Nelly Furtado Inspires 'The Spirit Indestructible'

Audio for this story from Tell Me More will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET September 20, 2012 Enlarge Courtesy of the artist Nelly Furtado at NPR in New York. Courtesy of the artist Nelly Furtado at NPR in New...

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Watch This: Filmmaker Kevin Smith's Varied Tastes

Mike Coppola/Getty Images Kevin Smith has served as a writer, actor and director for films such as Clerks. Kevin Smith — comic-book guru, writer-director of Clerks and Chasing Amy — shares some of his must-see movie and TV recommendations...

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New In Paperback Sept. 17-23

Fiction and nonfiction releases from Alan Hollinghurst, Thomas Frank, Siddhartha Deb, Emmanuel Carrere and Mindy Kaling. The Stranger's Child The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool...

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T.C. Boyle's 'San Miguel' Is No Island Paradise

San Miguel is the name of a treeless island off the coast of California where, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a few nervy ranchers struggled to raise sheep. San Miguel is also the name of T. Coraghessan Boyle's chilling and beautiful new novel,...

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A Leap Of The Imagination Across The 'River Of Bees'

Ursula Le Guin comes immediately to mind when you turn the pages of Kij Johnson's first book of short stories, her debut collection is that impressive. The title piece has that wonderful power we hope for in all fiction we read, the surprising imaginative...

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Watch This: Filmmaker Kevin Smith's Varied Tastes

Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET September 20, 2012 Mike Coppola/Getty Images Kevin Smith has served as a writer, actor and director for films such as Clerks. Kevin...

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The Elusive, Endangered 'Knuckleball'

Break Thru Films Tim Wakefield, formerly of the Boston Red Sox, was the oldest active player in the majors before retiring in 2011. For years he was the only pitcher throwing a knuckleball. Knuckleball! Directors: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg...

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Debunking The 'Myth Of The Muslim Tide'

Audio for this story from Fresh Air from WHYY will be available at approx. 5:00 p.m. ET September 19, 2012 The violent protests that erupted in the Middle East over a video insulting the Prophet Muhammad were in part a...

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'Life Of Objects' Tells A Cautionary WWII Fairy Tale

Audio for this story from Fresh Air from WHYY will be available at approx. 5:00 p.m. ET September 19, 2012 Susanna Moore's latest novel, The Life of Objects, is a slim World War II saga that reads like a cautionary fairy...

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'The Black Count' Cuts A Fascinating Figure

The novelist Alexandre Dumas — the one known for penning The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers — is often referred to as "Alexandre Dumas, pere." This is to distinguish him from his son, also a writer, who is identified as "Alexandre Dumas,...

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