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Frances Richey explains how poetry helped her renew bonds with her soldier son.
May 26, 2008 · Americans eat more chicken than any other kind of meat — on average 87 pounds a year per person. But they often do a terrible job of preparing it. Chris Kimball, host of America's Test Kitchen on PBS, shares some recipes — and secrets to tender, juicy chicken.Web Extra: Chicken Recipes
May 25, 2008 · Project Nim was a research study conducted in the 1970s meant to find out if a chimpanzee could learn to sign. The study's chimp –- named Nim Chimpsky -– lived in a Manhattan brownstone with a family who could teach him sign language.
May 25, 2008 · Popular food blogger Clotilde Dusoulier's new guidebook, Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris, takes readers on a delectable tour of her favorite food haunts in the City of Lights.Web Extra: Read a Recipe for Pear and Chocolate Cake Tart
May 26, 2008 · New York University journalism professor Yvonne Latty wanted to preserve the unique experiences of black veterans. So she captured their life stories in the book, We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans from World War to the War in Iraq. It's an oral history of the unrecognized contributions of African-Americans who valiantly faced war.
May 25, 2008 · George W. Bush has been called the "CEO President," but a new book says he's not the only commander-in-chief to serve in a similar role. In fact, this nation's very first president, George Washington, can also lay claim to the moniker. Washington oversaw two American start-ups: the Army and the presidency. Richard Brookhiser, author of George Washington on Leadership, talks with NPR's Guy Raz.
May 25, 2008 · The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke's work is known for its clarity, intensity and haunting images. And throughout his life, a major source of inspiration and comfort came from his childhood home in Saginaw, Mich.
May 24, 2008 · Nam Le's The Boat is a collection of short stories loosely based on Le's own experience as a writer. The book takes the reader from the South China Sea to Bogota to Tehran and Beyond. He talks with Guy Raz about writing from experience and creating fiction through research.
May 23, 2008 · Tony Horwitz revels in the meandering adventures and wry observations of Old Glory, Jonathan Raban's story of floating "like a piece of human driftwood" through the heart of America.Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
May 23, 2008 · What better way to spend a summer afternoon than curled up with a good book? NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg asks three independent booksellers for their picks for lazy days and warm nights.Web Extra: Read Excerpts
May 24, 2008 · Author Nicholas Dawidoff has written a newly published memoir, The Crowd Sounds Happy: A Story of Love, Madness and Baseball. He talks about his fondness for listening to Boston Red Sox games and about his father's struggle with mental illness.
May 20, 2008 · Our Story Begins is Tobias Wolff's first short story collection in more than a decade. Featuring 21 previously published classics along with 10 new stories, it's part "greatest hits" and part revelations.Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
May 20, 2008 · In 2006, Frey was caught lying in his memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Two years later, he's back with a work of fiction set in Los Angeles. He discusses how he got over his "really, really bad year at work."
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