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'River of the Gods' captures the epic quest to find the source of the Nile

1:19pm June 15, 2022

by Dave Davies

Writer Candice Millard tells the dramatic story of two 19th-century British explorers who spent years trekking through East Africa, enduring injury and illness in a search for the source of the Nile.

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In 'Human Resources,' a poet finds her voice by working on artificial intelligence

5:11am June 15, 2022

by Jeevika Verma

Ryann Stevenson's debut collection Human Resources won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. It looks at how technology both connects and separates us.

Werner Herzog's new novel is a story of the jungle and obsession and delusion

4:42pm June 14, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with filmmaker Werner Herzog about his debut novel, The Twilight World. It tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who kept fighting decades after the end of WWII.

Sen. Raphael Warnock on his new memoir 'A Way Out of No Way' and what gives him hope

4:20pm June 14, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Raphael Warnock about his memoir A Way Out of No Way and how he proved himself wrong by winning a Georgia Senate seat as a Black Democrat.

A Black woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Tampa, Fla. Black Americans have died of the disease at a rate more than double that of white people.

'1619 Project' journalist lays bare why Black Americans 'live sicker and die quicker'

1:37pm June 14, 2022

by Dave Davies

Linda Villarosa says bias in the health care system and the "weathering" affect of living in a racist society are taking a serious toll on African Americans. Her new book is Under the Skin.

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'Greenland' revives E.M. Forster — and spins a tale of racism and self-discovery

10:53am June 14, 2022

by Maureen Corrigan

In David Santos Donaldson's debut novel, a young gay Black man gets some supernatural relationship advice from the Black lover of a famous white British writer, both of them long dead.

Katy Tur chronicled her experience covering Donald Trump's first presidential campaign on her previous book, Unbelievable.

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Anchor Katy Tur revisits her high-flying childhood — and the hurt that lingers

3:11pm June 13, 2022

by Dave Davies

Tur's parents ran a helicopter news service in LA in the '80s and '90s. While she loved the rush of flight, her family dynamic was a volatile one. Her memoir is Rough Draft.

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Kendi's book, 'How to Raise an Anti-Racist,' is part study, part memoir

6:14am June 13, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Ibram X. Kendi about structural racism, and the debate over how to teach children about racism. His latest book is: How to Raise an Anti-Racist.

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NPR host Linda Holmes' latest novel is a mystery centered on a left-behind duck decoy

9:58am June 12, 2022

A woman cleans out a late relative's estate and discovers a duck decoy and a mystery. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes about her latest novel, "Flying Solo."

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The novel 'Horse' is the story of an enslaved man grooming a winning thoroughbred

10:12am June 11, 2022

Lexington was a winning thoroughbred in the mid-1800's, and the basis of Geraldine Brooks' new novel, "Horse." Scott Simon talks with her about her story.

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