Books 'Grapes Of Wrath' And The Politics of Book Burning September 30, 2008 • The Steinbeck classic was banned and burned in a number of cities, including Kern County, Calif. — the endpoint of the Joad family's fictional migration West. Rick Wartzman, the author of Obscene In The Extreme, says the ban was politically motivated. 'Grapes Of Wrath' And The Politics of Book Burning Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95190615/95204004" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Imagining The Life Of The President's Wife September 30, 2008 • American Wife follows the life of a demure school librarian who becomes first lady of the United States. The novel, inspired by the life of Laura Bush, is the third from Curtis Sittenfeld. Curtis Sittenfeld reads from 'American Wife' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94927006/95197209" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Music Interviews Buddhism And The Zen Of Punk Rock September 29, 2008 • Buddhism is finding a large following among fans of punk rock. What could the two possibly have in common? Rebellion and a sense of individual responsibility, according to ordained Zen master and bona fide punk rocker Brad Warner. Buddhism And The Zen Of Punk Rock Listen · 5:14 5:14 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95172739/95172476" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Great Outdoor Fight' Flows From Web To Page September 29, 2008 • Chris Onstad's web-comic Achewood may be modeled on stuffed animals, but it's anything but cuddly. The new print compilation of the strip highlights The Great Outdoor Fight — featuring three days, three acres and 3,000 men. 'Great Outdoor Fight' Flows From Web To Page Listen · 7:19 7:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94780668/95157424" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Hollywood Bad Boy Eszterhas Writes About Faith September 27, 2008 • Joe Eszterhas was one of the dirtiest, drinkingest writers in Hollywood. He wrote films like Show Girls, Jagged Edge, Basic Instinct and Music Box. After he was diagnosed with throat cancer, he turned himself over to God. He writes about his journey in a new memoir. Hollywood Bad Boy Eszterhas Writes About Faith Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95128733/95128834" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Diahann Carroll Talks Of Love, Life And Those Legs September 26, 2008 • In her new memoir The Legs Are The Last To Go, actress Diahann Carroll talks about her glamorous career and lifestyle — and simplifying. But she says, "Stepping away from glamour is not an easy thing to do." Diahann Carroll Talks Of Love, Life And Those Legs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95034315/95105088" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Hooman Majd, Considering The Iranian 'Paradox' Fresh Air September 25, 2008 • When President Ahmadinejad of Iran spoke at the UN this week, his translator was Hooman Majd. But Majd isn't a professional translator. He's a writer, and his new book is called The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran. Hooman Majd, Considering The Iranian 'Paradox' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95029424/95031915" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Movies Actor Robert Wagner: Life And Romance September 25, 2008 • Robert Wagner has made movies with Spencer Tracy and played Number Two in the Austin Powers films. In the memoir Pieces of My Heart, Wagner details two winding paths: his career and his love life. Actor Robert Wagner: Life And Romance Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94961973/95026142" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Book Reviews Super-Smart Noir With A Feminist Jolt Fresh Air September 23, 2008 • An anti-social Goth gal-pal adds fun and a bracing feminist perspective to Stieg Larsson's witty, hard-boiled tale, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Super-Smart Noir With A Feminist Jolt Listen · 7:07 7:07 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94778772/94927892" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books Beauty, The Beast And A Dantean Journey September 23, 2008 • Andrew Davidson's debut novel, The Gargoyle, tells the love story of a burn victim and a mysterious sculptress who claims they first met 700 years earlier. Andrew Davidson reads from 'The Gargoyle' Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94725373/94910521" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books 'The Anglo Files: A Field Guide To The British' September 23, 2008 • The U.S. may have a special relationship with Britain, but there's a lot that divides Americans and Brits. Sarah Lyall, author of The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British, details British people and their character. In one section of the book, Lyall explores Brits and booze. 'The Anglo Files: A Field Guide To The British' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94921468/94921596" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Book Reviews Julian Barnes' Brisk Inquiry Into Death's Meaning September 22, 2008 • How do we live with the knowledge that death comes to all? Julian Barnes mixes memoir with philosophy as he zigzags briskly through the scientific, religious and emotional significance of living finite lives.
National 'Monticello' Tells Untold Story Of Sally Hemings September 22, 2008 • Thomas Jefferson's biography got significantly more complicated when DNA evidence linked him to the descendants of Sally Hemings, a slave on his estate. Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello an exhaustive study of Hemings and her role in the Jefferson household. Listen to this 'Talk of the Nation' topic Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94828368/94901884" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books E. Ethelbert Miller: Baseball, Memoirs and Secrets September 21, 2008 • Poet E. Ethelbert Miller chair's the board of the Institute for Policy Studies and is the director of the African-American Resources Center at Howard University. He's also the author of a new memoir, in which he uses baseball to describe his life. He tells Liane Hansen a memoir writer has to decide which secrets to tell. E. Ethelbert Miller: Baseball, Memoirs and Secrets Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94862546/94862514" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Artemis Fowl' Author To Write 'Hitchhiker' Sequel September 20, 2008 • A new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book will be published next year — but it won't be by Douglas Adams, who passed away in 2001. Book publisher Hyperion has tapped Eoin Colfer, author of the popular teen sci-fi fantasy series Artemis Fowl, to continue the Adams legacy. 'Artemis Fowl' Author To Write 'Hitchhiker' Sequel Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94855192/94856536" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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