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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, by Damon Young

'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker' Is A Powerful Look At One Black Man's Life

5:19pm March 26, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Writer, critic and humorist Damon Young chronicles his efforts to endure the battles that come with being black; the beauty of his book is that he never tries to make it comfortable for his audience.

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MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book 'Biased'

4:46pm March 26, 2019

MacArthur Genius recipient Jennifer Eberhardt has a new book, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do.

German Owners Of Krispy Kreme To Donate $11M After Learning Extent Of Nazi Past

3:44pm March 26, 2019

by David Rising, Associated Press

Women look at tributes left at the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the March 15 massacre at two mosques.

Author Says New Zealand Massacre Points To A Global Resurgence Of 'Extremism'

3:24pm March 25, 2019

by Terry Gross

J.M. Berger, who studies extremist movements, warns that white nationalism is a growing phenomenon worldwide — with many in the movement drawing inspiration from President Trump.

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German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this image of the Earth reflecting light from the sun while aboard the International Space Station July 17, 2014.

New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth

2:05pm March 25, 2019

by Adam Frank

David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth and Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth offer valuable perspectives on climate change — if we're committed to being adult enough to face the future.

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Arts

'Sing To It' Is Worth The Wait

7:00am March 25, 2019

by Michael Schaub

Amy Hempel's first book of new material in 14 years showcases her immense talents as a fiction writer. It's a powerful collection of stories about uneasy, unmoored, even desperate people.

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'Miranda In Milan:' No Woman Is An Island

10:00am March 24, 2019

by Elizabeth Graham

Katharine Duckett's new novel picks up where Shakespeare's Tempest left off, following sorceror's daughter Miranda to her new life as a court lady — a life which proves darker than she'd hoped.

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9 First-Person Perspectives Give Voice To 'The Other Americans'

8:13am March 24, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The narrators in Laila Lalami's new novel have one thing in common: They've all "had the experience of dislocation," Lalami says. Together, they form a mosaic of race and class in America.

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'Giraffes On Horseback Salad' Tells The Lost Story Of Harpo Marx And Salvador Dalí

7:00am March 24, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

When Salvador Dalí met Harpo Marx, he was so infatuated that he wrote a treatment for a surreal Marx Brothers film, Giraffes on Horseback Salad. The film didn't fly, but this graphic novel does.

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'What Doesn't Kill You' Navigates The Challenges Of Existing While Black

8:59am March 23, 2019

by Scott Simon

Damon Young's new memoir is full of pointed, thoughtful, barbed and funny essays about the ways race has affected his life, and the lives of his family — and about his hopes for the next generation.