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Road on the Plateau above Cuzco, Peru (image: Lee Coursey via Flickr (cc: by)) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/walden-by-haiku1845.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/walden-by-haiku1845.html Books Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:24:00 -0600 West meets East in a new book that rewrites Thoreau’s classic work in haiku form, reviving the glorious imagery of "Walden." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/in-search-of-the-good-life1782.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/in-search-of-the-good-life1782.html Books Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 -0600 Historian Richard Schoch calls on a few great minds to help us think differently about what really brings us happiness. 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PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/scott-schuman-sartorialist1735.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/scott-schuman-sartorialist1735.html Books Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:47:00 -0600 Photographs from the popular street fashion photography blog, The Sartorialist, now published in a new book. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/foreign-babes-in-beijing1727.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/foreign-babes-in-beijing1727.html Books Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 How a young American and a popular Beijing soap opera came to embody the sensibilities of a new China. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/john-irving-fear-happiness1711.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/john-irving-fear-happiness1711.html Books Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:13:00 -0600 John Irving explains why he believes fear makes for better stories than happiness -- he is the author of several critically acclaimed books. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/german-author-nobel-prize1671.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/german-author-nobel-prize1671.html Books Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0500 The Romanian born author Herta Müller is renowned for her books based on life under the harsh regime of the dictator Ceausescu. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/joy-of-cooking-comes-to-america1688.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/joy-of-cooking-comes-to-america1688.html Books Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:00 -0500 The French 'Joy of Cooking' gets an American version called 'I know How to Cook' -- an adaptation of the 1932 bible of French cooking. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/finding-frida-kahlo1663.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/finding-frida-kahlo1663.html Books Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:24:00 -0500 The book, "Finding Frida Kahlo," documents a treasure trove of more than 1,000 previously unknown Kahlo items--but their authenticity is in question. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/music-critic-aspergers1641.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/music-critic-aspergers1641.html Books Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:35:00 -0500 Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page's new memoir, "Parallel Play," looks at how Asperger's syndrome was an asset to his success. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/africa-ethnic-violence-novel1570.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/africa-ethnic-violence-novel1570.html Books Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500 Pulitzer-Prize winning author Tracy Kidder wrote "Strength in What Remains," the true story of a man who survived the ethnic violence between Burundi and Rwanda and managed to find his way to the United States. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/young-adult-novel1553.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/young-adult-novel1553.html Books Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:19:00 -0500 The young-adult novel, "The Vast Fields of Ordinary" is the story of Dade, a young man growing up gay in Iowa and his eventful summer between high school and college. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/novelist-lionel-shriver1535.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/novelist-lionel-shriver1535.html Books Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:40:00 -0500 Shriver's book, "We Need to Talk about Kevin" raises questions about the limits of maternal love and the nature of evil itself. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/author-frank-mccourt1515.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/author-frank-mccourt1515.html Books Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:31:00 -0500 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt passed away on July 19 -- we pay tribute to him with this 'Studio 360' interview from 2002. CC: torre.elena / Flickr http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/five-foot-bookshelf1502.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/five-foot-bookshelf1502.html Books Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:59:00 -0500 "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf" was a list of literature classics compiled by Harvard president Charles Eliot back in 1909. Last week we asked YOU to tell us which books you'd put on a Five Foot Shelf in 2009. CC: J. Mark Bertrand / Flickr http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/vegan-soul-kitchen1470.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/vegan-soul-kitchen1470.html Books Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:50:00 -0500 Chef Bryant Terry shares recipes for African-American and Southern food at its healthiest, tastiest and most sustainable. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/australian-surf-novel1460.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/australian-surf-novel1460.html Books Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:55:00 -0500 This year's winner of Australia's top literary prize is titled "Breath" by Tim Winton, and it's a rarity, world class novel about surfing. CC: Michael Dawes /Flickr http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/regional-cuisine-1940-america1452.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/regional-cuisine-1940-america1452.html Books Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:16:00 -0500 An outgrowth of the New Deal, What America Eats became a national compendium of regional cooking. As part of the New Deal, writers were employed to document what America eats. (Flickr user garysoup (cc: by-nc-sa)) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/work-and-meaning-of-life1429.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/work-and-meaning-of-life1429.html Books Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:35:00 -0500 With millions of jobs lost, philosopher Alain de Botton reflects on why we work, and how we find meaning in our work. (Flickr user stewf (cc: by-nc-sa)) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/archie-getting-married1414.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/archie-getting-married1414.html Books Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:06:00 -0500 Archie is going to marry Veronica -- that's the big news in the comic book world; the story is making big waves in India and Kenya. CC: littlestar19 / Flickr http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/military-wife1380.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/military-wife1380.html Books Sat, 16 May 2009 11:54:00 -0500 Lily Burana, who recently wrote a book on the topic, talks about what it means to be a modern-day military wife. Lily Burana's memoir about being a military wife. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/science-fiction-nonfiction1377.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/science-fiction-nonfiction1377.html Books Thu, 14 May 2009 09:21:00 -0500 Three writers discuss themes as varied as consumer electronics, neuroscience and Twitter. (Image: Oolong, Creative Commons) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/duffy-uk-first-female-poet-laureate.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/duffy-uk-first-female-poet-laureate.html Books Wed, 06 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500 The post is over 300 years old, but Carol Ann Duffy is the first woman to be named poet laureate in the UK. Carol Ann Duffy - the UK's first female poet laureate (Image: carolannduffy.co.uk) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/the-lives-of-writers.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/the-lives-of-writers.html Books Sat, 02 May 2009 09:09:00 -0500 An exploration of the ordinary and extraordinary lives of writers John Cheever, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Donald Barthelme and others. John Cheever (Image: bluelephant, Creative Commons) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/forecasting-a-warmer-world.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/forecasting-a-warmer-world.html Books Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:40:00 -0500 Predicting the changes that could accompany rising global temperatures and what the future might hold. (Image: Wolfgang Staudt, Creative Commons) http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/genre-busters.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/genre-busters.html Books Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:26:00 -0500 The fight over genre fiction -- genre busters like Michael Chabon, Richard Price and others talk about the writings that transcend genres. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/sandra-cisneros-bob-edwards.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/sandra-cisneros-bob-edwards.html Books Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:39:00 -0500 The author of "The House on Mango Street" talks about her seminal work, one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed books of the 20th century. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/leaving-india-author.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/leaving-india-author.html Books Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:52:00 -0500 Author Minal Hajratwala tells us about her favorite Indian "fusion music" and her book "Leaving India -- My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/chinese-english-writer.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/books/chinese-english-writer.html Books Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:53:00 -0500 Yiyun Li didn't speak English until her early 20s when she moved to the United States; now she's an acclaimed writer but only writes in English. 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