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Two new feel-good novels about bookstores celebrate the power of reading

12:33pm July 05, 2023

by Heller McAlpin

Most novels set in bookshops are heartwarming paeans to bonds forged among readers. The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa are no exception.

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New cookbook has tips for creating your own Oaxacan-inspired cookout

5:11am July 03, 2023

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Bricia Lopez about her book Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling.

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A new picture book helps kids cope with grief

8:01am July 01, 2023

by Miles Parks

NPR's Miles Parks talks with author Kevin Johnson and illustrator Kitt Thomas about their new picture book for kids coping with grief, "Cape."

Nimona was ND Stevenson's power fantasy. Now, the comic is a Netflix animated film

4:42pm June 30, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Nate "ND" Stevenson, who wrote the original graphic novel on which the new animated movie Nimona is based.

8 Summer Reading Recommendations from WFDD

8:00am June 30, 2023

by WFDD Staff

We like to think summer reading gets better with age!

'The Big Break' reveals how D.C.'s oddball influential players gamble and schmooze

7:06pm June 29, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Washington Post political reporter and author Ben Terris on his new book The Big Break.

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Prompted by a visit from his grandfather's ghost, a man reconciled with his family

4:51pm June 29, 2023

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with John Blake, who wrote More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew, about how an apparition of his grandfather led to healing.

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Central Park birder Christian Cooper on being 'a Black man in the natural world'

3:18pm June 29, 2023

by Terry Gross

Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. His book chronicles life as a Black birder, gay activist and Marvel comics writer and editor.

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Author Ana Menendez explores stories a single location could tell in 'The Apartment'

4:28pm June 28, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Ana Menendez about her new novel The Apartment.

How school systems, educators and parents can support transgender children

2:13pm June 28, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Aidan Key explains why U.S. schools are seeing an increase in transgender students and how educators can respond to anti-LGBTQ curriculum measures. His book is Trans Children in Today's Schools.

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