's house (right).

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Book 'Without Borders' By 80+ Artists Lets Kids Color Outside The Lines

7:49am December 24, 2018

by Noel King

Children are invited to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks in Coloring Without Borders. The bilingual book was created to help immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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