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Twin Cities radio helped launch Hall and Oates' career

Hall and Oates were relatively unknown when their second album "Abandoned Luncheonette" came out in 1973. That album did not produce any national hits.
by MPR News Staff

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'A Shout in the Ruins' probes the lasting infections of war and slavery

'A Shout in the Ruins' probes the lasting infections of war and slavery

Kevin Powers' bleak, stunning new book is set in both the 1950s and the Civil War era. It's an intricately plotted look at the ways violence can shape a nation in ways that may not be recoverable.
by Michael Schaub

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'This Is America' earns Donald Glover his first no. 1 hit

'This Is America' earns Donald Glover his first no. 1 hit

Donald Glover's latest release as Childish Gambino was a perfect storm, sparking a cultural conversation and expertly wielding his spotlight.
by Sidney Madden

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'Reluctant Psychonaut' Michael Pollan embraces the 'new science' of psychedelics

'Reluctant Psychonaut' Michael Pollan embraces the 'new science' of psychedelics

Author Michael Pollan, who experimented with mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelics while researching his latest book, says: "I had an experience that was by turns frightening and ecstatic and weird."
by Terry Gross

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TV station: Minnesota doctors failing to sign up for program

A television station's analysis has found that thousands of Minnesota doctors aren't complying with a law requiring them to create an account with the state's Prescription Monitoring Program.
by Associated Press

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Tom Wolfe, best-selling author and genre-breaking journalist, dies at 88

Tom Wolfe, best-selling author and genre-breaking journalist, dies at 88

The author of "Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff" used to give himself a quota of 10 triple-spaced pages per day. He also experimented with literary techniques in his non-fiction.
by Tom Vitale

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Tom Wolfe: Writing nonfiction 'becomes a great game and a great experiment'

Tom Wolfe began experimenting with nonfiction writing techniques in the 1960s. The "new journalism" pioneer and best-selling author died Monday. He spoke with Fresh Air in 1987 and 2012.
by Terry Gross and Dave Davies

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'Empire at Sunset' provides a mesmerizing view of Jean Rhys

'Empire at Sunset' provides a mesmerizing view of Jean Rhys

Caryl Phillips' new novel, set in the waning years of the British Empire, follows the perpetually alienated Rhys from her birthplace in the West Indies to England and then the Continent.
by Heller McAlpin

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