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Author Hisham Matar's new book, The Return, is an account of his journey to his native Libya in search of his father, a dissident kidnapped off the streets of Cairo years before and imprisoned.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with author Stephenie Meyer about the appeal of her Twilight books and her new novel, which reassigns the genders of the original characters.

John Castello had a full scholarship to play college football — but he turned it down. He says he was worried about the long-term consequences of playing football after seeing the movie Concussion.

The actress and author's first novel, When It Happens to You, is built of interlocking short stories about a group of characters who orbit each other and the plot, sometimes touching, often not — but always exerting a tug on each other. Ringwald says that even at the height of her teen stardom, she was writing.

Katherine Losse was the 51st employee of Facebook. In five years, she rose from customer service representative to ghostwriter for founder Mark Zuckerberg. Losse left the company in 2010, in part because of concerns about how social networks were affecting her real-life relationships.

Armistead Maupin's famous series Tales of the City winds down with one last story about Anna Madrigal, the transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane. Maupin tells NPR the series originally grew out of his attempts to write a nonfiction piece about the heterosexual pickup scene at his local Safeway.

With just days to go before South Carolina's crucial Republican primary, Nikki Haley is making the case for her continued candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.

Kristen Radtke is an experienced writer and artist, but her graphic memoir — about grief, loss and obsessive travel — disappoints with rudimentary illustrations and spotty storytelling.

State Rep. Kevin Steele plans to seek re-election in his Pasco County district instead.

On Monday, 28 newborns were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, after being transported from Al-Shifa Hospital. Four mothers accompanied the babies. It's not known how many of the other parents are alive.

Author Zadie Smith says she'll miss being young. In this week's Wild Card, Smith opens up about having enough time and growing older.

NPR travelled towards the "temporarily occupied territories" on the Ukraine-Russia border, where the people who live there are in limbo – cut off from both Ukraine and Russia, cut off from the world.

2025 will go down as a year of chaos for groups that help poor people. Some have been forced to scale back as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs.

The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

In Amity Gaige's new novel, Eric Kennedy, aka East German immigrant Erik Schroder, reveals his true identity to his ex-wife and explains why he kidnapped his own 6-year-old daughter.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, foodborne illnesses kill some 3,000 people in the U.S. each year. Often, the job of keeping America's food supply safe falls to for-profit companies with connections to the food producers they're supposed to inspect.

President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, saying he didn't think the U.S.-born global leader of the Catholic Church is "doing a very good job."

Iain Webb has served as director of Sarasota Ballet since 2007. His wife, Margaret Barbieri, is associate director and together they have championed the works of Sir Frederick Ashton.

USF was up 14-3 before its offense stepped on the field. Then QB Byrum Brown accounted for 348 total yards and three touchdowns as the Bulls kept their chances alive for a CFP bid.

The House speaker made the announcement Thursday morning at the Capitol, a day after the first hearing by the panel that would draft those articles. Republicans said the move "weakened this nation."

The man who wrote "The Charleston" also had orchestral music played at Carnegie Hall. Baltimore Symphony conductor Marin Alsop retraces her detective work in uncovering lost symphonic works by jazz piano pioneer James P. Johnson.

2022 is set to break records for anti-LGBTQ legislation, with hundreds of bills introduced across the U.S. Who's behind this wave of legislation, and why is this becoming such a potent wedge issue?

How much does it cost? Will Max be better or just bigger than HBO Max? NPR's Eric Deggans tackles these questions and more ... now that he's finally able to log in.

Dalia Colón talks with Florida Matters about hosting The Zest podcast and releasing her new cookbook, "The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook."

After the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, the surviving staff resolve to rebuild their paper.