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'Lessons for Survival' thinks about parenting through social and environmental crises
As a parent, how do you navigate – and feel hope – raising kids through a pandemic, a climate crisis and with police brutality in the news? That's th…
2 years, 4 months ago
Colm Tóibín's long-anticipated sequel to 'Brooklyn' is 'Long Island'
The writer Colm Tóibín says he never meant to write a sequel to his 2009 novel Brooklyn. But an image came to him years later, of his protagonist fro…
2 years, 4 months ago
Chanel Miller's new children's book follows lost socks in New York City
Chanel Miller's first book was a critically acclaimed memoir about her sexual assault and the following trial. But she always wanted to write and ill…
2 years, 4 months ago
Rachel Khong's new novel explores who gets to be 'Real Americans'
Real Americans, the new novel by Rachel Khong, spans generations and decades within a family to understand the ongoing struggle to make sense of race…
2 years, 4 months ago
For Mother's Day, two books that tackle motherhood
This weekend is Mother's Day, a good occasion to reflect on the art of parenting. First, comedian Glenn Boozan speaks to Celeste Headlee on Here and …
2 years, 4 months ago
In 'Soil,' Camille Dungy weaves together gardening, race and motherhood
For poet Camille Dungy, environmental justice, community interdependence and political engagement go hand in hand. She explores those relationships i…
2 years, 5 months ago
Two mothers clash over integration in 'What's Mine & Yours'
At the center of author Naima Coster's novel What's Mine & Yours are two struggling mothers. Jade is a Black single mother who is trying to provide a…
2 years, 5 months ago
Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'
Poet Ocean Vuong's collection,Time Is A Mother, is about his grief after losing family members. Vuong told NPR's Rachel Martin that time is different…
2 years, 5 months ago
'The Three Mothers' who paved the way for three extraordinary men
It's almost Mother's Day – so today, we learn about the women who raised some of history's most important men in The Three Mothers: How the Mothers o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Two books analyze the highs and lows of baseball
Today's episode is all about America's favorite pastime: baseball. First, NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sports writer Joe Posnanski about his book Wh…
2 years, 5 months ago