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A kids' story unfolds without words in 'A Day For Sandcastles'

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

Three siblings spend a summer day at the beach building sandcastles and watching them get demolished in a wordless picture book written by JonArno Lawson and illustrated by Qin Leng.

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LSD, vodka and burner phones fuel the shadowy world of Dan Chaon's novel 'Sleepwalk'

8:55am May 21, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with author Dan Chaon about his new novel, "Sleepwalk," about an eccentric character who finds those indebted to a shadowy corporation.

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These 4 novels will get your summer off to a terrific start

8:28am May 20, 2022

by Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan has been diving into lighter literary novels and mysteries, searching for books suited for the beginning of summer. Here are some of her picks.

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Three new Latin American books in translation.

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Latin American literature in translation: Stories that take you to unexpected places

7:09am May 19, 2022

by Lily Meyer

New translations of Juan Emar's Yesterday, Cristina Rivera Garza's New and Selected Stories, and Gabriela Alemán's Family Album offer a look at human nature — and adventures along the way.

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'Mirror Made of Rain' looks at how patterns of self-destruction are inherited

5:56am May 19, 2022

Naheed Phiroze Patel's debut novel Mirror Made of Rain is out in the U.S. this week.

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Greensboro Bound Literary Festival brings large and diverse slate of renowned authors to Triad

2:50pm May 18, 2022

by David Ford

The Greensboro Bound Literary Festival returns this week in-person for the first time since the pandemic began.

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Biography examines how systemic racism shaped the troubled life of George Floyd

1:22pm May 18, 2022

by Dave Davies

Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa reconstruct the course of his life in His Name is George Floyd.

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'Translating Myself and Others' is a reminder of how alive language can be

7:02am May 18, 2022

by Lily Meyer

Jhumpa Lahiri mixes detailed explorations of craft with broader reflections on her own artistic life, as well as the "essential aesthetic and political mission" of translation.

A mural of George Floyd at the intersection where he was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn.

Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived

5:00am May 18, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

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NPR's Petra Mayer receives posthumous science fiction award

6:22pm May 17, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer posthumously receives the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.