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'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love

4:14pm April 19, 2021

Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is built on a familiar premise: two young people meet and fall in love. Nelson's debut novel is brimming with references to Black art, music, poetry and photography.

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No Kidding: Japan's Kidnaping Epic 'Lady Joker' Will Hook You

1:37pm April 19, 2021

by John Powers

The first volume of Kaoru Takamura's 1997 eccentric crime thriller has just been translated into English. Inspired by a real-life case, Lady Joker reveals its world in rich, polyphonic detail.

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Author's Advice To Millennials: Manage Your Money And Stop Pleasing Others

1:37pm April 19, 2021

by Dave Davies

Julie Lythcott-Haims's new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, is a handbook on adulthood. Her 2017 memoir, Real American, is the story of her coming to terms with her biracial identity.

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Journalist Rose Eveleth Imagines Future Worlds In New Book

5:05am April 19, 2021

Noel King speaks with Rose Eveleth about her illustrated book: Flash Forward.

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#NPRPoetry: Samuel Getachew

6:13pm April 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Samuel Getachew, former National Youth Poet Laureate finalist, about his favorite listener-submitted poems.

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Lauren Hough On Growing Up In A Cult, New Memoir

7:58am April 18, 2021

Lauren Hough tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her memoir Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing. Hough spent part of her childhood in a cult, which affected her later life.

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, says her immigrant journey, detailed in a new memoir, has driven her to "stand up to bullies."

Quiet No More: Sen. Hirono's Immigrant Journey Fuels Her Fire In Congress

7:40am April 18, 2021

by Michel Martin

Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii — one of the most outspoken Democrats in Congress — wasn't always so vociferous. She says her story, detailed in a new memoir, has driven her to "stand up to bullies."

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Juan Hormiga, by Gustavo Roldán, translated by Robert Croll

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The Ant-icipation Is Over: 'Juan Hormiga' Is Here!

7:00am April 18, 2021

by Juanita Giles

Gustavo Roldán's tale of an adventurous (if nap-prone) ant — newly translated into English — has everything you could want: silliness, adventure, daring, a cliffhanger, and a fun, satisfying ending.

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Sen. Mazie Hirono Talks New Memoir

6:07pm April 17, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, Democrat from Hawaii, about her book, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story.

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Jory Fleming Shares What It's Like Going Through Life With Autism In New Memoir

7:59am April 17, 2021

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to Jory Fleming about his new book, How to be Human — An Autistic Man's Guide to Life. Fleming, who himself is autistic, co-wrote the book with Lyric Winik.