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South Dakota State Historical Society
‘Little House,’ Big Demand: Never Underestimate Laura Ingalls Wilder
January 28, 2015 | NPR · Wilder’s memoir reveals that she witnessed more violence than you’d ever know from her children’s books. The South Dakota State Historical Society can barely keep up with demand for the autobiography.
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Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains
January 28, 2015 | NPR · New research shows that teenagers’ brains aren’t fully insulated, so the signals travel slowly when they need to make decisions. Neuroscientist Frances Jensen, who wrote The Teenage Brain, explains.
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Lydia Daniller
‘How To Grow Up’ Needs To Grow Up
January 28, 2015 | NPR · Poet, novelist, memoirist and queer icon Michelle Tea makes a rare misstep in How to Grow Up, an essay collection that reviewer Michael Schaub calls “a well-intentioned, exasperating mess of a book.”
 

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After Father’s Death, A Writer Learns How ‘The Japanese Say Goodbye’
January 27, 2015 | NPR · Lost in a deep depression, Marie Mutsuki Mockett visited a temple owned by her mother’s family near Fukushima. There, she found traditions and ways of thought that helped her work through her grief.
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‘Mr. Mac’ Paints Flowers In A Darkening World
January 27, 2015 | NPR · Esther Freud’s new novel Mr. Mac and Me traces an unlikely friendship between a lonely boy and a struggling artist. Reviewer Heller McAlpin says the book has both technical prowess and grace.
 

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These 13 ‘Almost Famous Women’ Stirred Up Trouble, Or Trouble Found Them
January 26, 2015 | NPR · Megan Mayhew Bergman’s stories about historical women are littered with bad-girl paraphernalia, like smashed-up motorcycles and morphine needles. In this collection, their lives are richly imagined.
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In ‘Fatherland,’ A Daughter Outlines Her Dad’s Radicalization
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Falling in love with your handsome pen pal, moving overseas to marry him, then finding out he’s part of a terrorist organization: That’s the Bunjevac family story, told in a new graphic memoir.
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In Winter, Keeping Warm With Beloved Books
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Critic Juan Vidal says winter is a time for turning inward and warding off the chill with your favorite books, the ones you return to over and over again when the days get shorter and snow closes in.
 

For A Taste Of Grimdark, Visit The ‘Land Fit For Heroes’
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Richard K. Morgan’s epic sword-and-planet (and alien technology) Land Fit for Heroes series is a good introduction to grimdark, a subgenre that aims to show the gritty underside of fantasy fiction.
 

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In ‘Dear Father,’ A Poet Disrupts The ‘Cycle Of Pain’
January 25, 2015 | NPR · J. Ivy says his father grew up in pain and passed that pain on to the next generation. In his new book, he says that forgiveness is an ongoing act — and you must constantly remember to forgive again.
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ISIS Hostage Said To Announce New Deadline For Prisoner’s Release
January 28, 2015 | NPR · A Japanese hostage held by the violent extremist group ISIS has reportedly been forced to record a message setting a Thursday deadline for Jordan to release an Iraqi prisoner.
 

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The Next Air Force One Will Be A Boeing 747-8
January 28, 2015 | NPR · The Air Force says the decision came down to the American-made 747-8 or the Airbus A380, which is manufactured in France. But even with that pick, the 747 program might not last much longer.
 

National Park Service
Rare Fox Takes A Walk In The Park, And Yosemite Staff Cheer
January 28, 2015 | NPR · It’s been nearly 100 years since a sighting of a Sierra Nevada red fox was documented in Yosemite National Park, according to park staff.
 

Arts & Life

South Dakota State Historical Society
‘Little House,’ Big Demand: Never Underestimate Laura Ingalls Wilder
January 28, 2015 | NPR · Wilder’s memoir reveals that she witnessed more violence than you’d ever know from her children’s books. The South Dakota State Historical Society can barely keep up with demand for the autobiography.
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In ‘The Americans,’ Art Imitates Real Life Lies
January 28, 2015 | NPR · Robert Siegel talks to Joe Weisberg, creator of the FX television series, The Americans, about the similarities between his show and recent real-life spy-related events in New York and Argentina.
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Full Of Complexity And Ambivalence, ‘American Sniper’ Shows The Cost Of War
January 28, 2015 | NPR · The film about a Navy SEAL whose service in Iraq made him a mythic figure has become a cultural lightning rod. But the squabbles are too simple for a low-key movie striking in its lack of stridency.
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Music

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A David Murray Double Bill
January 29, 2015 | WBGO+JAZZ.org · The monstrously talented and astoundingly prolific tenor saxophonist returned to New York this winter to present a four-clarinet summit and a new trio with Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington.
 

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Our Point Of View: A Blue Note Supergroup
January 29, 2015 | WBGO+JAZZ.org · A 76-year-old jazz record label gathers its new crop into a band. Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire, Marcus Strickland, Lionel Loueke, Derrick Hodge and Kendrick Scott play each others’ tunes.
 

WBGO
Our Point Of View At Le Poisson Rouge
January 28, 2015 | WBGO+JAZZ.org · The supergroup of contemporary Blue Note Records artists — names like Robert Glasper, Lionel Loueke and Ambrose Akinmusire — gather together for a program of originals and Blue Note classics.
 

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