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3 Crackling Young Adult Reads To Welcome Fall

7:01am September 16, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Time to put down the beach reads and pick up some substantive, immersive new young adult books — from a monstrous fantasy, to a refugee's tale, to a story that brings new meaning to haunted houses.

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'Homesick' Is A Boundary-Expanding Story Of Devotion And Growing Up

10:12am September 15, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Accomplished translator Jennifer Croft's first non-translated work is a hybrid, mixing photography and impressionistic autobiographical writing to tell the story of Croft's artistic coming of age.

Philip Connors has spent 17 summers as a fire lookout in the Gila National Forest. Lookouts are the eyes in the forest, even as the forests they watch have changed, shaped by developers, shifting land management policies and climate change.

A Fire Lookout On What's Lost In A Transition To Technology

8:30am September 15, 2019

by Nathan Rott

The number of manned fire lookouts in the U.S. is dwindling, as technology is increasingly used to spot and monitor wildfires. But can technology replace a human watch?

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Carolina De Robertis On 'Cantoras'

7:46am September 15, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Carolina de Robertis about her new novel, Cantoras, which traces the lives of five queer Uruguayan women whose lives are threatened by a brutal dictatorship.

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Shannon Hale And LeUyen Pham On 'Best Friends'

7:46am September 15, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with author Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham about their new graphic novel for kids, Best Friends.

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'The Divers' Game' Depicts An Unimaginably Unjust, All Too Believably Cruel World

7:01am September 15, 2019

by Jason Heller

In author Jesse Ball's universe, which runs too closely parallel to our own, human worth has been reduced, negated, argued out of existence. But it has left an echo, one with a haunting symphony.

Rose McGowan On Lisa Bloom Memo In New Book, 'She Said'

6:03pm September 14, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Rose McGowan about revelations in the new book She Said, which confirm McGowan was targeted for harassment by Harvey Weinstein's legal team.

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Don't You Forget About Me, by Mhairi McFarlane

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'Don't You Forget About' This Charming, Deliciously Dramatic Romance

10:00am September 14, 2019

by Denny S. Bryce

Mhairi McFarlane's latest follows the unfortunate, aimless Georgina as she deals with her father's death, a bad boyfriend and a worse job — until her first love unexpectedly walks back into her life.

What Happened To The American Dream? 'Transaction Man' Aims To Explain

8:01am September 14, 2019

by Bradley Babendir

Nicholas Lemann's book seeks to put into context the turn that, little more than a decade ago, led to a caving economy — and takes a look at where things have gone since.