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Remembering Nikki Giovanni, poet and icon of the Black Arts Movement
Renowned poet and professor Nikki Giovanni died earlier this week at age 81, following a third cancer diagnosis. She was a prolific writer and leader in the Black Arts Movement, publishing poetry col…
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Author of Wampanoag history discussed her children's book and erasure
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story is a 2023 history book for middle school readers about the tribe's first encounters with English settlers. In the early 17th century, European contact set off yea…
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There is such a thing as too much quality time in Weike Wang's 'Rental House'
Tensions are running high for married couple Keru and Nate, who decide to rent a house in Cape Cod, sharing it with each set of parents at different points of a month-long trip. Their vacation seems …
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2 new nonfiction books explore the impact of cultural forces in the world of music
Two new nonfiction books explore the impact of cultural forces in the world of music. First, a number of musicians, including B.B. King, Ed Sheeran, Jewel and Tracy Chapman, began their careers as st…
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Haruki Murakami's longtime editor spills the tea on working with the master
Lexy Bloom first read Haruki Murakami in the '90s, when she picked up A Wild Sheep Chase. At that point, not much of the Japanese author's work had been published in English. But Bloom often read his…
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In new memoir, Angela Merkel details her time as Germany's first woman chancellor
Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany through a number of global challenges: a pandemic, a migrant crisis and military aggression. But she also had to consider dilemmas that were specific to …
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A game design company has mysterious forces at play in the new YA thriller 'Darkly'
Author Marisha Pessl has always loved puzzles and board games. She's intrigued by the feeling of forced companionship that comes from solving a puzzle together. Her new novel, Darkly, follows a teen …
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In comedian Youngmi Mayer's new memoir, laughter is a lifeline
Comedian, writer and podcast host Youngmi Mayer was raised in Korea and Saipan with a Korean mom and a white American father. Their relationship was strained at times as Mayer navigated her family's …
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'Pig Years' and 'What the Chicken Knows' consider the interior worlds of farm animals
Today's books take readers into the secret lives of farm animals. The first, Pig Years, is a memoir by the writer Ellen Gaydos, who began working as a farmhand at 18 years old. In Pig Years, she writ…
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A new cookbook from food journalist Mark Bittman invites kids into the kitchen
Cooking with young kids can be a mess, but embracing this idea is the point of Mark Bittman's new cookbook. In How to Cook Everything Kids, the journalist and author makes the case that inviting youn…
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