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After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'

May 13, 2013 - 2:59am

In a new book, former U.S. Senator 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."

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After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'

May 13, 2013 - 2:59am

In a new book, former U.S. Senator 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."

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After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'

May 13, 2013 - 2:59am

In a new book, former U.S. Senator 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."

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After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'

May 13, 2013 - 2:59am

In a new book, former U.S. Senator 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."

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After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'

May 13, 2013 - 2:59am

In a new book, former U.S. Senator 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."

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The Movie Mark McKinney Has 'Seen A Million Times'

May 12, 2013 - 3:49pm

Writer-comedian Mark McKinney could watch Hayao Miyazaki's anime film My Neighbor Totoro a million times. "It still makes me laugh, it still makes me smile," he says.

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After Long Wait, Novelist James Salter Shares 'All That Is'

May 12, 2013 - 3:40pm

Salter's first book, in 1957, won the admiration of writers and critics alike. But he hadn't written a novel since 1979, until now. All That Is sets out to give a sweeping portrait of human experience, with a main character who appears suspiciously similar to Salter himself.

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Banksy Mural May Be Coming To U.S. After All

May 12, 2013 - 2:05pm

The stencil of a young boy sewing the Union Jack is the centerpiece of an exhibition in London, after which it will head to the U.S. where it is to be part of a private collection. Organizers say Slave Labour is not being put up for sale, but residents of the London neighborhood from which it disappeared want it back.

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Chasing A Dream, Speeding Down 'The Emerald Mile'

May 12, 2013 - 8:00am

Host Rachel Martin talks to writer Kevin Fedarko about his new book, The Emerald Mile, which tells the harrowing story of three men who ride the flooded Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

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Chasing A Dream, Speeding Down 'The Emerald Mile'

May 12, 2013 - 8:00am

Host Rachel Martin talks to writer Kevin Fedarko about his new book, The Emerald Mile, which tells the harrowing story of three men who ride the flooded Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

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This One Is For You, Ma

May 12, 2013 - 5:34am

You are given two words starting with M-A. The answer is a third word that can follow the first one and precede the second one, in each case to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.

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A 'Cooked Seed' Sprouts After All, In America

May 12, 2013 - 5:34am

Anchee Min's new book, The Cooked Seed, picks up 20 years after the end of her bestselling memoir Red Azalea, as Min arrives in America with little money and no English. After persecution in China, Min describes art school in America as "a strange environment, very surreal."

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He Didn't Just Call His Mother, He Made Her A Star

May 12, 2013 - 5:34am

Filmmaker Josh Seftel thought starting a Web series with his mom could bring them closer together. Amazingly, it did. In My Mom on Movies, they take on the big topics in the entertainment and pop culture world.

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The 'Curious' Story Of Robert 'Believe It Or Not!' Ripley

May 11, 2013 - 4:54pm

Neal Thompson's new biography traces the life of the newspaper cartoonist who became an international celebrity and media superstar. Ripley's pioneering mix of the strange, the shocking and the barely believable shaped the way Americans saw the world.

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Christopher Guest Comes To HBO With A 'Family' Comedy That's Serious

May 11, 2013 - 5:29am

Christopher Guest talks to Scott Simon about improvisation, style, and finding a ventriloquist in the family.

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Mini-Memoirs: 6-Word Stories To Honor Mom

May 11, 2013 - 5:29am

The Forward recently asked readers to submit six-word memoirs about their Jewish mothers. Editor-In-Chief Jane Eisner shares some of her favorites, including, "Strong, independent rethinker of tuna casserole." How would you describe your mother in just six words?

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A Nigerian-'Americanah' Novel About Love, Race And Hair

May 11, 2013 - 5:29am

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's latest book tells the story of Ifemelu and Obinze, who fall in love as students in Nigeria but soon emigrate to different countries: Ifemelu to America and Obinze to England. Adichie tells NPR's Scott Simon that Ifemelu's discovery of racial identity mirrors her own.

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Yngwie Malmsteen: 'I've Always Been A Little Bit Of An Extremist'

May 11, 2013 - 2:00am

Malmsteen is the king of the neoclassical shred guitar. The Swedish musician and composer has somehow bridged centuries, from Paganini to his own arpeggiated acrobatics. Here, the guitarist speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about being a family man and growing up on Bach and Jimi Hendrix.

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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Plays Not My Job

May 11, 2013 - 1:27am

We use Google to search for just about everything, so we've invited Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt to answer three questions about things that are un-Googleable.

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Polley's 'Stories': A Family Saga Strikingly Spun

May 10, 2013 - 4:47pm

A director's film memoir of her theatrical family is transformed by surprising discoveries about her parents' past — and her own heritage. Sarah Polley's film becomes a superb meditation on how we dramatize memory. (Recommended)

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