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'The Great Pretender' Investigates A Landmark Moment In Psychiatric History
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'The Great Pretender' Investigates A Landmark Moment In Psychiatric History
"The profession we love has been taken over," psychiatrist and novelist Samuel Shem tells NPR, "with us sitting there in front of screens all day, doing data entry in a computer factory." Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
A new book by anthropologist and physician Kimberly Sue tells the stories of women navigating opioid addiction during and after incarceration. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
After Comic Garry Shandling's Death, Judd Apatow Found Zen In His Diaries
Chef Angie Mar, who has received rave reviews for her New York chophouse Beatrice Inn, has been called a "badass" by the press. While some women have no problem with the word and use it in an entirely complimentary context, many others dislike its bro-culture connotation. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images hide caption
Lindy West: 'The Witches Are Coming' — And They Are Rightfully Angry
In an interview with NPR about her new book, former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said she made an effort to avoid "toxic" and "trashy" Washington — and that she'll campaign for President Trump in 2020. Above, she poses for a portrait at NPR studios in New York City on Nov. 8. Amr Alfiky for NPR hide caption
Former U.N. Ambassador Haley: Trump Actions 'Not A Good Practice' But Not Impeachable
Howard Weistling created his comic book A Western out of cigarette wrappers and flattened soup cans while he was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II. Morgan Weistling/Morgan Weistling hide caption
'Like Getting My Father Back': WWII POW's Art Returned To His Family
Lara Maiklem searches for treasures along the foreshore of the Thames. Courtesy of Lara Maiklem hide caption
Flutist Eugenia Zukerman sets her struggle with Alzheimer's to verse in her new memoir. Angela Jimenez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In 'Like Falling Through A Cloud,' Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind
British author Bernardine Evaristo poses with her book Girl, Woman, Other. She would later win the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction, an honor she shared with Margaret Atwood. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Booker Prize Is Shared By The 12 Black Brits In 'Girl, Woman, Other'
