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Happy birthday to rock musician Jack White

He's celebrating with an evening acoustic set (with Raconteurs bandmate Brendan Benson) at his Third Man Records store in Detroit.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Smart and propulsive 'Copperhead' asks: Can you outrun your family's sins?

Smart and propulsive 'Copperhead' asks: Can you outrun your family's sins?

Alexi Zentner's new novel follows a high school football star's efforts to separate himself from his racist family. It's an unsparing story about race, class and the limits of individual possibility.
by Maureen Corrigan

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In 'For the Good of the Game,' Bud Selig tells of the MLB steroid era

In 'For the Good of the Game,' Bud Selig tells of the MLB steroid era

The baseball commissioner's charming, informative memoir is about the best you can hope to read from a powerful professional sports insider -- even if Selig is too defensive on steroids.
by Scott Detrow

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In 'The Book of Collateral Damage,' an accounting of what Baghdad lost

In 'The Book of Collateral Damage,' an accounting of what Baghdad lost

The novelist and poet Sinan Antoon, raised in Iraq and now living in New York, returned home following the 2003 U.S. occupation. That experience inspired his new work of fiction.
by Steve Inskeep

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Audio postcard: Finding prickly pear cactus in bloom

Audio postcard: Finding prickly pear cactus in bloom

Minnesota wildflower sleuths Kelly Povo and Phyllis Root periodically send us reports on where and when to spot the best flowers. Their latest dispatch comes from a protected prairie owned by Carleton College.
by Phil Picardi

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50 years since the Beatles released 'Here Comes the Sun'

As George Harrison said in the Beatles Anthology, "Here Comes the Sun was written at the time when Apple was getting like school, where we had to go and be businessmen."
by Phil Picardi

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Judge sides with workers in Guthrie Theater labor dispute

Judge sides with workers in Guthrie Theater labor dispute

The judge found the Minneapolis theater's administration threatened and punished employees for engaging in union-protected activities.
by Marianne Combs

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In 'Very Nice,' even the dog is unfaithful

In 'Very Nice,' even the dog is unfaithful

Marcy Dermansky's new novel is a tart lemonade of a summer read, full of outspoken characters, libidinous activity -- much of it unwise -- around a swimming pool, and a beautiful standard poodle.
by Heller McAlpin

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