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Author Simon Winchester on precision engineering

Author Simon Winchester on precision engineering

Our world runs on precision: from the computers we use to the vehicles we drive, we rely on perfectly balanced measurements and time increments.
by Kerri Miller and Elizabeth Shockman

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Ry Cooder's new album reimagines old songs

Like much of Ry Cooder's work over the years, his new album "The Prodigal Son" draws inspiration from old songs, often by long-forgotten artists.
by Cathy Wurzer

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My first existential crisis: The sweet story of an angsty 'Square'

My first existential crisis: The sweet story of an angsty 'Square'

Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett are writing a children's book trilogy about shapes who are just like us. The second installment follows a straight-laced square who wonders if he's really a genius.
by Rachel Martin

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'Undead Girl Gang': Mister, they are the weirdos

'Undead Girl Gang': Mister, they are the weirdos

In Lily Anderson's debut novel, a string of suspicious deaths prompts teen witch Mila to try to solve the mystery by raising the dead girls to ask who killed them -- but of course, it's not that easy.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'Warlight' illumines family secrets in Ondaatje's latest

'Warlight' illumines family secrets in Ondaatje's latest

Set during and after World War II, 'Warlight' follows a young man trying to find out what really happened when his parents disappeared and left him and a young sister in the care of two mystery men.
by Heller McAlpin

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'Barracoon' brings a lost slave story to light

'Barracoon' brings a lost slave story to light

Both terrifying and wonderful, "Barracoon" is Zora Neale Hurston's long-unpublished account of her conversations with Cudjo Lewis, who was brought to America on the last trans-Atlantic slave ship.
by Jean Zimmerman

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Duplass Brothers on working together and growing apart: 'We are ex-soulmates'

Duplass Brothers on working together and growing apart: 'We are ex-soulmates'

Filmmaker siblings Jay and Mark Duplass have been making movies together since they were kids. More recently, Mark says, "We had to dig out space from that beautiful co-dependence."
by Terry Gross

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Beard best chef in the Midwest goes to Minneapolis' Gavin Kaysen

Beard best chef in the Midwest goes to Minneapolis' Gavin Kaysen

Gavin Kaysen of Spoon and Stable was named "Best Chef: Midwest" at the James Beard Awards on Monday evening. He was among seven Minnesotans nominated for awards.
by MPR News Staff

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