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In a new memoir in verse, Alora Young traces the lives of generations of Black women

10:20am August 01, 2022

Alora Young is the 2021 Youth Poet Laureate of the Southern United States. Her debut poetry collection Walking Gentry Home is a memoir written in verse.

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Many of Megan Miranda's thrillers make nature — the deep woods or a steep trail — a central and often menacing character.

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How do you write a captivating thriller? This author found clues in the woods

8:34am July 31, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

Megan Miranda's latest summer thriller, The Last to Vanish, is set in a small hiking town in North Carolina, where 7 people have disappeared in the woods. Were they all accidents or was it something more sinister?

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The sites in this guide are a key part of understanding America's story

5:10pm July 30, 2022

NPR's Cheryl Corley speaks with journalist Deborah Douglas about her travel guide — "U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler's Guide to the People, Places, and Events that Made the Movement."

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In 'The Last White Man,' these neighbors find their skin colors are changing

9:20am July 30, 2022

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mohsin Hamid about his new book and about how he decides what details to include in his fiction.

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

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The immersive novel 'Tomorrow' is a winner for gamers and n00bs alike

12:44pm July 28, 2022

by Maureen Corrigan

Gabrielle Zevin's beautifully written novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow tells the story of two childhood friends who become legendary names in the world of video game design.

Encore: Ann Patchett on quarantining with Tom Hanks' assistant

4:54pm July 27, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett about her latest collection of essays, These Precious Days, and how she ended up quarantining with Tom Hanks' personal assistant.

Briana Scurry blocks a penalty shootout during overtime of the Women's World Cup Final against China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., July 10, 1999. The U.S. team won 5-4 on penalties.

A brain injury cut short Briana Scurry's soccer career. It didn't end her story

12:27pm July 27, 2022

by Terry Gross

After a traumatic brain injury left her in terrible pain and unable to work, the legendary goalkeeper had to pawn her Olympic medals. Scurry charts her road to recovery in My Greatest Save.

Singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks is starting a new chapter as a comic book star

5:59am July 27, 2022

You can see the singer's animated story come to life in the 22-page book Female Force: Stevie Nicks. Rumors are she's being reimagined in her signature witchy style and long blond hair.

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New Oxford dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English

5:04am July 26, 2022

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

Encore: Author Ladee Hubbard on love, family and resilience

4:45pm July 25, 2022

Ladee Hubbard, author of the short story collection The Last Suspicious Holdout, talks about love, family, resilience and grief in the Black community.