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The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow

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'The Once And Future Witches' Will Have You Spellbound

7:00am October 17, 2020

by Jessica P. Wick

Alix Harrow's new book is set in an alternate 19th-century America where the suffragette movement exists alongside a quest to restore magic and end the banishment of witches and witchcraft.

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'Black Sun' Offers A Fantasy Set In Ancient Pre-Columbian Americas

4:59pm October 16, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Rebecca Roanhorse about her new book, Black Sun, which takes inspiration from ancient pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations.

the cover of James Forman Jr.'s "Locking Up Our Own"

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The Complicated Role Of Black Leaders In Shaping The Criminal Justice System

3:00pm October 16, 2020

by Gene Demby

In Locking Up Our Own, James Forman Jr. explains the role that Black leaders, from prosecutors to legislators, have played in mass incarceration—and why it's more complicated than meets the eye.

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Underestimating These 'Maids' Is A Fatal Mistake

7:00am October 15, 2020

by Etelka Lehoczky

Katie Skelly's uncanny new graphic novel retells the real-life story of sisters Christine and Léa Papin, who were working as maids when they brutally murdered their employers.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks on March 2 during a press conference to discuss the first positive case of coronavirus in New York state.

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In 'American Crisis,' New York Gov. Cuomo Gives Halftime Review Of Pandemic Response

6:27pm October 14, 2020

by Audie Cornish

In his new book American Crisis, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo describes how his state battled coronavirus after it became an epicenter — and what he'll do differently going forward.

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The National Road: Dispatches From a Changing America, by Tom Zoellner

'The National Road' Takes Readers On A Trip Through Americana

1:54pm October 14, 2020

by Martha Anne Toll

Teacher and writer Tom Zoellner has logged tens of thousands of miles zigzagging the continent with, a small tent and backpack, investigating American places and themes — metaphors for our country.

A volunteer loads food into a cart at a mobile pantry in Detroit in April 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an uptick in the demand at food banks.

'This Is An Opportunity': Fareed Zakaria On 'Lessons For A Post-Pandemic World'

12:49pm October 13, 2020

by Dave Davies

The CNN host and author says COVID-19 has widened the inequality gap. "The most important piece of what the federal government can do is to stabilize these people's lives with direct aid," he says.

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'Shelter In Place' Is An Ill-Mannered Comedy Of Manners

7:00am October 13, 2020

by Heller McAlpin

David Leavitt's new novel Shelter in Place aims for sparkling social comedy — but it's let down by a cast of privileged, shallow characters you wouldn't want to spend your lockdown with.

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In 'Missionaries,' Phil Klay Explores How 'Wars Bleed Into Each Other'

7:52am October 11, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In a new novel, the National Book Award winner takes readers around the world — from the chaos in Iraq and Afghanistan to turmoil in rural Colombia. It is not a "nice, clean, moral story," he says.

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Author Heather Cabot On 'How Marijuana Went Mainstream'

6:03pm October 10, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Heather Cabot about her latest book, The New Chardonnay: The Unlikely Story of How Marijuana Went Mainstream.

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