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Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson say it's important to be honest with children about the history of race and slavery in America.

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'Born on the Water' gives Black children in America their origin story

5:00am February 24, 2022

by Jason Fuller

Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson discuss the importance of teaching young people about the history of slavery and racism in America with honesty and respect.

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Saga comic series returns after long hiatus

6:13pm February 23, 2022

by Mallory Yu

The comic series Saga has finally returned with a new issue after a three-year hiatus.

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'The Paradox Hotel' is a mashup of sci-fi and crime fiction

5:00am February 23, 2022

by Gabino Iglesias

Rob Hart delivers a story in which time is broken — and some crucial events that have a huge impact on the present haven't happened yet.

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'Life Without Children' collection tells stories of love, hope and grief

4:42pm February 22, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Roddy Doyle about his new short story collection Life Without Children.

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Novelist Julie Otsuka draws on her own family history in 'The Swimmers'

1:42pm February 22, 2022

by Terry Gross

Though the main character in Otsuka's new novel has lost much of her memory to dementia, she still remembers being sent to an incarceration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.

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With a nod to 'Lolita,' 'Vladímír' makes a sly statement about sex and power

1:04pm February 22, 2022

by Maureen Corrigan

Julia May Jonas' debut novel centers around a women's lit professor whose feminist credentials are jeopardized because of her husband's bad behavior — and by her own relationship with a colleague.

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Author Adam Rubin wants kids to participate in his latest series of stories

6:06am February 22, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Adam Rubin about his series of short stories all with the same title: The Ice Cream Machine. He's asking kids to write a story with that title and send them to him.

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'Scoundrel' examines how and why a convicted killer went free

5:00am February 22, 2022

by Ilana Masad

Sarah Weinman's book excels as an in-depth exploration of how outside influence and support can affect the criminal justice system — and as the narrative of a con artist who hurt a lot of people.

Audience members sit separately for social distancing at a cinema in China's eastern Zhejiang province in July 2020.

Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies?

1:40pm February 21, 2022

by Terry Gross

Wall Street Journal reporter Erich Schwartzel says that film studios increasingly need Chinese audiences to break even — which can result in self-censorship. His new book is Red Carpet.

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Julia Cameron's 'Seeking Wisdom' goes deeper than 'The Artist's Way'

6:34am February 21, 2022

When author Julia Cameron first got sober, she was told to pray. In her new book, Seeking Wisdom, Cameron writes about the connection of spirituality and creativity, and her own creative recovery.

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