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New children's book gets kids to grasp the vastness of the universe

5:34pm October 14, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Noelia González the author of the children's book Glow, A Family Guide to the Night Sky and the host of NASA's Spanish language podcast Universo Curioso de la NASA.

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Elena Kostyuchenko's 'I Love Russia' is a memoir about being a journalist in the country

8:03am October 14, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Elena Kostyuchenko about her memoir, "I Love Russia."

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Raul Palma on his debut novel 'A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens'

8:03am October 14, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon Speaks with Raul Palma about his debut novel, "A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens."

Louise Glück attends the National Book Awards on Nov. 19, 2014, in New York City.

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Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück dies at 80

5:45pm October 13, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and Poet Laureate of the United States from 2003-2004 was 80 years old.

In Blackouts, Justin Torres plays with fact and fiction.

In 'Blackouts,' one writer brings America's hidden queer history to the forefront

2:37pm October 13, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

In Blackouts, Justin Torres plays with fact and fiction, and calls into question whose story gets told.

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'Curlfriends: New In Town' reminds us that there can be positives of middle school

11:49am October 13, 2023

by Tahneer Oksman

The first volume in author-artist Sharee Miller's debut YA graphic novel series reminds us of the many possibilities and excitements interwoven within the challenging years of early teenagerhood.

LeVar Burton hosted the National Book Awards in 2019. He'll host again this year, replacing Drew Barrymore.

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LeVar Burton to replace Drew Barrymore as host of National Book Awards

10:15am October 13, 2023

by Andrew Limbong

Barrymore was originally set to host American literature's glitziest night, until she announced her talk show would be returning during the Writers Guild strike.

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This book is an exploration of care through family, friends and food

6:57pm October 12, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Bryan Washington about his new book, Family Meal.

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'A Man of Two Faces' is a riveting, one-stop primer on Viet Thanh Nguyen

5:35pm October 12, 2023

by Thúy Đinh

The Sympathizer author's memoir is cocky and riveting — self-consciously constructed as if written for a standup audience and serving as a generous, one-stop primer for his fiction and scholarly work.

The front page of The Washington Post newspaper from Aug. 6, 2013, the day after it was announced that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had agreed to purchase the newspaper from the Graham family.

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Legendary editor Marty Baron describes his 'Collision of Power' with Trump and Bezos

5:21pm October 12, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Baron became executive editor of The Washington Post in 2013, just a few months before Jeff Bezos bought the paper. He predicts a second Trump presidency would be a "government of vengeance."

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