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Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun

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In 'Gmorning, Gnight!' Jonny Sun And Lin-Manuel Miranda Craft A Peppy Pick-Me-Up

7:56pm October 12, 2018

by Ailsa Chang

What if, instead of reaching compulsively for your phone for comfort and distraction, you could pick up a book? That's what Lin-Manuel Miranda and illustrator Jonny Sun aimed for in their new book.

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A memorial mural of musician Leonard Cohen in downtown Montreal.

Leonard Cohen's Poem 'Kanye West Is Not Picasso,' As Read By Michael Shannon

7:31pm October 12, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

Cohen talks Kanye, in the voice of Michael Shannon. It's all pretty straightforward, no?

My Brother's Husband vol. 2, by Gengoroh Tagame

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In 'My Brother's Husband Vol. 2,' Family Values (And The Value Of Family)

5:39pm October 12, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Part two of Gengoroh Tagame's heartfelt manga about a Japanese man coming to terms with his late brother's sexuality depicts an achingly real process of fits and starts, advancements and reversals.

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Cult Icon John Waters On Breaking Taboos And Embracing Villains

2:08pm October 12, 2018

The filmmaker behind Hairspray and Pink Flamingos made his name setting new lows in bad taste. The Baltimore Museum of Art now has a retrospective of his work. Originally broadcast 2004 and 2010.

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How Notions Of Sex, Power And Consent Are Changing On College Campuses

1:27pm October 11, 2018

by Terry Gross

Blurred Lines author Vanessa Grigoriadis says female college students were once told to protect themselves from sexual assault by learning self defense. Now, the focus is on changing men's behavior.

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In new books, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Joseph J. Ellis — also Jon Meacham, whose tome hit shelves in May — aim to contextualize or contrast the Trump era with the leadership of previous presidents.

Three Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historians Aim To Put American Politics In Context

1:24pm October 11, 2018

by Scott Detrow

In new books, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Joseph J. Ellis — also Jon Meacham, whose tome hit shelves in May — aim to contextualize or contrast the Trump era with the leadership of previous presidents.

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Memoir Of A Black Lives Matter Activist

1:13pm October 11, 2018

DeRay Mckesson showed up in Ferguson, MO days after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a police officer — and took up residence in a new social justice movement that brought real reform to policing in America. The experience has never left him.

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'Bitter Orange' Keeps The Tension Simmering

12:00pm October 11, 2018

by Jean Zimmerman

Claire Fuller's finely crafted psychological thriller follows a seemingly mousy, buttoned-up woman who becomes embroiled in a strange, voyeuristic triangle over the course of a country house summer.

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How Presidents Have Appropriated War Powers From Congress

7:03am October 11, 2018

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to presidential historian Michael Beschloss about how presidents have chipped away at the congressional power to declare war. It's the subject of his book, Presidents of War.

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'Florida,' 'Heartland' Among National Book Awards Finalists

2:38pm October 10, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"This year, instead of just celebrating the best American literature, we're celebrating the best literature in America," said Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation.