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Novelist Zadie Smith On Historical Nostalgia And The Nature Of Talent

2:44pm January 20, 2017

Smith's latest book, Swing Time, tells the story of two girls who dream of being dancers, but only one has the talent to do so. Originally broadcast Nov. 21, 2016.

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'Martians Abroad' Is An Optimistic Glance Into Humanity's Future

7:00am January 19, 2017

by Jason Heller

Carrie Vaughn — known for her Kitty Norville urban fantasies — ventures offworld with Martians Abroad, a high-school adventure that pays fun, thoughtful homage to Robert Heinlein's "juveniles."

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Why Being Bored Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing

6:01am January 19, 2017

by Andrew Limbong

In her book, How to Be Bored, Eva Hoffman says we should embrace those moments when we'd otherwise be looking for stimulation. Her book is part of a self-help series called The School Of Life.

Muslim NYPD Chaplain On Faith, Fear And Getting Stopped By Airport Security

2:41pm January 18, 2017

Imam Khalid Latif is one of the people profiled in The Secret Life of Muslims, a digital series about Islamophobia. He is also the first Muslim chaplain at New York University.

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In 'Homesick,' Ottessa Moshfegh Makes The Unlikable Understandable

1:00pm January 18, 2017

by Michael Schaub

The characters in Ottessa Moshfegh's new collection are cold, unfiltered, frequently pathetic — all suffering from unease and nameless longing, made understandable by each perfectly-built story.

How Mormon Polygamy In The 19th Century Fueled Women's Activism

1:43pm January 17, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich says that for Mormon women living in 19th century Utah, "plural marriages" were empowering in complicated ways.

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'Transit' Is A Journey You Won't Want To End

7:00am January 17, 2017

by Heller McAlpin

Rachel Cusk's latest — the second in a trilogy that began with Outline — follows a writer unmoored by the breakup of her marriage, and the people she meets as she goes about her strange new life.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks as she welcomes community leaders from across the country to celebrate the successes and share best practices to continue the work of the Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans' Homelessness East Room of the White House complex

'Meaning of Michelle' Essays Celebrate First Lady's Realness

8:32am January 16, 2017

by Tanya Ballard Brown

In a new collection, 16 essayists describe how Michelle Obama helped change the perception of black women and the White House.

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'The New Odyssey' Allows Migrants Stories To Humanize The Crisis

6:05pm January 15, 2017

The Guardian's Migration Correspondent Patrick Kingsley's book The New Odyssey follows several migrants on their journeys from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa to Europe.

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How To Tell A Story Through Emails

8:02am January 15, 2017

Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is a funny and sometimes icky story of twins. It's told through the twins' emails and unfolds around a lie. Author Rachel Hulin tells Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her new novel.