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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to novelist Siri Hustvedt about her new book, "Ghost Stories" - a memoir of her 43-year marriage to American novelist Paul Auster, who died of cancer in 2024.

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A new book by Jayne Anne Phillips, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, recalling her childhood is a bittersweet triumph.

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"The Weight of Thread" at Dance Mission theater combines dance, live music, poetry and communal practice into an intimate meditation on grief and connection.

Some humans — like marine biologists and fishermen — feel an incessant attraction to the sea. In her debut novel, English Assistant Professor Tara Menon tells the story of two such aquaphiles, using ...

In 1555, English Reformer John Bradford watched a group of Protestant prisoners being marched to their execution under Queen Mary I and reportedly said, "There but for the grace of God, go I." Not ...

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