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Writer George Pelecanos reads The Washington Post every morning in his home.

Police raided George Pelecanos' home. 15 years later, he's ready to write about it

5:05am February 05, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

Crime fiction author and screenwriter George Pelecanos is known for his gritty realism. His latest short story collection takes that same unsparing look at his own past.

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GennaRose Nethercott on her short story collection 'Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart'

9:58am February 04, 2024

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with GennaRose Nethercott about the power of folklore and her collection of strange and fantastic short stories, "Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart."

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A new coming-of-age film 'How to Have Sex' follows 3 teens on a spring break trip

8:30am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

NPR's Elissa Nadworny asks Molly Manning Walker and Mia McKenna-Bruce about their new coming-of-age film, "How to Have Sex."

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Author discusses the 'toxic' coverage of female celebrities in the 2000s

5:11pm February 03, 2024

Host Scott Detrow speaks with Sarah Ditum about her new book, Toxic: Women, Fame and the Tabloid 2000s.

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C.L. Miller on her debut mystery novel and growing up in the antiques business

8:59am February 03, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with C. L. Miller about her debut mystery set in the English countryside. Its title is "The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder."

A lone shopper heads into a Target store on Jan. 11 in Lakewood, Colo.

Target pulls Black History Month book that misidentified 3 civil rights icons

5:35pm February 02, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

The magnet book mixed up W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson. Target said it will no longer sell the book in stores or online and that it notified the publisher of the errors.

Actors Susan Lawson-Reynolds, Beth Angus, Deborah Ayorinde, and Bethany Antonia in Hallmark's adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

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Hallmark recasts 'Sense and Sensibility' and debuts other Austen-inspired films

1:07pm February 01, 2024

by Carole V. Bell

This month, the network debuts Loveuary, a quartet of films inspired by the creativity and fandom of Regency-era novelist Jane Austen, including Sense and Sensibility with a mostly Black lead cast.

Brittni Robertson Powell, with the New Orleans-based bookstore Baldwin & Co. looks through her choice for Black History Month: I Am Ruby Bridges.

6 books to help young readers learn about Black history

5:00am February 01, 2024

Five authors, librarians and book shop owners suggest turning to literature to help teach kids about Black history, culture and themes for this Black History Month.

Bookmarks event with Black authors aims to empower youth to tell their stories

3:02pm January 31, 2024

by Amy Diaz

A Winston-Salem bookstore and local youth organization are hosting an event this weekend featuring a panel of Black authors and a writing workshop for teens. Their goal is to empower young people.

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Attendees at the One Word Poetry Festival's Youth Poet Laureate Commencement in Rock Hill, S.C., in 2022.

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Academy of American Poets receives its largest-ever donation

12:05pm January 31, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded two grants totaling more than $5.7 million to support the organization's Poet Laureates as well as a national alliance of organizations promoting poetry.