Find a community through book on being alone

Posted on 11/19/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

’Tis the season to start dreading the uncomfortable questions about holiday plans if you don’t have the worl...

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Book on Howard Hughes previews the future #MeToo movement

Posted on 11/18/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writer and film critic Karina Longworth’s research for her new book on Howard Hughes has yielded an unpleasant tru...

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How the 2016 election affected noir novel "The Feral Detective"

Posted on 11/17/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Jonathan Lethem was among the many caught by surprise by the 2016 presidential election. In his mind, he was slig...

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Liane Moriarty: The struggles are real

Posted on 11/16/2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us love escaping reality while we read. And Liane Moriarty’s latest book, Nine Perfect Strangers, meets th...

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Cookbook celebrates the art of preparing food for just one

Posted on 11/14/2018 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When you’re a single person in a coupled world, there’s no shortage of situations in which you feel like the...

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"Boy Erased" author reflects on his memoir as film comes out

Posted on 11/13/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The movie based on Garrard Conley’s memoir will soon be out in wide release, so NPR hosted him for a recent interv...

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Listen to the audio version of Michelle Obama's memoir

Posted on 11/12/2018 at 12:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Former first lady Michelle Obama gave NPR an exclusive first listen to the audio version of her memoir. Becoming hits th...

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Veterans: Our books speak for ourselves, not all soldiers

Posted on 11/12/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yes, Veterans Day was officially yesterday, but we’ll keep in the spirit and celebrate it today, too. A few years...

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How the Fugitive Slave Act paved the way for the Civil War

Posted on 11/10/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Andrew Delbanco’s new book about an especially divisive part of American history comes out at a fitting tim...

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Biographer discusses journalist friend's dedication to reporting on wars

Posted on 11/09/2018 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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It wasn’t our intention to make today’s newswire theme “strong women,” but we’re not sorry...

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