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'The Three of Us' tracks a married couple and the wife's manipulative best friend

We've seen jealous, possessive friends and housewreckers with no boundaries before, though perhaps not quite so thoroughly, unapologetically unlikeable as in Ore Agbaje-Williams's debut novel.

May 16, 2023
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Quietly Hostile,' Samantha Irby trains a cynical eye inward

In her fourth collection of essays, the bestselling author and TV writer renews her love/hate vows with the human race — as well as her relationship with her own flaws and failings.

May 15, 2023
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  • Jason Heller
These books have been banned in several public schools and libraries across the U.S. amid a wave of book censorship and restrictions.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Books are not land mines

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the effects of book bans on libraries and young readers.

May 15, 2023
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Book Reviews

'Yellowface' takes white privilege to a sinister level

R.F. Kuang's first foray outside fantasy is a well-executed, gripping, fast-paced novel about the nuances of the publishing world when an author is desperate enough to do anything for success.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • Keishel Williams

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  • Book Reviews

Victor LaValle's novel 'Lone Women' is infused with dread and horror — and more

This is a wonderful novel that expertly combines adventure and terror, sprinkled with The Changeling author's mordant wit and assured prose. It is a horror novel, but it's also a refreshing western.

May 12, 2023
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  • Michael Schaub

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  • Book Reviews

'The East Indian' imagines the life of the first Indian immigrant to now-U.S. land

Brinda Charry aims to recover, reclaim, and reframe the little-known, barely footnoted history of the earliest Indian immigrant on record to what is now the United States.

May 11, 2023
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  • Jenny Bhatt

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  • Book Reviews

When art you love was made by 'Monsters': A critic lays out the 'Fan's Dilemma'

Do geniuses get a "hall pass" for their behavior? Or, do we "cancel" the art of artists who've done "monstrous" things? That's the question Claire Dederer tackles in her new book.

May 10, 2023
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Health

Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers

Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book, Clearing the Fog.

May 10, 2023
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  • Dave Davies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference to sign several bills related to public education and teacher pay, in Miami, on May 9.

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  • Education

Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

May 10, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez

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  • Book Reviews

'Warrior Girl Unearthed' revisits the 'Firekeeper's Daughter' cast of characters

In this gripping follow-up to Angeline Boulley's much-lauded debut, we return to Sugar Island and meet the next generation of girls in the Firekeeper family.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Caitlyn Paxson
Tom Hanks used some of the pandemic slowdown to write a novel titled <em>The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel too

For Tom Hanks, movies have always been transformative. Now, after acting in dozens of them, he's written a novel based on his experiences on movie sets. He talked to NPR's A Martinez.

May 09, 2023
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  • Ziad Buchh
Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe, center, is congratulated Monday by staff sports columnist Rick Cleveland, right, after winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, as her mother, Bethel Wolfe, left, observes, at a celebration in Jackson, Miss. Wolfe was honored for her reporting on a $77 million welfare scandal, the largest embezzlement of federal funds in Mississippi's history.

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  • Arts & Life

Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

May 09, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Beatrice and Harvey Dong say farewell to their beloved Eastwind Books shop.

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  • Arts & Life

A chapter ends for this historic Asian American bookstore, but its story continues

For decades, Eastwind Books was an anchor for the Bay Area's Asian American community. Now, the husband and wife duo behind it have decided to close the shop.

May 09, 2023
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  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • Ailsa Chang,
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  • Book Reviews

'Wild Dances' puts consequences of a long-ago, faraway conflict at center

By ingeniously weaving improbable and conflicting forces that make up his personal history, Eurovision expert William Lee Adams affirms an idea of home that yearns to transcend space and time.

May 09, 2023
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  • Thúy Đinh
Bryan Robinson, author of <em>Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World. </em>

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  • Author Interviews

Advice from a recovering workaholic: break free

How to achieve that hard-to-hit goal of work/life balance? NPR's A Martinez asks Bryan Robinson, author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World.

May 08, 2023
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  • Reena Advani
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