Author Robin Sloan has written short stories and worked for Twitter. His new book brings those two worlds together to argue that embracing digital culture doesn’t mean you have to give up the treasured books — and values — of the past.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/09/162233599/mr-penumbra-bridges-the-digital-divide
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Joe Kennedy lectures burping baby Ted on political ambition while teenagers Joe Jr. and John wrestle for the presidency. Cartoonist Kate Beaton irreverently recasts history and classic literature in her new book, Hark! A Vagrant.
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/29/140804195/hark-from-dna-to-jfk-a-comic-take-on-history
Ten years ago Friday, both the leader of the Sept. 11 hijackers and the U.S. counterterrorism chief were at work. They had spent years working on opposing sides of the same war. Retracing the actions of the two men over the years before the attacks shows how luck and focus made all the difference.
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/09/140321495/the-banality-of-evil-following-the-steps-to-sept-11
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