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Waiting for the Waters to Rise, by Maryse Condé

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Having A Conversation With Loss And Grief In 'Waiting For The Waters To Rise'

7:00am August 05, 2021

by Gabino Iglesias

Maryse Condé's new novel follws a lonely man, an obstetrician who adopts an orphaned baby girl and tries to find her family — it's an examination of loss and grief on a personal and national level.

Osama bin Laden is seen at an undisclosed location in a television image broadcast on Oct. 7, 2001.

Osama Bin Laden Biography Goes Inside Al-Qaida Leader's Final Hideout

4:34pm August 04, 2021

by Dave Davies

Journalist Peter Bergen visited bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, before it was demolished. His new book, The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, draws on materials seized in the raid.

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Soccer Star Abby Wambach Recommends 3 Reads On Sports And Leadership

11:04am August 04, 2021

by A Martínez

Wambach retired from soccer in 2015, and now, as a professional speaker, she shares three books that helped her learn to be a leader — both on the field and off.

The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris

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Oprah Picked It, So Did Obama — Why This Novel Is THE Summer Book

10:13am August 04, 2021

by Carole V. Bell

Nathan Harris's debut, set in a small Southern town just after Appomattox, has captured American readersthis summer by asking a question we haven't yet answered: How do you make peace after civil war?

The Delta Variant Forces U.S. Automakers To Revisit Mask Mandates

8:24am August 04, 2021

by Camila Domonoske

Detroit automakers lifted their mask mandates for fully vaccinated workers just a few weeks ago. But starting Wednesday, masks are required again at all Ford, GM and Stellantis facilities.

Alexander Vindman Discusses Testifying On The Central Phone Call In Trump Impeachment

4:45pm August 03, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman about his memoir Here, Right Matters: An American Story, which describes his role in the impeachment of former President Trump.

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'Until Justice Be Done,' Examines Northern Free States So-Called Black Laws

7:28am August 03, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to historian Kate Masur about how northern states tried to avoid Black migration in the years before the Civil War.

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Philosophical, Queer, Angry, Romantic, Defiant: 'Afterparties' Contains Multitudes

7:00am August 03, 2021

by Thúy Đinh

Anthony Veasna So died in December, but he lives on in the pages of this debut story collection — a vibrant, funny and unsparing look at the lives of Cambodian Americans in his California hometown.

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'Afterparties' Is A Bittersweet Triumph For A Fresh Voice Silenced Too Soon

1:32pm August 02, 2021

by Maureen Corrigan

Anthony Veasna So's posthumously published short story collection offers a smart, compassionate take on the push-pull of growing up first-generation Cambodian American.

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Writer Anthony Veasna So's debut short story collection, Afterparties, is being published after his death last December.

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A Young Literary Star Makes His Posthumous Debut With 'Afterparties'

8:12am August 01, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Writer Anthony Veasna So was a rising figure in the literary scene until he died in December. His stories captured the fullness of queer, Cambodian American life.