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Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023

In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.

February 04, 2023
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  • Thomas Lu

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'Hot Dog' wins Caldecott, Newbery is awarded to 'Freewater'

Hot Dog, by Doug Salati, is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach. Freewater, by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is about two enslaved children finding freedom.

January 30, 2023
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By:
  • Teresa Xie and
  • Elizabeth Blair
"The crowds chasing us in <em>A Hard Day's Night </em>were based on moments like this," McCartney writes. "Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas."

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  • Music

For the Beatles-obsessed, here are 3 never-before-seen photos from 1964

When the Beatles embarked on the tour that helped launch the British Invasion in 1964, Paul McCartney had a 35mm camera on hand to help document the history-making mayhem.

January 25, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson
Ilyon Woo, the author of <em>Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.</em>

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Ilyon Woo's new book explores the relentless pursuit of freedom

In "Master Slave Husband Wife," Ilyon Woo describes the story of Ellen and William Craft escaping slavery.

January 24, 2023
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  • Reena Advani

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  • Book News & Features

After 30+ years, 'The Stinky Cheese Man' is aging well

Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith created The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales in 1992. They remember their work on the classic children's book and how their partnership began.

January 22, 2023
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  • Samantha Balaban
Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, in May 2022. Johnson has signed a deal to write a memoir of his tumultuous time in office.

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Boris Johnson lands a deal to write memoir of his turbulent time as prime minister

It will be a prime ministerial memoir "like no other," publisher HarperCollins said. The former U.K. leader's time in office began with a vow to "get Brexit done" and ended in scandal and resignation.

January 16, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Author George M. Johnson wrote <em>All Boys Aren't Blue,</em> which is on the American Library Association's list of most banned books.

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Author George M. Johnson: We must ensure access to those who need these stories most

All Boys Aren't Blue, a memoir for teens and young adults about growing up Black and queer, appeared on many "best books" lists when published in 2020. It's being challenged in some U.S. counties.

January 11, 2023
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  • George M. Johnson
Russell Banks' 1985 breakout novel, <em>Continental Drift, </em>was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He's pictured above in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2007.

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Novelist Russell Banks, dead at age 82, found the mythical in marginal lives

The novelist, activist and short story writer explored the lives of the marginalized and the powerless in American life. He was known for his books, Cloudsplitter, Affliction and Continental Drift.

January 10, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
A person at home in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, watches Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by ITV's Tom Bradby during "Harry: The Interview," two days before his controversial autobiography "Spare" is published, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

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In TV interview, Prince Harry says his book is a bid to 'own my story'

Prince Harry spoke to British and U.S. television to promote his book, "Spare," which has generated incendiary headlines with its details of private emotional turmoil and bitter family resentments.

January 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Author Maia Kobabe wrote <em>Gender Queer,</em> which is on the American Library Association's lists of most banned books.

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  • Perspective

Author Maia Kobabe: Struggling kids told me my book helped them talk to parents

In 2020, Gender Queer was given a Stonewall Honor and an Alex Award and was headed for a fourth printing. By spring of 2022 it topped the ALA's list of most challenged books.

January 04, 2023
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  • Maia Kobabe
Author Jerry Craft wrote <em>New Kid,</em> which has faced challenges in some school districts.

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Author Jerry Craft: Most kids cheer for the heroes to succeed no matter who they are

New Kid won the Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. But the book has been challenged in some school districts for content related to race.

December 28, 2022
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  • Jerry Craft

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Georgia Today: Hawks president stepping down, Georgia's WWII Heritage City, NE Georgia airport rehab

On the Friday Dec. 23 edition of Georgia Today: the Atlanta Hawks' president is stepping down, Georgia has a new World War II Heritage City, Gainesville's airport is getting a makeover 

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Nikki Grimes, the winner of the ALA Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, has written more than 100 children's books.

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  • Author Interviews

2022 was a good year for Nikki Grimes, who just published her 103rd book

The winner of the ALA Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement has written more than 100 children's books. Her latest, about the pandemic, is called Garvey in the Dark.

December 23, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Book News & Features

GPB morning headlines for December 22, 2022

Temperatures will drop into the mid teens overnight and stay that way through the weekend. 

State and local officials are opening warming centers to help those without adequate housing, but there may not be enough beds for everyone.

Wearing masks and staying home contributed to historically low case counts for seasonal respiratory viruses during the last flu season. And now that it’s the holidays and more people are gathering, several respiratory viruses are adding to COVID-19’s disease burden.

December 22, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Author Susan Kuklin wrote <em>Beyond Magenta,</em> which is on the American Library Association's lists of most banned books.

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  • Perspective

Author Susan Kuklin: These teens wanted to let other kids know 'they are not alone'

When Beyond Magenta hit shelves in 2014, little had been written or said publicly about transgender and nonbinary teens. The book received positive reviews. By 2015, it was being challenged.

December 21, 2022
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  • Susan Kuklin
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