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Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, by Victoria Chang

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'Dear Memory' sees a direct connection between memory and identity formation

5:00am October 13, 2021

by Thúy Đinh

Victoria Chang's lyrical experiment memorably evokes an individual family's time capsule and an artist's timeless yearning to shape carbon dust into incandescent gem.

New book brings foodies on a global culinary adventure

5:28pm October 12, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cecily Wong, one of the co-authors of a new book called Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide. It explores culinary delicacies from every continent.

Cover art for Dear Memory by Victoria Chang

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'Dear Memory' digs into the shame accompanying immigrant silence

10:03am October 12, 2021

Victoria Chang traces her family history through letter writing in her book, Dear Memory. In an NPR interview, she talks facing micro and macro aggressions and staying silent, just like her parents.

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Susan Orlean writes about her fascination with all kinds of creatures in 'On Animals'

5:00am October 12, 2021

by Barbara J. King

Orlean's descriptions of the animals on the Hudson Valley farm where she once lived may evoke a warm feeling — but those of donkeys in Fez and others in her essays may conjure other emotions.

Encore: Book expresses still-fresh feelings about a tumultuous year

5:05pm October 11, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poet Tracy K. Smith about the book she co-edited, There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis, which was published earlier this year.

In November's Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, (written by Tom Taylor, art by John Timms), Jonathan Kent, son of Clark, will get a boyfriend.

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Superman's son, Jon Kent, comes out as bisexual in a new comic. It's a big deal — sort of

5:05pm October 11, 2021

by Glen Weldon

DC Comics announced that Superman's teenage son will be romantically involved with a male friend in a comic to be published in November. It's a growing trend.

Schiff's book explains how Trump's first impeachment altered the political landscape

7:12am October 11, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff about his new book: Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House select committee hearing in July on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Rep. Schiff reveals impeachment regrets, tensions on Capitol Hill after insurrection

4:56pm October 10, 2021

In a wide-ranging interview with NPR's Michel Martin, Rep. Adam Schiff discusses his regrets from President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial and his relationship with his GOP colleagues.

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Chris Hadfield's latest book: 'The Apollo Murders'

8:12am October 10, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to retired astronaut and International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield about his novel, which follows a fictional mission during the Cold War in the early 1970s.

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A delicious Gothic romance strikes just the right balance of heart and horror

5:00am October 10, 2021

by Caitlyn Paxson

The Death of Jane Lawrence asks that age-old question of gothic novels and fairy tales: What do you do if your very attractive husband is hiding a very dark secret in his crumbling manor house?