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Dyson's Book, 'Long Time Coming,' Aims To Help America Reckon With Race

6:12am December 01, 2020

NPR's Noel King speaks with author Michael Eric Dyson about his new book on reckoning with race in America. It's called: Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America.

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'The Thirty Names of Night': A Story Of Self-Discovery And Self-Acceptance

3:54pm November 30, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Zeyn Joukhadar about his new novel, The Thirty Names of Night. It's about a Syrian American transgender man reckoning with the histories of his family and his homeland.

Peter Guralnick at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015. His latest book, Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing, is a collection of essays.

Peter Guralnick Is 'Looking To Get Lost' In The Stories Of American Music Icons

3:28pm November 30, 2020

Rachel Martin speaks with the celebrated writer about Looking to Get Lost, an essay collection based on his interviews with legends of early rock and roll, blues and country.

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Author Tracks The Life And Liberal Legacy Of Sen. Ted Kennedy

1:37pm November 30, 2020

by Dave Davies

A liberal voice in the U.S. Senate for decades, Kennedy led a life marked by tragedy and scandal. Historian Neal Gabler talks about the first volume of his two-part biography, Catching the Wind.

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How To Fix The Weaknesses The Pandemic Exposed In The U.S.

9:05am November 30, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Bloomberg Editor-in-chief John Micklethwait — coauthor of The Wake-Up Call — who says the pandemic has revealed weaknesses in the U.S., and lays out a way to fix it.

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Misty Copeland based the characters in Bunheads on the ballet friends she grew up with.

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Misty Copeland Celebrates Ballet's Beautiful Friendships In 'Bunheads'

7:55am November 29, 2020

by Samantha Balaban

Copeland hopes her book will help young dancers feel comfortable in the studio and on the stage. She says illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey channeled "superhero energy" into dancers leaping off the page.

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Homeira Qaderi Reflects On Motherhood In Her New Memoir

8:00am November 28, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Homeira Qaderi about her memoir Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son, the story motherhood and womanhood in her native country.

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'Perestroika In Paris' Is An Anthropomorphic Tale Of Friendship

8:00am November 28, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Jane Smiley, about her newest novel, Perestroika in Paris.

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In His New Book, Declan Walsh Tells Story Of Pakistan Through Lives Of 9 Individuals

3:59pm November 26, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Declan Walsh about his new book, The Nine Lives of Pakistan, and how Pakistan has survived decades of political and military crises.

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Malcolm X Biography Wins National Book Award

7:14am November 26, 2020

Tamara Payne won the National Book Award for a book largely written by her father, Les Payne. It's called The Dead Are Arising, a biography of Malcolm X. Payne speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

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