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Author Lisa C. Taylor discusses how the awareness of our mortality can animate our writing and improve our lives.

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How did the author of "The Savannah Cook Book" fenagle famous poet Ogden Nash to write the introduction? Polly Powers Stramm finds out.

First Minister John Swinney has led commemorations in Scotland to mark the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

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Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, with its thorniness and religious themes, put her at odds with the Soviet government.

If I am happy, it is because I drank coffee; if I am sad, it is because I drank too much coffee or not enough; if I have a ...

Riley Sager, Emma Donoghue and Alex Schulman all set their latest novels on trains, just as Agatha Christie and others did ...