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Adam Serwer On New Book: 'The Cruelty Is The Point' In Trump's America

6:13pm June 27, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer about his new book, The Cruelty is the Point: The Past, Present and Future of Trump's America.

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How Millennials And The Great Recession Inspired Elizabeth Gonzalez James' Debut Novel

8:00am June 27, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Elizabeth Gonzalez James about the real-life experiences of millennials that went into her book, Mona at Sea.

Blackout, by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

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Young Love Shines In The Dark In This New Story Collection

5:00am June 27, 2021

by Denny S. Bryce

Six best-selling Black YA authors pooled their talents for Blackout, a collection of linked stories about teens navigating life, love, and just getting to a party during a New York City blackout.

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What Resilience Looks Like For A Queer Guyanese Indian Poet

1:09pm June 26, 2021

by Jeevika Verma

"Antiman" is a slur for gay men — poet Rajiv Mohabir reclaims it in his new memoir, which mixes poetry, song and prose in an investigation of his sexuality and his Guyanese Indian heritage.

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Forgiveness Is A Super Power In Graham Norton's New Novel

7:00am June 26, 2021

by Petra Mayer

British talk show host Graham Norton is also an accomplished novelist — his latest, Home Stretch, follows the people of a small Irish town after a fatal car accident upends everyone's lives.

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'The Quiet Americans' Examines Tragic Miscalculations In The CIA's Formative Years

1:35pm June 25, 2021

by Dave Davies

Author Scott Anderson chronicles the formative years of America's spy agency by focusing on four soldiers who became intelligence agents after World War II. Originally broadcast Sept. 1, 2020.

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Sexy Beasts comes to Netflix on July 21.

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What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

9:00am June 25, 2021

Every Friday, Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts and guests share the shows, movies, books and music that brought them joy. This week: Sexy Beasts, Launchpad shorts, a Hunchback history and Mythic Quest.

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You Don't Have To Be A Complete Nerd To Love This Novel ... But It Helps

7:00am June 23, 2021

by Jason Heller

Carrie Vaughn is a veteran science fiction and fantasy author who puts her years in the scene to good use in this rollicking tale about a high-tech fantasy theme park (think Westworld) gone wrong.

The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear, by Kate Moore

A Woman Is Committed To An Asylum For Thinking In 'The Woman They Could Not Silence'

6:13am June 23, 2021

by Annalisa Quinn

In a new book, The Radium Girls author Kate Moore follows the struggles of Elizabeth Packard who, locked up by her husband in 1860 for having opinions and voicing them, finds she's not the only one.

The NPR Summer Reader Poll 2021: Best SF/F of the Past Decade

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The Summer Reader Poll Returns: Tell Us Your Favorite New Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books

4:05pm June 22, 2021

by Petra Mayer

Our famous Summer Reader Poll is back! It's been 10 years since our original sci-fi and fantasy poll, and the field has changed so much since then — so tell us about your favorite new reads!