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How white nationalists in Texas terrorized refugees after the Vietnam War

1:48pm August 01, 2022

by Dave Davies

Kirk Wallace Johnson tells the story of a bitter conflict that arose along the Gulf Coast when Vietnam war refugees began trawling for shrimp in the area. His book is The Fishermen and the Dragon.

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In a new memoir in verse, Alora Young traces the lives of generations of Black women

10:20am August 01, 2022

Alora Young is the 2021 Youth Poet Laureate of the Southern United States. Her debut poetry collection Walking Gentry Home is a memoir written in verse.

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Abandoned bumper cars in an empty amusement park.

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What we've lost — and what we've found — in abandoned theme parks

7:00am August 01, 2022

by Brigit Benestante

There's something fascinating about the life and demise of theme parks — the taste of nostalgia, that everything has an end, the unforgiving churn of capitalism, the loss of beloved structures.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled its bobblehead of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gets her own bobblehead

8:06pm July 31, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled its bobblehead of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The bobbleheads are expected to ship in September.

Nichelle Nichols made history for her role as communications officer Lt. Uhura on Star Trek.

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on 'Star Trek,' dies at 89

6:00pm July 31, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Nichols broke ground and paved the way for Black actors in Hollywood as Uhura. Her castmate George Takei wrote, "We lived long and prospered together."

'Welcome to Provincetown' podcast follows a mix of characters in the seaside town

5:19pm July 31, 2022

NPR's Cheryl Corley speaks with radio documentarian Mitra Kaboli about her podcast, Welcome to Provincetown.

Many of Megan Miranda's thrillers make nature — the deep woods or a steep trail — a central and often menacing character.

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How do you write a captivating thriller? This author found clues in the woods

8:34am July 31, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

Megan Miranda's latest summer thriller, The Last to Vanish, is set in a small hiking town in North Carolina, where 7 people have disappeared in the woods. Were they all accidents or was it something more sinister?

Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper play Emma and Noah in the new Peacock series.

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The characters in 'The Resort' make a visit worth your while

2:24pm July 30, 2022

by Linda Holmes

Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper star as Emma and Noah, a couple who try to solve two mysterious disappearances while also figuring out how to rescue their own relationship.

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Artist Tunde Olaniran's 'Made a Universe' opens a portal at a Detroit museum

10:51am July 30, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Musician and artist Tunde Olaniran is a rising star from Flint, Michigan whose exuberant work comments on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.

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'Wait Wait' for July 30, 2022: With Not My Job guest Jeremy Allen White

8:39am July 30, 2022

Jeremy Allen White is the star of FX's The Bear, the hottest show of the summer. He may know his way around a TV kitchen, but can he answer our three questions about Paddington Bear?

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