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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.

Langston Hughes is famous for poems like "Harlem," "I, Too" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

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Langston Hughes' Harlem Home May Get Its Own Renaissance — As An Art Center

8:39am August 27, 2016

by NPR Staff

The brownstone is a national landmark, but it's been mostly empty for decades. In an effort to keep it from becoming another high-end co-op, a nonprofit wants to use it to preserve Hughes' legacy.

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Everything Has Meaning In The Dream World Of 'Vellitt Boe'

7:00am August 27, 2016

by Amal El-Mohtar

Kij Johnson's new novella follows an unlikely adventurer (and a small black cat) through a world built of dreams. It's a wonder-quest that will hold you spellbound from start to finish.

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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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'The Couple Next Door' Ratchets Up Parenting Paranoia

3:45pm August 25, 2016

by Bethanne Patrick

Shari Lapena's novel about a couple whose baby daughter goes missing while they're at a dinner party next door strikes at the heart of parenting fears — but falls down as a police procedural.

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Texas Bookseller Picks 3 Summer Reads

6:23pm August 24, 2016

Julia Green of Front Street Books recommends Moonlight on Linoleum by Terry Helwig, City of Women by David R. Gillham and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly.

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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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