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  • Elton John will give his final performance at the Glastonbury Festival
    It's the end of an era for Elton John superfans. The 76-year-old is giving his final UK performance when he headlines the Glastonbury Festival today.
  • Limericks
    Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Mary Jane Christmas, American Horror Toy Story,and Family Resting Place.
  • As Miami Faces Threats From Sea Level Rise, Some Worry About Climate Gentrification
    As flooding grows worse in Miami's upscale beachfront areas, black residents living on higher ground worry they'll be displaced. The city is studying this climate gentrification.
  • Nancy Pearl Turns Back The Pages With Picks From The Past
    NPR's go-to librarian returns to some old favorites from her personal shelves. "All the books on my bookshelves are books that I loved," she says. "Those are the only books I keep." Her picks include a trilogy of novellas filled with British humor and an Irish mystery.
  • Maureen Corrigan's Best Books Of 2009
    Many of the picks from Fresh Air's book critic look back at tough times from earlier eras, or lives upended by disaster. The best books of the year include a work of nonfiction that reveals the hidden fantasy land of a founder of American industry, and a novel that doesn't apologize for the bad behavior of its characters. Plus, a bonus mystery pick.
  • Nancy Pearl Turns Back The Pages With Picks From The Past
    NPR's go-to librarian returns to some old favorites from her personal shelves. "All the books on my bookshelves are books that I loved," she says. "Those are the only books I keep." Her picks include a trilogy of novellas filled with British humor and an Irish mystery.
  • Writer Joe Queenan<em> </em>reads on average 125 books a year. He is also the author of <em>Closing Time</em><em>, <em>Balsamic Dreams </em></em>and<em><em> </em></em><em> Red Lobster, White Trash & the Blue Lagoon. </em>
    Reading 125 Titles A Year? That's 'One For The Books'
    Joe Queenan reads so many books, it's amazing that he can also find time to write them. Queenan estimates he's read between 6,000 and 7,000 books total, at a rate of about 125 books a year. His latest work, One for the Books, is all about what he reads and why.
  • Deb Haaland, who made history this week by becoming the first indigenous Interior Secretary, promised to begin repairing a legacy of abuses committed by the federal government toward tribes.
    The Celebration Over, Deb Haaland Now Faces A Long To-Do List At Interior
    Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a long and seemingly insurmountable to-do list, including a pledge to begin repairing a legacy of broken treaties and other abuses against tribes.
  • In 'Agency,' William Gibson Builds A Bomb That Doesn't Boom (And That's OK)
    Gibson's new novel is a sequel to 2014's The Peripheral, jumping back and forth in time as investigators, military contractors and killers chase down a rogue AI, and tensions flare in the Middle East.
  • They Came, They Saw, They Cooked: 5 Food Memoirs
    Is there anything fresh to be found in a food memoir? Reviewer Susan Jane Gilman says yes — and to prove it, she recommends five excellent books that will quench your desire for amazing food and adventure this summer.
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