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The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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'The Other Black Girl' In This New Thriller May Not Be Your Friend

7:43am May 29, 2021

by Scott Simon

Zakiya Dalila Harris drew on her book-world background for her new novel, about a Black woman in publishing who thinks, at first, that she has a new ally when her company hires another Black woman.

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'Sixteen Scandals' Rewinds A Teen Classic To Regency England

7:00am May 29, 2021

by Alethea Kontis

Sophie Jordan's romp of a novel follows Primrose Ainsworth, youngest of four sisters, who escapes the family on her 16th birthday for an adventure through Regency London with a charming mystery man.

The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection, by Ben Brashares and Elizabeth Bergeland

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Give 'The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection' A Buzz, You'll Bee Charmed

5:00am May 29, 2021

by Juanita Giles

In Ben Brashares and Elizabeth Bergeland's charming new picture book, a discontented young boy finds a new way to carry on his family's legacy of awesomeness — and without hurting any bugs.

Rahele Megosha of South Dakota, the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion.

Reciting Poetry Earns South Dakota Teenager A National Prize

5:23pm May 28, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud prize on Thursday. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.

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AAPI Heritage Month: NPR Staff Share Book Recommendations

4:59pm May 28, 2021

As Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month draws to a close, NPR staffers share some of their favorite books by AAPI authors.

This archival photo shows crowds of people watching fires during the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre.

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Code Switch's Recommended Reads About The Tulsa Massacre

7:03pm May 27, 2021

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Here's the books and articles about the 1921 Tulsa massacre that we recommend for a deeper dive into the events from the day.

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Legendary Manga Artist Kentaro Miura, Creator Of 'Berserk,' Has Died

5:51pm May 27, 2021

by Etalka Lehoczky

Miura was one of the most influential manga artists in the field; his signature series, Berserk, ran for over 30 years and melded sword fights, supernatural elements and knotty moral dilemmas.

Haunted By Boarding School, Phoebe Wynne Twists The Classics In Debut Novel 'Madam'

5:33pm May 27, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Phoebe Wynne about how her experience attending and teaching in boarding schools and the grim fates for women in the classics shaped her debut novel Madam.

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King Richard: Nixon and Watergate--An American Tragedy, Michael Dobbs

'King Richard' Is A Fresh Retelling Of Watergate — With All The Drama

4:00pm May 27, 2021

by Ron Elving

Michael Dobbs writes of a time when a bipartisan group in Congress could command respect as investigators, and when even leaders of the president's party were prepared to acknowledge his wrongdoing.

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution, by Carlo Rovelli

'Helgoland' Offers A New Way To Understand The World, And Our Place In It

11:52am May 27, 2021

by Adam Frank

Carlo Rovelli writes that quantum mechanics tells us reality is a net of interactions where there are no things, only relationships; nothing has properties until it interacts with something else.