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Hisham Matar tells a story of friendship and revolution in new novel, 'My Friends'

5:58pm January 15, 2024

by Bilal Qureshi

British Libyan writer Hisham Matar returns with a story of friendship and revolution called My Friends, a meditation on how political upheaval shapes the most intimate and private relationships.

The 15-year-old granddaughter of MLK Jr. wants to start a revolution around service

5:18pm January 15, 2024

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, about her new children's book, We Dream A World.

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Muhammad Zaman, author of the book We Wait for a Miracle, in his lab at Boston University.

Q&A: Author Muhammad Zaman on why health care is an impossible dream for 'unpersons'

10:12am January 15, 2024

In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman tells how about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless.

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Michele Norris shows how brevity conveys powerful truths about Americans' identities

5:10am January 15, 2024

The Race Card Project invited people to tell stories about race in six words. Many are in Michele Norris' book: Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity.

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Jenny Kiefer on her new horror novel 'This Wretched Valley'

9:25am January 14, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author Jenny Kiefer about her new horror novel, "This Wretched Valley."

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Director Jeymes Samuel on 'Book of Clarence', a Biblical Epic through a Black lens

8:17am January 14, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

A hustler presents himself as a messiah in director Jeymes Samuel's new movie, "The Book of Clarence." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about making a Biblical epic with a Black point of view.

Bábo, written by Astrid Kamalyan and illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan

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Mop-mop-swoosh-plop it's rug-washing day in 'Bábo'

10:05am January 13, 2024

by Samantha Balaban

Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.

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The impact of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' on Savannah over 30 years

6:40pm January 12, 2024

by Benjamin Payne

It's been 30 years since one book elevated Savannah, Ga., to a literary tourist destination. We check in on the impact of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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Matt Hay gradually went deaf. But music helped him partially hear again

6:01pm January 12, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Matt Hay, who has struggled with his hearing since he was a kid, about his new book Soundtrack of Silence.

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'Lunar New Year Love Story' celebrates true love, honors immigrant struggles

11:36am January 11, 2024

by Thúy Đinh

This YA graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham attains epic dimensions in capturing the complex, bittersweet journeys of its characters.