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Encore: Author Erica Perl on her book, 'The Ninth Night of Hanukkah'

4:10pm December 26, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Erica Perl about her book, "The Ninth Night of Hanukkah," which shares the story of two kids inspired to start a new unusual tradition.

Nikki Grimes, the winner of the ALA Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, has written more than 100 children's books.

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2022 was a good year for Nikki Grimes, who just published her 103rd book

5:00am December 23, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

The winner of the ALA Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement has written more than 100 children's books. Her latest, about the pandemic, is called Garvey in the Dark.

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Writer Rax King on her favorite book, 'Dancing Queen' by Lisa Carver

4:05pm December 22, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Rax King about one of her favorite books, "Dancing Queen" by Lisa Carver.

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Writer on how his book set in 1940s Los Angeles parallels today's illiberal democracy

4:05pm December 22, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Antony Marra about his book, "Mercury Pictures Presents."

Banned Books: Author Susan Kuklin on telling stories that inform understanding

11:01am December 21, 2022

Susan Kuklin published the award-winning Beyond Magenta in 2014. The collection of images and interviews with transgender and nonbinary teens and young adults centers their experiences and identities.

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How a Black neighborhood association in Pittsburgh helped shape emergency medicine

1:27pm December 19, 2022

by Dave Davies

American Sirens author Kevin Hazzard tells the story Freedom House, a neighborhood nonprofit that, with the help of a pioneering physician, trained some of the nation's first paramedics.

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks new book 'My People'

5:09pm December 17, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault about her new book My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives.

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Art Spiegelman on the re-issue of his book 'Breakdowns'

7:57am December 17, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to graphic artist Art Spiegelman about the re-issue of his book "Breakdowns," a collection of his early comics.

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What a classic '50s Western can teach us about the Hollywood Blacklist

2:04pm December 16, 2022

by Terry Gross

Author Glenn Frankel says the 1952 film High Noon was inspired by the toxic political climate of the time. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2017.

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Novelist Steph Cha on her favorite novel, 'The Long Goodbye' by Raymond Chandler

4:53pm December 14, 2022

All Things Considered hosts are asking their favorite writers about their favorite writers. Ailsa Chang talks with novelist Steph Cha about her favorite novel, "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler.