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'Daughter' explores a dysfunctional relationship between father and daughter

11:06am September 12, 2023

by Michael Schaub

Daughter is an intensely psychological novel, one that poses questions it doesn't, and maybe can't, answer. There are flashes of Claudia Dey's usually excellent writing, but not consistently enough.

Some of the winners of this year's Whiting Literary Magazine Prize

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The Paris Review, n+1 and others win 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes

9:20am September 12, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

The 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize has been awarded to The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Paris Review, Oxford American and n+1 among others

Author Lauren Groff's new book, The Vaster Wilds, is a tight and tense novel that takes place in 1610 Jamestown.

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Lauren Groff has a go bag and says so should you

2:41pm September 11, 2023

by Andrew Limbong

Acclaimed author Lauren Groff's new novel, The Vaster Wilds, is about a young girl on the run during Colonial times. But the writer is really questioning — what will it take to survive today?

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A new graphic novel follows two friends taking on life in New York City

8:21am September 10, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki about their new graphic novel, "Roaming."

Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, Dearborn.

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Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'

8:08am September 09, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

Author Ghassan Zeineddine's new collection of short stories, Dearborn, takes a tenderhearted look at interconnected characters in the largest Arab American community in the country

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'The Fraud' asks questions as it unearths stories that need to be told

6:00am September 09, 2023

by Gabino Iglesias

Zadie Smith's latest novel revisiting a piece of history is packed with great writing and shining passages that go from humorous to deeply philosophical. But it is also very long.

Queer rock icon Melissa Etheridge opens up in new memoir, 'Talking To My Angels'

4:54pm September 08, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with musician Melissa Etheridge about her new memoir Talking to My Angels.

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'New Yorker' culture critic says music and mixtapes helped make sense of himself

1:31pm September 08, 2023

by Terry Gross

Hua Hsu won the Pulitzer Prize for Stay True, his memoir about identity, musical obsessions and the sudden tragic murder of a close friend. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2022.

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Adeena Sussman in Tel Aviv Market on Friday morning, September 1, 2023.

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Adeena Sussman's new cookbook includes Shabbat recipes from around the world

8:32am September 08, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

NPR's Daniel Estrin visits cookbook author Adeena Sussman to talk about her latest book, Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours.

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1 parent is responsible for a book ban in North Carolina

5:09am September 08, 2023

by Rachel Keith

In a North Carolina school district newly controlled by Republicans, it took just one parent's complaint to remove a book from the curriculum.