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Elliott Holt's short fiction has been published in the The Pushcart Prize XXXV among other places.
Author Elliott Holt says: 'Go West, Young Woman'
()In this Q&A, author Elliott Holt discusses her six favorite novels about expatriates. She also talks about what it's like to be in your 20s, and the importance of travel and exploration.
'That's That': A Memoir Of Loving And Leaving Northern Ireland
Colin Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to him as a child.
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Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'
Da Vinci Code hero Robert Langdon returns in an adventure based on Dante's Inferno.
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'Picture Cook': Drawings Are The Key Ingredients In These Recipes
Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook aims to demystify recipes for visual learners.
()Neil Gaiman Turns His Grad Speech Into 'Good Art'()
May 14, 2013 Neil Gaiman's new book is based on a speech he delivered to graduates of Philadelphia's University of the Arts. When life gets tough, he told them, "make good art." It's advice that served him well when he turned a failed '90s TV series into the "much-loved" novel Neverwhere.
In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds'()
May 14, 2013 In 2011, Jessica Buchanan, an aid worker in Somalia, was kidnapped by land pirates. For 93 days she fought off despair while her husband, Erik Landemalm, wondered if he'd ever see her again. In a two-part interview, Buchanan and Landemalm recall Buchanan's capture and her dramatic rescue by Navy SEALs.
'Guns At Last Light' Illuminates Final Months Of World War II()
May 14, 2013 Historian Rick Atkinson's new book completes his trilogy on the second world war. He tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the events of the war may be 70 years in the past, but they're still very much a part of American culture.
In 'Passage,' Caro Mines LBJ's Changing Political Roles()
May 13, 2013 The fourth volume in Robert Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson is The Passage of Power; it explores the period between 1958 and 1964 during which Johnson went from powerful Senate majority leader to powerless vice president to — suddenly — president of the United States.
Why You Should Give A $*%! About Words That Offend()
May 13, 2013 Curse words change over time — back in the ninth century you could say the "s" word and no one would be offended. But we always need a set of words that are off-limits, and in her new book, author Melissa Mohr explains how the words that shock us reveal a lot about society's values.
After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'()
May 13, 2013 In a new book, former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe explores how to fix the gridlock in Congress. Earlier this year, the Republican from Maine left the Senate out of frustration with the partisan stalemate. "It has to change, for the country," she says. "People deserve ... better representation."
