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201. Mary Trump, E. Jean Carroll and Jennifer Taub launch romance novel on Substack

Subjects
The Italian Lesson (Novel) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ex-presidents -- Influence, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1179599933 BYLINE: CHLOE VELTMAN HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: Political commentator Mary Trump is best known as an outspoken critic of her uncle, [...]

Published
2023

202. Finding generations of family -- and history -- on Chinatown's Mott Street

Subjects
Chinatown, New York, New York -- Description and travel, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming (Nonfiction work) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Immigrants -- Social aspects, Chinese Americans -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1178765635 HOST: LORI LIZARRAGA LORI LIZARRAGA: You're listening to CODE SWITCH. I'm Lori Lizarraga. B A PARKER: Got, like, 3 1/2 miles. LIZARRAGA: [...]

Published
2023

203. TV writer David Simon weighs in on the Writers Guild of America strike

Subjects
Authors, American -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Television writers -- Demonstrations and protests, Television broadcasting industry -- Labor relations, General interest, Writers Guild of America -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1177194215 HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: Every industry changes with new technology, and changes to the TV industry are one reason writers are [...]

Published
2023

204. Writer Sam Irby bears her soul - again - with new essay collection 'Quietly Hostile'

Subjects
Quietly Hostile: Essays (Essay collection) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1176935506 HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: Samantha Irby is an essayist and humorist - the latter of which was painfully obvious when we [...]

Published
2023

205. Kwame Alexander's memoir began as a book of love poems but morphed into so much more

Subjects
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances (Collection) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1176600739 HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: Kwame Alexander is a familiar name here on MORNING EDITION. He's had many wonderful visits with our [...]

Published
2023

206. 'Quietly Hostile' is Samantha Irby's survival guide (of sorts)

Subjects
Quietly Hostile (Essay collection) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Influence, Conduct of life -- Influence, Stand-up comedy -- Influence, Life skills -- Influence, Arts, visual and performing, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1175784023 BYLINE: TONYA MOSLEY HOST: TERRY GROSS TERRY GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Our new co-host Tonya Mosley has today's [...]

Published
2023

207. CNN's town hall with Donald Trump takes on added stakes after verdict in Carroll case

Subjects
Cable News Network -- Political aspects, Cable television broadcasting industry -- Political aspects, Authors, American -- Cases, Electioneering, Sexual abuse -- Cases, Libel and slander -- Cases, Political campaigns, Ex-presidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1174959260 BYLINE: DAVID FOLKENFLIK HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: Former President Trump never testified at the trial where he was found liable for [...]

Published
2023

208. Federal jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial

Subjects
Authors, American -- Cases, Sexual abuse -- Cases, Libel and slander -- Cases, Ex-presidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1175165421 BYLINE: ANDREA BERNSTEIN HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: A jury has sided with E. Jean Carroll. She is the writer who accused [...]

Published
2023

209. Author-illustrator Vashti Harrison wants her book and the word 'big' to affirm kids

Subjects
Big (Picture story) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1173477768 HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: On the cover of Vashti Harrison's latest book, a young Black girl, her curly hair styled in [...]

Published
2023

210. Why are sexual assault accusers frequently asked, 'Did you scream?'

Subjects
Authors, American -- Cases, Rape -- Cases, Libel and slander -- Cases, Ex-presidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1173477695 HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: A warning - this next conversation deals with sexual assault. In a New York courtroom, writer E. [...]

Published
2023

211. E. Jean Carroll testified in trial that Trump sexual assaulted her

Subjects
Authors, American -- Cases, Rape -- Cases, Ex-presidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1172290037 BYLINE: ILYA MARRITZ HOST: MELISSA BLOCK MELISSA BLOCK: The woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault testified today in her civil [...]

Published
2023

212. E. Jean Carroll's civil trial against former President Donald Trump begins

Subjects
Authors, American -- Cases, Sexual abuse -- Cases, Ex-presidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1172007295 BYLINE: ILYA MARRITZ HOST: MELISSA BLOCK MELISSA BLOCK: The civil trial in a lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll against former [...]

Published
2023

213. Pulitzer Prize-winning essay: 'On Grief'

Subjects
Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Essay -- Appreciation, Essays -- Appreciation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1167683171 BYLINE: RACHEL MARTIN HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: Bobby McIlvaine was just 26 years old on September 11, 2001. He was at [...]

Published
2023

214. Eric Carle, picture writer : the art of the picture book

Author

TVGeis LLC, production company., Penguin Young Readers Group, publisher., Penguin Random House, film distributor., Inoue, Motoko, producer., Geis, Kate, director, producer, editor of moving image work., and Carle, Eric, interviewee.

Published
2011

216. What Eve Can Teach Us About Women

Author

Lyall, Sarah

Subjects
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (Nonfiction work), Authors, American -- Interviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The author Cat Bohannon was a preteen in Atlanta in the 1980s when she saw the film ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' for the first time. As she took in its [...]

