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Kwame Alexander's new novel aimed at teens, The Door of No Return, focuses on the history of slavery
In 2009, Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel Wolf Hall. Mantel died in
The two books in today's episode point up how authors write and empathize with characters that aren'
Author Tochi Onyebuchi says that a majority of space stories he's come across favor those in power.
In her new graphic memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This, NPR Editor Malaka Gharib revisits the summe
The Marriage Portrait is Maggie O' Farrell's fictional interpretation of Lucrezia de Cosimo de Medic
When former President Donald Trump was in office, a number of his aides said they wanted to quit out
Today, YA adult novels – both of which have faced bans from schools and libraries – focus on convers
Tova Friedman says she's telling her story of having survived the Holocaust in her memoir, Daughter
The Unfolding examines the socio-political upheaval in the U.S. following the election of President
In her new children's book, I Am Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist Ruby Bridges tells the story of
Iuliia Mendel, press secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, offers a peek behind the
The two books featured in this episode are stories examining the difficulties and stressors of being
Ken Starr's 2018 memoir, Contempt, gives an inside look into his investigation of the Clinton admini
Mia Mercado's essay collection She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good examines the rea
In Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, NPR's own Nina Totenberg documents her f
In Nickel and Dimed, author Barbara Ehrenreich lives the life of a low-wage worker and explores how
The two books featured in this episode focus on accessing feelings and mental health. First is a boo
The main argument Gaia Vince makes in her book Nomad Century is that in order for three to five bill
Olaf Olafsson's new novel Touch is a combination of mystery, memories lost, and love. It puts the id
