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'The Big Myth' breaks down pro-market, anti-government propaganda in the U.S.
The Big Myth, a new book co-written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, details the rise of free market capitalism in the 19th century and its long-…
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Nathan Hill's 'Wellness' examines marriage, parenthood and polyamory
Nathan Hill's novel Wellness starts with a blossoming romance between two artists in Chicago's underground scene. Twenty years later, they're married…
2 years, 9 months ago
Susan Kuklin and Maia Kobabe's books explore gender identity throughout adolescence
Today's episode features interviews with two authors whose books on trans and queer gender identity are facing challenges in school districts across …
2 years, 9 months ago
Art Spiegelman reissues 'Breakdowns' with new perspective on book bans
Author and cartoonist Art Spiegelman is familiar with the hysteria surrounding certain library books. In today's episode, he tells NPR's Scott Simon …
2 years, 9 months ago
'All Boys Aren't Blue' honors coming of age as a queer Black boy
Author George M. Johnson says they knew their memoir, All Boys Aren't Blue, would be challenged by school boards – but they didn't realize just how m…
2 years, 9 months ago
In 'New Kid,' a Black seventh grader navigates a new school
Jordan Banks, the protagonist of New Kid, is a seventh grade student who loves to draw and hopes to one day become a cartoonist. But the graphic nove…
2 years, 9 months ago
Bans on books like 'Out of Darkness' target authors of color
Professor Ashley Hope Pérez's book Out of Darkness explores school segregation in 20th century Texas through a fictional love story between a young A…
2 years, 9 months ago
Novels by Hila Blum and William Landay unravel family mysteries
Today's episode is all about figuring out the moment things went wrong between family members – and how the fallout has long lasting effects on every…
2 years, 9 months ago
'Others Were Emeralds' is a coming-of-age story confronting racism in Australia
In today's episode, Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes and author Lang Leav bond over growing up in Australia, and navigating racism and anti-immigrant sen…
2 years, 9 months ago
Sandeep Jauhar's memoir explains how Alzheimer's works – and how it affected his dad
As a physician, Sandeep Jauhar had a certain understanding of Alzheimer's. Then, when the disease was impacting his own father, more and more questio…
2 years, 9 months ago