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How to raise brilliant children, according to science

How to raise brilliant children, according to science

Two developmental psychologists break down 21st century skills and give everyday tips for parents on how to instill them.

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'This is no paradise': Author explores the side of Jamaica tourists don't see

'This is no paradise': Author explores the side of Jamaica tourists don't see

The characters in "Here Comes the Sun" are working class women, struggling with money, sexuality and the pressures of tourism. It is a debut novel for Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn.

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Adapting Roald Dahl: The good, the bad and the wondercrump

Adapting Roald Dahl: The good, the bad and the wondercrump

With the release of "The B.F.G." this weekend, here's a look back at the ways Dahl's wacky tales have made it to the big screen.
by Tracy Mumford

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Gay Talese disavows his disavowal of his new book

Gay Talese disavows his disavowal of his new book

Talese had told The Washington Post he wouldn't promote his new nonfiction book, "The Voyeur's Motel," after the paper found flaws in its story. But now he says the book will go ahead as planned.
by Annalisa Quinn

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Mislabeled as a memoirist, author asks: Whose work gets to be journalism?

Mislabeled as a memoirist, author asks: Whose work gets to be journalism?

Suki Kim wrote "Without You, There Is No Us" after working undercover as a teacher in North Korea. She says the response to her book is also a response to her identity as Korean and a woman.

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Talking Volumes 2016 season guide

Talking Volumes 2016 season guide

The 16th season of Talking Volumes includes interviews with Elizabeth Alexander, Carl Hiaasen, Gloria Steinem, Ann Patchett and Colson Whitehead.
by MPR News Staff

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Creator of 'Fargo' TV show crafts one of the year's best suspense novels

Creator of 'Fargo' TV show crafts one of the year's best suspense novels

Noah Hawley's new novel centers on a private jet carrying a group of wealthy and powerful people that crashes into the Atlantic. But the crash is only the beginning.
by MPR News Staff

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'Nobody is immune': Bracing for Zika's first summer in the U.S.

'Nobody is immune': Bracing for Zika's first summer in the U.S.

Author Donald. G. McNeil Jr. predicts that 2016 will be the worst year for Zika transmission in the U.S. "After this year, a fair number of people will be immune, and ... immunity will grow," he says.

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