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Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe

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'Delayed Rays Of A Star' Sheds Light On 3 Film Legends

10:00am July 12, 2019

by Ilana Masad

Amanda Lee Koe's new novel was inspired by a famous photograph — Anna May Wong, Marlene Dietrich and the notorious actress and director Leni Riefenstahl, posing together at a Berlin party in 1928.

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3 Sisters Come Of Age, Dreamily, In 'Three Summers'

7:45am July 12, 2019

by Martha Anne Toll

Margarita Liberaki's novel, first published in 1946, follows three young women growing up in the Athens countryside alongside a colorful cast of family members, secret-keeping servants and local boys.

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'The Cuban Comedy' Walks The Line Between Politics And Poetry

10:00am July 11, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Pablo Medina's The Cuban Comedy walks a fine line between poetry and political satire. It follows a woman in rural 1960s Cuba who longs to be a poet, and the troubles she faces when she succeeds.

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Enter The Quarantine Around 'Wilder Girls' At Your Own Risk

7:00am July 11, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Rory Power's debut novel combines creeping, corrupting body horror with the intense bonds between teenage girls at an isolated school for a post-apocalypse story that's fresh, horrible and beautiful.

Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science.

Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

3:35pm July 10, 2019

We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.

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BFFs, Besties And Girl Squads: Why Female Friendships Matter

2:04pm July 10, 2019

Thelma and Louise. Abbi and Ilana. Stony, Cleo, Frankie and T.T. There's something special about female friendships. And the way we view them is evolving — in pop culture and

People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria on Oct. 14, 2014.

Girls Captured By Boko Haram Brought Into Focus In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree'

1:57pm July 10, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Former CNN journalist Isha Sesay argues that the Nigerian government, the media and the public have failed the 276 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group five years ago.

The Saturday Night Ghost Club, by Craig Davidson

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'Saturday Night Ghost Club' Celebrates The Wonders And Horrors Of Being A Kid

10:47am July 10, 2019

by Jason Heller

Craig Davidson's new novel follows a group of kids through a strange summer of hunting urban legends — it's a coming-of-age story that's also about loss, particularly what we lose when we grow up.

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Chronicling Sexual Harassment And Assault In The #MeToo Era

4:28pm July 09, 2019

Imagine having so many stories that you had to make a list. Imagine if that list included the president.

Monstress: Book One, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

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You've Heard 'Monstress' Is Great. But Just How Great Is It?

3:00pm July 09, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's epic, gorgeous tale of a young woman with a monster inside her has won countless awards and been heaped with praise — but does it truly break new ground?