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How Judy Blume's 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' remains so timeless

4:22pm April 28, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret centers around adolescent girls' angst about puberty. Blume's 50-year-old tragicomedy of that awkward, in between stage seems to be timeless.

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Dennis Lehane's 'Small Mercies' is a crime thriller that spotlights rampant racism

7:03am April 28, 2023

by Gabino Iglesias

While set in Boston's Southie in 1974, the story is incredibly timely. It's at once a crime novel, an unflinching look at racism, and a heart-wrenching tale about a mother who has lost everything.

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'We Are A Haunting' is a stunningly original, beautiful novel of devotion

11:48am April 27, 2023

by Michael Schaub

Tyriek White's debut novel is a triumph; it's a gorgeous book about loss and survival that gives and gives as it asks us what it means to be part of a family, of a community.

Photographer's decade-long, 600,000 mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

10:42am April 27, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Matika Wilbur about her new book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America.

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Writer Neil Gaiman (center) makes music with FourPlay (L-R: Peter Hollo, Shenton Gregory aka Shenzo Gregorio, Lara Goodridge and Tim Hollo)

Writer Neil Gaiman debuts his first music album with an Australian string quartet

6:27am April 27, 2023

by Olivia Hampton

British writer and comic book author Neil Gaiman launches first studio music album with Australia's FourPlay String Quartet.

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Children doing arts and crafts in 2022 El Día de los niños, El Día de los Libros event. Photo courtesy of Beth Bowles

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Greensboro's public library celebrates El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros

4:00pm April 26, 2023

by Eileen Rodriguez

El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros is a festival for both English and Spanish-speaking residents of Greensboro.

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Triad author shares family connection to famous 19th century murder trial

2:44pm April 26, 2023

by David Ford

The great-great-grandfather of Triad resident Susie Pollock was intimately involved in one of the most

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How private equity firms are widening the income gap in the U.S.

1:35pm April 26, 2023

by Terry Gross

Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson explains how private equity firms buy out companies, then lay off employees and cut costs in order to expand profits. Her new book is These are the Plunderers.

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'The Skin and Its Girl' ponders truths, half-truths, and lies passed down in families

8:20am April 26, 2023

by Ilana Masad

Sarah Cypher's debut novel ponders how stories can unite or divide as narrator Betty considers a big decision with her great-aunt Nuha's own mysterious life — and the tales she told — in mind.

Parton's inspiration is a small French bulldog named Billy.

Dolly Parton talks about her new children's book — and standing up to bullies

6:27am April 26, 2023

The music star talks about writing for children, standing up to bullies, and why her program to deliver books to children meant so much to her dad.

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