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News Articles: Books

Mat Johnson is the Philip H. Knight Chair of Humanities at the University of Oregon. His previous books include <em>Pym</em> and <em>Loving Day.</em>

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Real life or satire? Novelist Mat Johnson says it can be hard to tell the difference

Set in the future, Johnson's new satirical novel, Invisible Things, takes place on one of Jupiter's many moons, where humans have created an artificial ecosystem designed to replicate life on Earth.

June 29, 2022
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

'X' looks at a subculture that mainstream American art has frequently shied away from

Davey Davis' book is far from an ordinary love story — it's a shocking and moving novel about what it means to be an outsider in a world that's crumbling around you.

June 28, 2022
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  • Michael Schaub
John Vercher is the author of the novels <em>Three-Fifths</em> and <em>After the Lights Go Out.</em>

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A novelist's time in the MMA cage informed his book on memory loss and identity

John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, centers on a veteran MMA fighter who struggles to remember everyday things.

June 28, 2022
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  • Dave Davies
Coastal Redwood Trees

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The strange underground economy of tree poaching

A new book dives deep into the fascinating criminal world of tree theft and efforts to combat it.

June 28, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
<em>Lapvona</em>, by Ottessa Moshfegh

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  • Book Reviews

Life in the Middles Ages is more gross than engrossing in this ruthless novel

Ottessa Moshfegh's Lapvona follows the life of Marek, a 13-year-old peasant boy who lives in a cruel world of sadism and stink, cannibalism and self-flagellation.

June 27, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

'Rogues' showcases Patrick Radden Keefe's preternatural gift for reading people

Keefe recognizes that we're all unreliable narrators of our own lives, and writes about his subjects with a keen sense of understanding.

June 27, 2022
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  • Michael Schaub
A kindle e-book reader is pictured at the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2015.

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  • Books

Authors are protesting Amazon's e-book policy that allows users to read and return

Authors say readers are exploiting Amazon's seven-day return policy by using Amazon like a library and returning books after reading them.

June 27, 2022
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  • Deanna Schwartz
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Fasten your seat belts, flight attendant-turned-novelist shares stories from the sky

T.J. Newman began writing the hijack thriller Falling while she was a flight attendant. She'd jot down ideas on paper napkins in the quiet moments on red-eye flights. Originally broadcast July 2021.

June 24, 2022
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  • Dave Davies
<em>Learning to Talk</em>

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  • Book Reviews

'Learning To Talk' focuses on growing up in mid-20th-century England

It's a testament to Hilary Mantel's brilliance as an author that even though the moments in these stories are subtle, the book somehow feels epic in its own way.

June 24, 2022
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  • Michael Schaub
Attempts to ban books in school districts around the country have increased in recent years. Now, some states are working on enacting laws to give politicians more power over public libraries.

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  • National

Some states are changing the laws that govern community libraries

At a time of concern about book banning, states are passing laws to tighten control over public libraries. The laws address how libraries are managed and some laws may open librarians to legal action.

June 23, 2022
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  • Jim Zarroli
Fourth-grader Lucy Kramer (foreground) does schoolwork at her home, as her mother, Daisley, helps her younger sister, Meg, who is in kindergarten, in 2020 in San Anselmo, Calif.

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  • Children's Health

Raising kids is 'Essential Labor.' It's also lonely, exhausting and expensive

In her book, author Angela Garbes makes the case that the work of raising children has always been undervalued and undercompensated in the U.S. Then came the pandemic, and everything got harder.

June 22, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
A dolphin's sense of echolocation allows it to coordinate efforts to hunt prey, see "through" other creatures and form three-dimensional shapes using sound.

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  • Animals

The human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals know

In his new book, An Immense World, science writer Ed Yong explores the diversity of perception in the animal world — including echolocation, magnetic fields and ultraviolet vision.

June 22, 2022
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

'An Immense World' dives deep into the umwelt of animals

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

June 21, 2022
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  • Barbara J. King
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of <em>The Sound of Music</em>, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

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  • Books

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of <em>The Sound of Music</em>, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

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  • Books

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
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