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In 'Solo,' Chef Anita Lo Celebrates The Art Of Cooking For One

From 200 to 2017, Anita Lo ran New York City restaurant Annisa, which held a Michelin star for nine consecutive years. Julie Smith hide caption

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In 'Solo,' Chef Anita Lo Celebrates The Art Of Cooking For One

Meals for one should not be a sad or boring affair, says Michelin-starred chef Anita Lo. In her new cookbook, Lo goes beyond bitter greens, blue cheese and monkfish to serve up fun meals for one.

In 'Solo,' Chef Anita Lo Celebrates The Art Of Cooking For One

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Seduction

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'Sex, Lies And Stardom': Exploitation In Howard Hughes' Hollywood

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Karina Longworth's new book, Seduction, tells the story of 10 women who had sexual relationships with Hughes. "These things have always happened and they were never talked about publicly," she says.

'Sex, Lies And Stardom': Exploitation In Howard Hughes' Hollywood

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Remembering Stan Lee

Pop Culture Happy Hour remembers writer and comic book icon Stan Lee. Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for IMDB hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Remembering Stan Lee

Stan Lee helped create some of the most indelible comic book characters in American popular culture, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and Black Panther. He died Monday. He was 95.

Remembering Stan Lee

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A True Believer Remembers Stan Lee

Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, publisher and former President of Marvel Comics, attends the premiere of Doctor Strange in 2016. Lee died Monday at the age of 95. Frazer Harrison/NPR hide caption

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A True Believer Remembers Stan Lee

Stan Lee — born Stanley Martin Lieber — co-created many beloved Marvel Comics characters, but he became the company's tireless, beloved figurehead. NPR's Glen Weldon offers a remembrance.

A True Believer Remembers Stan Lee

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A Marvel Of A Man: Stan Lee Dead At 95

Comic book legend Stan Lee poses at the opening reception for "Stan Lee: A Retrospective" presented by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art on Feb. 23, 2007 in New York City. Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images hide caption

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A Marvel Of A Man: Stan Lee Dead At 95

Lee gave us over six decades' worth of superheroes we could identify with, characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, who reacted to superpowered crises in believably flawed, human ways.

A Marvel Of A Man: Stan Lee Dead At 95

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Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' (And That's OK)

Humans would do better to accept many of the life forms that share our space, than to scrub them all away, says ecologist Rob Dunn. Basic Books hide caption

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Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' (And That's OK)

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Ecologist Rob Dunn's new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.

Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' (And That's OK)

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A Ladder to the Sky

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Stolen Stories: A Literary Con Man Climbs To Success In 'Ladder To The Sky'

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A charismatic young writer poaches plot points from the lives of established authors in John Boyne's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls A Ladder to the Sky "erudite and ingeniously constructed."

Stolen Stories: A Literary Con Man Climbs To Success In 'Ladder To The Sky'

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'Big Little Lies' Author Places 'Perfect Strangers' In A High-End Health Resort
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Author Interviews

'Big Little Lies' Author Places 'Perfect Strangers' In A High-End Health Resort

In Liane Moriarty's new novel, nine strangers gather at a 10-day wellness retreat looking for transformation — and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.

'Big Little Lies' Author Places 'Perfect Strangers' In A High-End Health Resort

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An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'
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Author Interviews

An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'

Gina Apostol's new novel is a story about the Philippine-American War set in the present day, told from two dueling perspectives. Turns out the idea of multiple identities is close to her own heart.

An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'

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The Rise Of The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

Glory Edim, the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club and community, has edited a new collection of essays by black woman authors. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Instagram hide caption

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The Rise Of The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

Glory Edim loves to read and talk about what she is reading. So she started a fellowship that became a literary festival, a collection of essays and a national phenomenon.

The Rise Of The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

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Michelle Obama Tells NPR She 'Never Ever' Would Have Chosen Politics For Herself

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Michelle Obama Tells NPR She 'Never Ever' Would Have Chosen Politics For Herself

"It was very difficult being married to a man that felt like politics was his destiny," the former first lady tells All Things Considered host Audie Cornish in a wide-ranging interview about her life.

'Becoming' on Morning Edition

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A Noir Novel For The Trump Era, From Jonathan Lethem
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Author Interviews

A Noir Novel For The Trump Era, From Jonathan Lethem

The Feral Detective follows a New Yorker reeling from the 2016 election and the eccentric private eye of the title deep into the California desert.

A Noir Novel For The Trump Era, From Jonathan Lethem

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