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The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood, by Krys Malcolm Belc

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Labeled 'Mother' When Not A Mother At All: On Being A Non-Binary Gestational Parent

6:30am June 15, 2021

by Britni de la Cretaz

In his debut The Natural Mother of the Child, Krys Malcolm Belc credits the pregnancy and birth of his son with helping him decide to transition.

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Inspired By Northern Ireland, Poet Tess Taylor Suggests 'Art As Civic Repair'

5:36am June 15, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with poet Tess Taylor, discussing her proposal for the U.S. moving political division through the arts.

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Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) runs a corner bodega and dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic in In the Heights.

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'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

2:59pm June 14, 2021

by Terry Gross

Ramos says Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical In the Heights filled him with hope. Now he's starring — and singing and dancing and rapping — in the film adaptation.

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The Summer of Lost Letters, by Hannah Reynolds

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'Lost Letters' Lead To New Love — And Hard Choices — In This YA Romance

6:00am June 14, 2021

by Alethea Kontis

Hannah Reynolds new YA romance The Summer of Lost Letters follows teenaged Abby's quest to learn more about her grandmother's past — and a possible love affair captured in mysterious letters.

How To Be A Citizen: Being Involved In Civic Life At A Young Age

9:21pm June 13, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two youth organizers, Calla Walsh and Thomas Chaplain, about how to get involved with civic life when you're too young to vote.

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Sunday Puzzle: 7 Famous Letters

8:23pm June 13, 2021

by Will Shortz

Listener Debbi Samuels of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Scott Detrow.

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Tom Hanks recently wrote an essay in The New York Times urging more widespread teaching of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The Oscar winner has built a career on movies about American white men doing the right thing.

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Opinion: Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist

8:27am June 13, 2021

by Eric Deggans

TV critic Eric Deggans says the Oscar-winning actor whose career has been rooted in films based on U.S. history needs to take responsibility for helping dismantle the notion of white exceptionalism.

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Rose Byrne Gets 'Physical' In Newest Series

7:56am June 13, 2021

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor Rose Byrne about her new Apple TV+ series, Physical. Set in the 1980's, it's about a woman in a dysfunctional marriage who finds renewal through aerobics.

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Tiny Desk Contest Winner Tarriona Bell On When Poetry Says What Music Cannot

7:56am June 13, 2021

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with recording artist and Tiny Desk Contest winner Tarriona Ball about her first book of poetry, Vulnerable AF.

"Things were really hard around the time I drew this, I was exploring my family's relationship with one another," Jackie says. "This one of my mom: I thought a lot about her hands. Her hands are the hands of a laborer. After a life of labor these hands ar

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Photos: 2 Cantonese Women Share Their Immigrant Journey

6:32am June 13, 2021

by Shuran Huang

Portraits of two women living the Chinese American immigrant experience give insight into the complexities of their lives that defy stereotypes.