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Sherman Alexie speaks at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day at Seattle's City Hall in 2016.

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'It Just Felt Very Wrong:' Sherman Alexie's Accusers Go On The Record

10:39pm March 05, 2018

by Lynn Neary

Author Sherman Alexie issued a statement in his own defense last week after allegations of sexual harassment began to circulate online. Now, several of the women accusing him are speaking to NPR.

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'Red Sparrow' Author And Ex-CIA Agent Says New Movie Gets Spy Life Right

10:35pm March 05, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Jason Matthews wrote the novel behind a new motion picture where a Russian spy (played by Jennifer Lawrence) is trained in the dual arts of seduction and espionage.

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U-God Gets 'Raw' About His Role In The Rise Of The Wu-Tang Clan

2:41pm March 05, 2018

A founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan has a new memoir.

Luis Alberto Urrea was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his 2004 book The Devil's Highway: A True Story, about a group of Mexican men who cross the border into the United States.

Mexican-American Author Finds Inspiration In Family, Tragedy And Trump

1:31pm March 05, 2018

by Terry Gross

Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels borrows from the story of his older brother, who died of cancer. He says the book went through a dramatic rewrite after Trump became president.

Aspen finalists: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward; What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah; Exit West by Mohsin Hamid; Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay; What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

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Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalists 'Capture The Messiness Of Reality'

11:02am March 05, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The award, which focuses on pressing social issues, has revealed its inaugural shortlist — including fiction by Jesmyn Ward, Zinzi Clemmons, Mohsin Hamid, Samrat Upadhyay and Lesley Nneka Arimah.

Legend of the Condor Heroes features the kind of high-flying martial arts many Western audiences were introduced to by the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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Chinese Classic 'Condor Heroes' Takes Wing In English

10:00am March 04, 2018

by Alan Yu

Jin Yong's wildly popular historical series Legends of the Condor Heroes has been adapted many times for Chinese TV, movies and comics, and now the first volume has been translated into English.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new memoir, Unmasked, covers the composer's life and creative process.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Genius Is 'Unmasked' In New Memoir

8:11am March 04, 2018

The famed composer of Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and many more tells his story in a new memoir.

"Three Rooms in Valerie's Head" by David Gaffney and Dan Berry

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Two Brits Achieve Artistic Balance In 'Valerie's Head'

7:00am March 04, 2018

by Etelka Lohoczky

Author David Gaffney and illustrator Dan Berry bring just the right amount of nuttiness to their new graphic novel, about a woman who keeps the memories of disappointing exes in a cellar in her mind.

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'A Place Of Darkness' Is An Illuminating History Of Horror

10:00am March 03, 2018

by Genevieve Valentine

Kendall R. Phillips' new look at early American horror movies is academic, sure — but its central arguments make for great reading about how shifting cultural currents shape what scares us on screen.

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A Family Confronts Life And Death In 'The House Of Broken Angels'

8:11am March 03, 2018

The House of Broken Angels is the latest book by Luis Alberto Urrea. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the best-selling author about the novel's themes of life, death and mortality.