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'The Quickening' considers bringing a child into a world with a changing climate

5:08am August 17, 2023

by Julie Depenbrock

In the new book The Quickening, author Elizabeth Rush charts a journey to Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" — and muses about contemplating parenthood in a time of climate change.

A look at the tumultuous life of 'Persepolis' as it turns 20

5:00am August 17, 2023

by Tahneer Oksman

Marjane Satrapi's memoir has a history of garnering controversy — it's been on the ALA's list of most challenged books and continues to be the subject of debate about inclusion in school curriculums.

The works of a hundred Latin American women are compiled in this new anthology

5:28pm August 16, 2023

The new anthology, Daughters of Latin America compiles the works of more than a hundred writers from the region.

"Every decade of my life has been better than the one beforehand," says R. Eric Thomas.

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Don't believe his book title: For humorist R. Eric Thomas, the best is yet to come

1:29pm August 16, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Thomas' new book, Congratulations, the Best Is Over!, is about middle age, and what it was like to return to his hometown of Baltimore as an adult — when both he and the city had changed.

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Author Pidgeon Pagonis was raised a girl but was born with both female and male sexual organs. They tell their story of discovering who they really in a memoir released August 15, 2023.

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Pidgeon Pagonis reveals a long held secret in 'Nobody Needs to Know'

6:14pm August 15, 2023

Author Pidgeon Pagonis discovered the truth about their gender identity when they were in college. Now they tell their story hoping to help others.

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'Dream Town' examines the link between academic tracking and school segregation

1:45pm August 15, 2023

by Dave Davies

Washington Post reporter Laura Meckler tells the story of Shaker Heights, Ohio, a town with high-performing, diverse schools — and also a pronounced achievement gap between white and Black students.

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This 'Evergreen' LA noir novel imagines the post-WWII reality of Japanese Americans

1:45pm August 15, 2023

by John Powers

In Naomi Hirahara's mystery novel, a Japanese American family interned during the war returns home to a changed city. They're still settling in when their daughter is caught up in a murder.

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Bookstore in Baltimore needed help opening an old safe and put out a challenge

8:12am August 15, 2023

A bus driver from Canada answered the call. The safe-cracking enthusiast went to Red Emma's bookstore and two days later he opened it. The only downside is what he discovered inside: nothing.

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride book cover on a blue background.

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James McBride's 'Heaven & Earth' is an all-American mix of prejudice and hope

1:30pm August 14, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

Set in a neighborhood where Blacks and immigrant Jews have lived next to each other for decades, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is one of the best novels critic Maureen Corrigan has read this year.

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Author Daniel Kraus on his new thriller 'Whalefall'

9:39am August 13, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and bestselling author Daniel Kraus speak about his new thriller, "Whalefall."