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This week's publishing highlights are a bumper crop of biography, science and fiction — including new reads the from authors of The Sweetness of Water, The God of Small Things, and Deadliest Enemy.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Peter Swanson about his new mystery novel, Kill Your Darlings, which explores the reasons behind a poet's act of murder against her own husband.

Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg time is pretty boring). It's also written and illustrated by three friends.

In a Damascus firehouse, former regime firefighters work side by side with the White Helmets. They were on opposite sides of Syria's war, and struggle with prejudices & fears -- as they work together to build a new country.

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides them in their Damascus fire station. The psychological wall is higher.

NPR speaks with Jonathan Horn about his new book, "The Fate of the Generals," which tells the story of two commanders in World War II who received the same medal but found honor on different paths.

Steven Levitsky is director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American studies at Harvard and researches authoritarian governments. He talks with NPR about Trump's attacks on universities.

On this Memorial Day, NPR Morning Edition listeners share memories of loved ones who died while serving in the military.

New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill explains how AI is being integrated into our lives, impacting education and daily decisions, and how this could define the future of privacy and human connection.