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The Tattered Cover's location in Littleton, Colo.

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Denver's Tattered Cover Becomes Nation's Largest Black-Owned Indie Bookstore

6:47pm December 10, 2020

by Petra Mayer

The beloved local chain, founded in 1971, has had a rough year, including severe revenue losses during the pandemic. Its new owners are led by two Denver natives and self-described high school rivals.

Pandemic Forces Musician Richard Buckner In A Different Direction

6:22am December 10, 2020

by Chad Campbell

Singer-songwriter Richard Buckner has a debut book of non-fiction poetry. It's called: Cuttings from the Tangle.

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Lawyer Combats America's 'Huge Crisis' Of Mass Incarceration

1:39pm December 09, 2020

by Terry Gross

Brittany Barnett works on behalf of people serving harsh sentences as a result of the war on drugs. Nine of her clients have been granted clemency. Her new memoir is A Knock at Midnight.

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Micheal Ward and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn are strangers who connect on the dance floor in Lovers Rock.

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'Fresh Air' Critic Revisits The TV, Books And Movies That Helped Ease Lockdown

1:39pm December 09, 2020

by John Powers

From Lovers Rock to The Good Lord Bird, the titles on John Powers' year-end list didn't simply distract; they also delved into enduring questions of freedom, dignity and survival.

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2020 Book Concierge: Ailsa Chang Picks 'Everything Sad Is Untrue' By Daniel Nayeri

8:43pm December 08, 2020

by Ailsa Chang

To celebrate the launch of NPR's 2020 Book Concierge, each All Things Considered host will share a favorite book. Ailsa Chang's is Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri.

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Bob Gruen calls this 1970 photograph of Tina Turner "one of the best pictures I've ever taken."

Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

1:39pm December 08, 2020

by Dave Davies

Gruen has photographed countless rock stars, including the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and John Lennon. "For me, rock 'n' roll is all about freedom," he says.

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IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives by Chris Stedman

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'IRL' Author Says It's OK That We're Spending So Much Of Our Lives Online

1:14pm December 07, 2020

In a new book, Chris Stedman asks what it means to be real in a time when humans are interacting in digital spaces more than ever.

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British children's author Roald Dahl, as pictured in 1971. Thirty years after his death, Dahl's family has apologized for the author's anti-Semitism.

Roald Dahl Family Apologizes For Children's Author's Anti-Semitism

8:42pm December 06, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The apology, which appeared as a note on the official Roald Dahl website, comes 30 years after the author's death.

A field of pitcher plants are nestled in a bog within the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Ben Raines calls pitcher plants "carnivorous wonders" because they draw most of their nutrients from insects they kill and digest.

On A Tour Of 'America's Amazon,' Flora, Fauna And Glimpses Of Alabama's Past

8:24am December 06, 2020

by Debbie Elliott

A trip through the Mobile-Tensaw Delta offers a little bit of everything, from iris fields and gators, to Civil War history and the wreck of the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America.

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2020 Book Concierge: Books For History Lovers

7:55am December 06, 2020

From NPR's 2020 Book Concierge, we offer four book recommendations for history buffs.