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Tananarive Due on writing a different kind of horror story

Oct 18, 2024
The horror writer talks about the real-life inspiration for her ghost story "The Reformatory." Plus, our team shares their favorite rom-coms!
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This is why you deserve a treat: Five lessons for happier spending

Sep 20, 2024
Plus: What we're doing with the last of our summer produce and "day in the life" TikToks about life at NPR
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For Sarah Thankam Mathews, organizing is about people and potential

Jul 26, 2024
The “All This Could Be Different” author chatted with us about embarrassed millionaires, mutual aid and Milwaukee.
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Amanda Montell on how cognitive biases mess with our lives and our money

Jul 12, 2024
We chatted with the author and podcaster about her new book “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality."
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Anxieties about food and parenting transcend class

Jun 28, 2024
Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh cooked and ate with families to write “How the Other Half Eats”
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“Temporary” author Hilary Leichter on losing yourself to gigs

Jun 13, 2024
“You can never bring your true full self to a job because a job is not the world. It's this strange microcosm of the world.”
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Author Sameer Pandya on how race and class shape our stories

The “Members Only” novelist goes deep on the history and themes behind “A Passage to India" in this week's newsletter.
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Paco de Leon wants you to embrace the little wins

May 17, 2024
In this week's Uncomfortable Book Club, the “Finance for the People” author shares some practical tips for taking control of your finances.
Paco de Leon and her book, "Finance for the People"
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