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In 'Good Booty,' our hot and heavy love affair with pop music

In 'Good Booty,' our hot and heavy love affair with pop music

Sex is such an inextricable part of pop music, it's easy to overlook, but NPR Music critic Ann Powers rectifies that in her new book, a portrait of America's obsession with sex as it manifests in pop.
by Jason Heller

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Swift wanted to drive ex crazy with 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'

Swift wanted to drive ex crazy with 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'

In an interview with USA Today, she said her ex "made me feel like I wasn't as good or as relevant as these hipster bands he listened to. So I made a song that I knew would absolutely drive him crazy."
by MPR News Staff

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Art Hounds: Photos of Prince before he was famous

Art Hounds: Photos of Prince before he was famous

This week, the Art Hounds recommend "Prince Pre-Fame," a dance concert and a local music festival in St. Cloud.
by Marianne Combs

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Walter Isaacson on how we can be more like da Vinci

Aspen Ideas Festival: Walter Isaacson on how we can be more like da Vinci

The best-selling biographer says that while we can't be Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton, we can all try to be more like da Vinci. "We can try to be curious -- playfully curious and inquisitive, which was his ultimate trait," he said.
by MPR News Staff

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How the books you read growing up still matter

How the books you read growing up still matter

Author Ann Hood absolutely devoured books as a child, and many still stick with her today. What book was a formative read for you, growing up?
by Kerri Miller and MPR News Staff

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Mixed Precipitation brings opera, and food, to the garden

Mixed Precipitation brings opera, and food, to the garden

The group makes a tasting menu part of the story, and brings bones for the dogs who may be part of the audience.
by Euan Kerr

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'Home Fire' puts a topical spin on ancient Greek tragedy

'Home Fire' puts a topical spin on ancient Greek tragedy

Kamila Shamsie's new book -- beautifully written and paced -- updates the ancient story of Antigone to tell an explosive story of two families tangled together by love, grief and religious radicalism.
by Michael Schaub

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An oddball family that can't connect in 'How to Behave in a Crowd'

An oddball family that can't connect in 'How to Behave in a Crowd'

Camille Bordas keeps things light in her smart, charming new novel, but there are serious underpinnings to this story about the youngest member of a family of quirky, emotionally closed overachievers.
by Heller McAlpin

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Texas school official removed over book's supremacist symbol

A Texas school district has removed an assistant principal from his post after he authored a children's book whose central character is also a white nationalist symbol.
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