In new memoir, Brooke Shields talks aging, beauty and an unwanted medical procedure

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Novels by Ben Reeves and Matt Haig look at life through the eyes of death (literally)

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.Two new novels use death to shed new light on life, but these aren’t depressing reads. In Everything Was Beautiful and N ...  Show more

'The Friend' author Sigrid Nunez is out with a new collection of short stories

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