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Three-Minute Fiction Readings: 'Geometry' And 'Snowflake'

5:39pm May 25, 2013

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.

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Letters: Stories From Moore, Okla.

6:40pm May 22, 2013

Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read emails from listeners about reporting on the tornado in Moore, Okla.

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Three-Minute Fiction: 'Ten Ring Fingers' And 'Ghost Words'

6:18pm May 19, 2013

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Ten Ring Fingers by Tamara Breuer of Washington, D.C., and Ghost Words by Matheus Macedo of Winthrop, Mass.

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Three-Minute Fiction Reading: 'Plum Baby'

7:47pm May 18, 2013

NPR's Susan Stamberg reads an excerpt of one of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. She reads Plum Baby by Carmiel Banasky of Portland, Ore.

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Letters: New Orleans, Buzz Aldrin

2:00pm May 14, 2013

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous show topics, including postcards from New Orleans and our talk with astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

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Letters: Sign Painters, Favoritism And Unemployment

2:05pm May 07, 2013

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous segments including, emergency response after Boston Marathon bombings, the endangered art of sign painting and the link between favoritism and minority unemployment.

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The NBA Has An Openly Gay Player: What Changes?

1:40pm May 07, 2013

NBA center Jason Collins announced that he is gay in Sports Illustrated and made history as the first active male pro athlete to come out. Kobe Bryant and even the president chimed in with support. NPR's Neal Conan reads from a variety of opinions on the significance of this moment.

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Letters: Adult ADHD, Second Chances In Politics, Isolation

2:55pm April 09, 2013

Host Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous show topics, including living with adult ADHD, political redemption, and the effects of isolation.

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Dave Kung with wife Sarah Tyson (left), stepson Cy Tyson-Brown and parents Sonja and George Kung.

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When You're Mixed Race, Just One Box Is Not Enough

9:49pm April 02, 2013

by NPR Staff

While being forced to tick a single box for "race" has never been a problem for George Washington III, who is black, his mixed-race children see it differently. And for Dave Kung, being allowed to check two races on the U.S. Census form for the first time prompted an unexpected outpouring of emotion.

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Letters: Gun Violence, 'New Mind Of The South'

3:04pm April 02, 2013

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous show topics, including the epidemiology of gun violence, what it means to be a 'Southerner' and going off the map.

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