Published
2023

217. Serial Killer's Daughter Is Helping Authorities Close More Cold Cases

Author

Tumin, Remy

Subjects
Murderers -- Cases -- Family, Serial murders -- Cases, Authors, American -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Dennis Rader terrorized Kansas for decades before his arrest in 2005. His daughter, Kerri Rawson, could not bear to see him until this June, when she visited him in prison [...]

Published
2023

218. Sarah Young, 77, Christian Author Whose Book Spawned an Empire

Author

Risen, Clay

Subjects
Young, Sarah, Authors, American -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Her book ''Jesus Calling,'' written in the voice of Jesus Christ, rose to the top of the Christian publishing best-seller lists. Sequels and spinoffs followed. Sarah Young, whose book ''Jesus [...]

Published
2023

219. The Real Y.A. Writers of Provo, Utah

Author

Aguirre, Abby

Subjects
Provo, Utah -- Social aspects, Young adults -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Appreciation, Mormons -- Educational aspects, Best sellers -- Appreciation, Books and reading -- Forecasts and trends, Young adult literature -- Appreciation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Brigham Young University -- Social aspects
Abstract

A tight-knit community of young-adult writers who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has yielded smashes like ''Twilight.'' But religious doctrine can clash with creative freedoms. [...]

Published
2023

220. Taking back control of the 'girl' discourse

Author

Fallert, Nicole

Subjects
Authors, American -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Girls -- Terminology, Feminism -- Terminology, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY When a man called Oenone Forbat and her friend pretty 'girls' on a summer trip, hearing the word made her 'skin crawl.' Coming from a [...]

Published
2023

221. Illuminating And Chronicling The Loss of Sight

Author

Ito, Robert

Subjects
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight (Autobiography), Authors, American -- Interviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

In ''The Country of the Blind,'' Andrew Leland explores the history, the culture and the experiences of blind people. In 2019, Andrew Leland began writing a book about blindness, even [...]

Published
2023

222. In a land 'shaped by water,' a family tale of persistence

Author

Douglass, Erin

Subjects
The Covenant of Water (Novel), Authors, American -- Interviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Erin Douglass Contributor Abstract: Tracing three generations of a family living in Kerala, India, Abraham Verghese tackles questions of faith, family, love, and self-discovery. 'The Covenant of Water,' the [...]

Published
2023

223. Come for the Games, Stay for the Story

Author

Smith, Rory

Subjects
Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America (Biography) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works, Entrepreneurship -- Appreciation -- Influence, Businesspeople -- Appreciation -- Influence, Wrestling -- Influence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The story, more than the sport, is what matters. Nobody is quite sure where the term ''kayfabe'' originated. It may be a bastardized form of pig Latin, something to do [...]

Published
2023

224. 'Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed'

Author

Brooks, David

Subjects
Authors, American -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Artificial intelligence -- Evaluation, Technology and civilization -- Evaluation, Consciousness -- Evaluation, Artificial intelligence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Recently I stumbled across an essay by Douglas Hofstadter that made me happy. Hofstadter is an eminent cognitive scientist and the author of books like ''Gödel, Escher, Bach'' and ''I [...]

Published
2023

225. At 60, trans cabaret performer Justin Vivian Bond is celebrating survival

Author

Yuan, Jada

Subjects
Authors, American -- Interviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jada Yuan HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. - On a perfectly blue upstate afternoon, Justin Vivian Bond is telling me about one of the marvelous perks of turning 60: becoming invisible. [...]

Published
2023

226. They Went From a 'Mom Friendship' to a Life Together

Author

Rafkin, Louise

Subjects
Corporate officers -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Authors, American -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Weddings, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

When Lauren Pariani and Kate Schatz first met on a school playground, they had no idea where life would lead them. In September 2018, Lauren Davis Pariani and Kate Elizabeth [...]

Published
2023

229. Cross Creek [1983] : continuity script

Author

Young, Dalene, screenwriter., Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953, bibliographic antecedent., and Young, Dalene, screenwriter.

Published
2015

232. Inscribed books by nineteenth century authors, American and foreign, from the library collected by James Carleton Young, of Minneapolis, Minn. ...

Author

Young, James Carleton, Young, James Carleton, 1856-1918., Young, James Carleton, and Young, James Carleton, 1856-1918.

Abstract

We have determined this item to be in the public domain according to US copyright law through information in the bibliographic record and/or US copyright renewal records. The digital version is available for all educational uses worldwide. Please contact HathiTrust staff at hathitrust-help@umich.edu with any questions about this item., Library catalogs., Autographs., (OCoLC)12040012., 3677710., Sdr-ia-srlf3677710., Http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1wd3sc4s.

