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Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places, by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood (illustrator) and Dan Richards

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In 'Ghostways,' A Trip To Two Well-Traveled Places Reminds Of Things That Are Lost

2:04pm November 25, 2020

by Genevieve Valentine

Ghostways is an examination of grief as a landscape that moves on without us — and the fragility of the green world we're longing to go back to post-pandemic.

From Syria To America: A Teen Seeks A 'Safe Place' In The Universe

1:59pm November 25, 2020

by Gregory Warner

He was only 10 when the soldiers took away his father. Eventually the family fled to Jordan. But where would they go next? Their saga inspired a Pulitzer-winning graphic series in The New York Times.

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Bob Woodward's book Rage was one of a wave of highly publicized books Simon & Schuster published this year critical of President Trump.

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Book Publisher Simon & Schuster Sold To Rival

1:50pm November 25, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The third largest of the "big five" book publishers, was sold by its parent company to Penguin Random House.

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Remembering Travel Writer And Memoirist Jan Morris

1:38pm November 25, 2020

by Terry Gross

Morris, who died Nov. 20, transitioned to female in 1972 when she was 46. She later reflected on gender in her memoir, Conundrum. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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Author R.F. Kuang grounded her Poppy War books in her own interpretations of history, and her family's history.

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In The Poppy War Series, R.F. Kuang Asks: 'What If Mao Was A Teenage Girl?'

11:19am November 24, 2020

by Alan Yu

The third volume in Kuang's Poppy War series is out now. She grounded the story in history, both her own and China's; it follows a passionate, ruthless young woman who becomes a military leader.

Morning Edition poet in residence Kwame Alexander on Oct. 23, 2018 in New York City.

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Kwame Alexander Offers New Poems On Race And Hope As 'Psalms And Balms' For The Soul

6:10am November 24, 2020

by Rachel Martin

In Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words On Race And Hope, Kwame Alexander writes of the killing of George Floyd, Colin Kaepernick's kneeling protests, and the election of Barack Obama.

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In 'No One Asked For This,' Cazzie David Writes About Her Afflictions

5:10am November 24, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

In a new book of essays, No One Asked For This, Cazzie David writes about struggles with depression and anxiety, the perils of social media, and her excruciating breakup with SNL star Pete Davidson.

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday.

In A New Book, Pope Francis Speaks Out On The Coronavirus And Anti-Mask Protests

5:08pm November 23, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

People who claim that mask mandates deprive them of their personal freedom, Francis says, are "victims only in their own imagination." The book also addresses demonstrations against racial injustice.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates On HBO Adaptation Of 'Between The World And Me'

4:06pm November 23, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with American author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates about the HBO adaptation of his book Between the World and Me and what it means in 2020.

Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise.

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

2:19pm November 23, 2020

by Dave Davies

In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.