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In 'What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,' a family struggles with a child's disappearance
Ruthy Ramirez, the 13-year-old middle child of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island, vanished without a trace. But more than a decade later, as the…
3 years, 3 months ago
Margaret Atwood ponders aging, fantasy and George Orwell in 'Old Babes in the Wood'
Margaret Atwood has been writing for a long time – and as she tells NPR's Leila Fadel, the world looks very different today than it did when she star…
3 years, 3 months ago
Two memoirs tell life-altering stories through illustrations
Today's episode focuses on two pretty different graphic memoirs. First, artist Kendra Neely – who survived the 2015 shooting at Umpqua Community Coll…
3 years, 4 months ago
'A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs' is a memoir of the Uyghur experience
Describing home for journalist Gulchehra Hoja is complicated. She's from western China, in the Xinjiang province. But as she tells NPR's Steve Inskee…
3 years, 4 months ago
'All the Beauty in the World' is a museum guard's view on healing through art
Patrick Bringley worked in events planning at The New Yorker – until his older brother got diagnosed with cancer and passed away. That loss led to a …
3 years, 4 months ago
Beth Moore says misogyny pushed her to leave the Southern Baptist Convention
Beth Moore was raised in the Southern Baptist Convention. As an adult, she went on to become an evangelist, teaching Bible studies to women in arenas…
3 years, 4 months ago
In 'Dyscalculia,' Camonghne Felix reckons with heartbreak as a form of trauma
The critically acclaimed poet Camonghne Felix says that people going through breakups are not often treated with the same grace or generosity as thos…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Malcolm Harris take a closer look at wealth and capitalism
Today's episode features interviews with two people who've given a lot of thought to capitalism's role in modern society. First, Sen. Bernie Sanders …
3 years, 4 months ago
In 'My Selma,' Willie Mae Brown recalls growing up during the Civil Rights Movement
Willie Mae Brown was a little girl in Selma, Alabama in the 1960s. In her new YA book, My Selma, she recalls growing up during the height of the Civi…
3 years, 4 months ago
In 'The Darker the Night,' a murder in Glasgow unravels a political investigation
Early on in The Darker the Night, the debut thriller from NPR producer Martin Patience, an investigative reporter links a murder in Glasgow to a sign…
3 years, 4 months ago