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Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson alongside the cover of her new book, My Monticello.

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson talks home, identity, and 'My Monticello'

12:00pm October 14, 2021

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In her debut book, My Monticello, author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson asks what it means to claim a home in a place like Charlottesville, Va., — where whom the city belongs to has long been in question.

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'Two Feathers' is a flawed but gripping novel of racism in the Prohibition-era South

5:00am October 14, 2021

by Michael Schaub

Margaret Verble's novel follows a young Cherokee woman whose life as a horse-diver in Tennessee zoo is derailed by a terrible accident. It's unfocused at times, but definitely a ride worth taking.

Tubist Richard Antoine White shares his unlikely path to the stage 'I'm Possible'

1:52pm October 13, 2021

by Dave Davies

White spent his early childhood in poverty in Baltimore, at times sleeping in abandoned houses. He's now principal tubist in the Santa Fe Symphony and the New Mexico Philharmonic.

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A laboratory in New York City's Bellevue Medical Center on May 17, 1949.

Why a literary magazine at the nation's oldest public hospital matters more than ever

5:39am October 13, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

One of the world's most famous hospitals also houses a respected literary magazine focused on health and healing. The Bellevue Literary Review has seen an uptick of submissions during the pandemic.

Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, by Victoria Chang

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'Dear Memory' sees a direct connection between memory and identity formation

5:00am October 13, 2021

by Thúy Đinh

Victoria Chang's lyrical experiment memorably evokes an individual family's time capsule and an artist's timeless yearning to shape carbon dust into incandescent gem.

New book brings foodies on a global culinary adventure

5:28pm October 12, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cecily Wong, one of the co-authors of a new book called Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide. It explores culinary delicacies from every continent.

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The book 'Fight Songs' examines Southern culture through a sports lens

3:34pm October 12, 2021

by Paul Garber

A new book from Triad native Ed Southern explores the impact of sports on our culture.

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Cover art for Dear Memory by Victoria Chang

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'Dear Memory' digs into the shame accompanying immigrant silence

10:03am October 12, 2021

Victoria Chang traces her family history through letter writing in her book, Dear Memory. In an NPR interview, she talks facing micro and macro aggressions and staying silent, just like her parents.

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Susan Orlean writes about her fascination with all kinds of creatures in 'On Animals'

5:00am October 12, 2021

by Barbara J. King

Orlean's descriptions of the animals on the Hudson Valley farm where she once lived may evoke a warm feeling — but those of donkeys in Fez and others in her essays may conjure other emotions.

Encore: Book expresses still-fresh feelings about a tumultuous year

5:05pm October 11, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poet Tracy K. Smith about the book she co-edited, There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis, which was published earlier this year.