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Through politics, fiction and her latest novel, Stacey Abrams aims to inspire action
Avery Keene has unraveled international conspiracies and investigated mysteries involving the Supreme Court, but now she's focused on what could be a…
11 months, 1 week ago
'No Sense in Wishing' and 'Hit Girls' consider the way culture shapes identity
Two new books explore how culture shapes our identity. First, Lawrence Burney's essay collection, No Sense in Wishing, is an appreciation of the arts…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
After 20 years, Mary Jo Bang has completed her translation of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
About 20 years ago, Mary Jo Bang read a poem that inspired her to take on a translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. At first, she began with just three…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark Kurlansky's novel 'Cheesecake' was inspired by a recipe from ancient Rome
In Mark Kurlansky's novel Cheesecake, a Greek family living on Manhattan's Upper West Side sets out to follow a recipe dating back to ancient Rome. W…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
In her new memoir, Hala Alyan searches for home amid a family history of exile
Palestinian American writer Hala Alyan has a personal history of exile. Over the years, the author and her relatives have been displaced from their h…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Aisling Rawle's 'The Compound' follows characters on a semi-dystopian reality TV show
Aisling Rawle's The Compound explores reality television as a kind of dystopia. In the novel, a group of men and women live on a compound in the midd…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
New biographies look at the careers of designers Claire McCardell and Virgil Abloh
Two new books look at the lives and careers of designers who revolutionized American fashion. First, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is out with Claire Mc…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
'Trailblazer' is a memoir by Carol Moseley Braun, first Black woman elected to Senate
Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. She was both the first Black woman and Black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first female…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Liane Moriarty on her novel 'Here One Moment' and on writing 'women's fiction'
In Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment, a woman on a flight from Tasmania to Sydney, Australia looks around at her fellow passengers and reveals how eac…
11 months, 3 weeks ago