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From Fame's Leroy To Jay-Z

NPR Books - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:00am

Michel Martin speaks to Mark Anthony Neal about his new book, Looking For Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities. It looks at some of the ways black men have been portrayed in pop culture throughout history.

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Hilary Mantel: By the Book

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:00am
The author of “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” prefers books with action: “I don’t like overrefinement, or to dwell in the heads of vaporous ladies with fine sensibilities.”    

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Book News: Amazon's Tiny Tax Payment Draws Fresh Scrutiny

NPR Books - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:43am

Also: Afaa Michael Weaver on being a black poet abroad; ebook sales jumped 44 percent last year; Cormac McCarthy's beach body.

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How To Put This 'Delicate'-ly ... Not Le Carre's Best Work

NPR Books - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:00am

A dirty deed and official cover-up drive the plot in John le Carre's A Delicate Truth. The novel sets its sights on old-boy corruption and corporate criminality at the heart of the "Deep State," but critic Alan Cheuse finds this latest effort lacks the tension of le Carre's Cold War novels.

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