In One Person: A Novel By John Irving

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The Diane Rehm Show: John Irving: In One Person

A tale inspired by the U.S. AIDS epidemic in the 1980s follows the experiences of individuals — including the bisexual narrator — who are torn by devastating losses and whose perspectives on tolerance and love are shaped by awareness of what might have been.

Where the Wild Things Are  
By Maurice Sendak
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Fresh Air from WHYY Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak
May 8, 2012
Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are became a perennial and award-winning favorite for generations of children, died Tuesday. He was 83. Fresh Air remembers Sendak with excerpts from several interviews.

Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel by Hilary Mantel

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Weekend Edition Saturday ‘Wolf Hall’ Sequel: Cromwell In All His Complexity

On Point: Novelist Hilary Mantel on the Age of Henry VIII

Hilary Mantel’s new book, Bring Up the Bodies, is the sequel to Wolf Hall, which won worldwide acclaim. Itis also the latest in a planned trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. Historically, the royal adviser is considered an unscrupulous bully. In Mantel’s books, he is — like any other man — much more than his reputation.

The Lady in Gold By Anne-Marie O’Connor

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Morning Edition:Fight for Klimt Portrait a Fight to Reclaim History

The Lady in Gold shares the events that shaped the creation of painter Gustav Klimt’s most famous portrait, covering such topics as the story of the salon hostess who was his model, contributing factors in turn-of-the-century Vienna and the painting’s fate.

Fifty Shades of Grey By E L James

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NPR Books:  Fifty Shades of Grey: Publishing’s Sexiest Trend

When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind — until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time. Erotic, amusing and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you and stay with you forever.