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Aisha Harris on her book 'Wannabe', which traces the pop culture that shaped her

8:00am June 11, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to fellow host, Aisha Harris, about her book, "Wannabe." It's about the music and movies that shaped her as a person and a critic. Harris hosts NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Nathan Go on his new book 'Forgiving Imedia Marcos'

8:42am June 10, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Nathan Go about his new book, "Forgiving Imedia Marcos."

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Greg Marshall on his new memoir 'Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It'

8:19am June 10, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Greg Marshall about his new memoir, "Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It." Marshall spent his childhood unaware he had cerebral palsy.

'The Wind Knows My Name' is a reference and a refrain in the search for home

7:00am June 10, 2023

by Marcela Davison Avilés

Isabel Allende's latest is a tale of two child immigrants — a boy who escapes Nazi occupied Vienna in 1938 and a girl who escapes military gangs in El Salvador in 2019 — and their shared experience.

The Goodwin family, including Regina Goodwin, in a 1970s photo.

The Tulsa Race Massacre is recounted through family memories in 'Built from the Fire'

5:01am June 10, 2023

One family, the Goodwins, was forever changed by the attacks in Oklahoma more than a century ago and worked to ensure Tulsa acknowledged the truth about what happened.

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Relationships are the true heart of 1940s dystopian novel 'Kallocain'

6:48am June 09, 2023

by Ilana Masad

Karin Boye's novel is an outlier in that it was authored by a woman and, though narrated by a man, still expresses interest in women's inner life and acknowledges the subtleties of sexism.

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'All the Sinners Bleed' elegantly walks a fine line between horror and crime fiction

6:26am June 09, 2023

by Gabino Iglesias

S.A. Cosby's latest is a dark, wildly entertaining crime novel with religious undertones — and one that tackles timely issues while never losing itself or sounding preachy.

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'The Talk' is an epic portrait of an artist making his way through hardships

2:28pm June 08, 2023

by Tahneer Oksman

Despite its weighty, multi-tiered approach — this is not, on multiple levels, an easy read — Darrin Bell's debut graphic memoir is difficult to put down.

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Two summer suspense novels delight in overturning the 'woman-in-trouble' plot

1:38pm June 07, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

Megan Abbott's Beware the Woman centers on a pregnant newlywed who finds herself isolated in her husband's family cottage. Katie Williams' My Murder is told from the perspective of a murdered woman.

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In a climate rife with hate, Elliot Page says 'the time felt right' to tell his story

1:38pm June 07, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

For much of his life, the Canadian actor experienced gender dysphoria that made him extremely uncomfortable in his own body. "It's like a constant noise," he says. His new memoir is called Pageboy.

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