Published
1916

233. New York the City in More than 500 Memorable Quotations; From More than 500 Authors (American and Foreign) and More than 500 Reference Sources97400New York the City in More than 500 Memorable Quotations; From More than 500 Authors (American and Foreign) and More than 500 Reference Sources . Lanham, Maryland and London: Vladimir F. Wertsman 1997. xi + 191 pp, ISBN: 0 8108 3088 4 £33.25 UK distribution by Shelwing Ltd, Folkestone

Author

Cassell, Kay Ann, primary

Published
1997
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234. Joan Didion

Subjects
Authors, American -- Criticism and interpretation, Mass communications
Abstract

AMERICAN ESSAYIST, NOVELIST, AND SCREENWRITER JOAN DIDION (1934-) 'has created, in her books, one of the most devastating and distinctive portraits of modern America to be found in fiction or [...]

Published
2021

235. Excavating the Future

Author

Thomason, John

Subjects
Los Angeles, California -- History, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Nonfiction work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties (Nonfiction work) -- Criticism and interpretation, The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism (Nonfiction work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Authors, American -- Works -- Evaluation, Humanities, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE L.A. in the Sixties MIKE DAVIS AND JON WIENER Verso $34,95 | 800 pp. THE MONSTER ENTERS COVID-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism [...]

Published
2021

236. Jacque Sokolov, MD, SSB Solutions' Chairman and CEO Co-Authors American College of Healthcare Executive's Book of the Year

Subjects
Books -- Achievements and awards, Chairpersons -- Achievements and awards, College teachers -- Achievements and awards, Business, Business, international, American College of Healthcare Executives
Abstract

Developing Physician Leaders for Successful Clinical Integration awarded ACHE's 2014 James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In the Contacts section, phone number for Sue Pearce [...]

Published
2014

237. An online collection of information on Kansas Notable Books provided by the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book, 2006-2016.

Subjects
Kansas Notable Books Award., American literature Bibliography. Kansas, Literature and society Kansas., Authors, American Kansas., Littérature et société Kansas., Écrivains américains Kansas., American literature., Authors, American., Civilization., Literature., Literature and society., Kansas In literature., Kansas Civilization., Kansas Dans la littérature., Kansas Civilisation., Kansas.
Abstract

A set of 23 documents provided by the Kansas Center for the Book and the Kansas State Library, with resources and information on Kansas Notable Books.

Published
2016

240. Jack Kerouac

Author

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation., Icarus Films., Castonguay, Pierre. Director Producer, Chapdelaine, Gérard. Producer, Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Interviewee, and Séguin, Fernand, 1922- Interviewer

Published
2014

241. Henry Miller

Author

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation., Icarus Films., Castonguay, Pierre. Director Producer, Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. Interviewee, and Séguin, Fernand, 1922- Interviewer

Published
2014

242. Sunday Profile: Star Struck

Author

CBS News, production company., Green, John, 1977- interviewee., Pogue, David, 1963- reporter., Siddiqi, Ayesha, producer., and Siddiqi, Ayesha, producer

Published
2014

243. Sunday Profile: Mitch Albom

Author

CBS News, production company., Albom, Mitch, 1958- interviewee., Pauley, Jane, 1950- reporter., Teel, Mary Lou, producer., and Teel, Mary Lou, producer

Published
2014

244. Dina Nayeri's relationship with belief changed while writing 'Who Gets Believed?'

Subjects
Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough (Nonfiction work) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1162727065 HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: 'Who Gets Believed?' That's the title and central premise of Dina Nayeri's new book. She told me, [...]

Published
2023

245. When it comes to the dangers of AI, surveillance poses more risk than anything

Subjects
Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Nonfiction work) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Artificial intelligence -- Forecasts and trends, Data security -- Forecasts and trends, Electronic surveillance -- Forecasts and trends, Data security issue, Market trend/market analysis, Artificial intelligence, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1160714485 HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: At least 1 billion surveillance cameras are spying on the world right now according to one estimate, [...]

Published
2023

246. May's 'Enchantment' aims to reawaken our innate sense of wonder and awe

Subjects
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age (Nonfiction work) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1160009109 BYLINE: RACHEL MARTIN HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: We're going to listen in on a conversation now about finding magic in the [...]

Published
2023

247. Rebecca Makkai on her novel 'I Have Some Questions For You'

Subjects
I Have Some Questions for You (Novel) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1158128178 HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: Thalia Keith dies many times in Rebecca Makkai's latest novel. A high school senior takes a plunge [...]

Published
2023

248. Cowboy boots, careers, sex... What do women want?

Subjects
Wanting: Women Writing About Desire (Essay collection) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Women's issues -- Influence, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1156610142 HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: Women want to want. That is the starting premise of two women who have put together an [...]

Published
2023

249. Patrick Bringley on his book 'All the Beauty in the World'

Subjects
All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me (Nonfiction work) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1156306061 HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: *** Patrick Bringley suffered a profound loss and decided to seek shelter in the most beautiful place [...]

Published
2023

250. A Wife of Bath 'biography' brings a modern woman out of the Middle Ages

Subjects
The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Biography) -- Appreciation, Authors, American -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1146691833 BYLINE: NEDA ULABY HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: A new biography takes a fresh look at a 600-year-old character. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED [...]

Published
2023

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