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'I Am No One:' Feels Like Somebody's Watching Me

7:00am July 07, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

In Patrick Flanery's new novel, the border between mental illness and justified paranoia grows porous as average guy Jeremy begins to fear he's under surveillance. But is he? It's never quite clear.

When she was 18, British actress Louise Linton spent her gap year in Zambia. It's the subject of a controversial new memoir, In Congo's Shadow.

#LintonLies: How Zambians Are Using Social Media To Talk Back

6:36pm July 06, 2016

by Tobias Denskus

Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.

Tracing The 'Rise Of The Judicial Right' To Warren Burger's Supreme Court

1:45pm July 06, 2016

Burger served as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 until 1986. Linda Greenhouse, author of The Burger Court, says those years helped establish the court's conservative legal foundation.

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Here Comes The Sun By Nicole Dennis-Benn.

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'Here Comes The Sun' Shows A Complex, Heartbreakingly Real Jamaica

12:59pm July 06, 2016

by Michael Schaub

Nicole Dennis-Benn's assured, gorgeous debut novel follows Margot, a worker at a rich Jamaican resort, whose home life is a series of sacrifices as she struggles with family and forbidden love.

The cover of Invincible Iron Man, with art by Jeff Dekal.

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A Starkly Different Iron Man: Black, Female, And 15 Years Old

12:27pm July 06, 2016

by Glen Weldon

Meet Riri Williams, a teenage genius who will be stepping into the Iron Man suit following the events of Marvel Comics' latest crossover event.

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'Faith' Makes Fat A Force To Reckon With

10:00am July 06, 2016

by Etelka Lehoczky

Valiant Comics' plus-size superhero is starring in her first solo book — and while the story (and her costume) underwhelm, Faith herself is a glorious creation; smart, compassionate, geeky and fun.

From 'Runt Of The Litter' To 'Liberal Icon,' The Story Of Robert Kennedy

3:14pm July 05, 2016

Biographer Larry Tye says Kennedy wasn't always the "hot-blooded liberal" we remember today. The transformation wasn't a "flip-flop" he says; "he took things to heart in ways that few politicians do."

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'Like Water For Chocolate' Author Is Out With A Crime Thriller

11:10am July 05, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

In her novel, Pierced by the Sun, Laura Esquivel tackles crime and corruption in modern-day Mexico and boasts a female protagonist. The book has just been published in English.

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The Prisoner of Hell Gate By Dana I. Wolff

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'Hell Gate' Is An Infectious But Unsatisfying Take On Typhoid Mary

7:00am July 05, 2016

by Jason Heller

Dana I. Wolff's new novel digs up the story of infamous disease vector "Typhoid Mary" Mallon — it's a fun, fast read, but misses a rich opportunity to draw parallels to modern pandemic scares.

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'This Is No Paradise': Author Explores The Side Of Jamaica Tourists Don't See

4:40pm July 04, 2016

by NPR Staff

The characters in Here Comes the Sun are working class women, struggling with money, sexuality and the pressures of tourism. It is a debut novel for Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn.