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News Articles: Books

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'Secret Identity' is a masterful 1970s literary mystery

Alex Segura's mystery-thriller features a queer Cuban-American artist fighting against the patriarchy and dodging bullets in the desperate, male-dominated world of comics.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Carole V. Bell
Yevgenia Belorusets is a writer and photographer living in Kyiv.

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  • Arts & Life

In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced

Belorusets' book Lucky Breaks, written in the aftermath of Russia's previous assault into Ukraine in 2014, was published in English this month. The author remains in Kyiv producing art as war rages.

March 16, 2022
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  • Andrew Limbong
Marie Yovanovitch is sworn in on Nov. 15, 2019, prior to providing testimony as part of the inquiry that led to President Donald Trump's first impeachment. Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

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  • Europe

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine

Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Her new memoir is Lessons From the Edge.

March 16, 2022
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

Three YA fantasies take you on a journey — at home

These three YA fantasies offer up creative magic systems and mythologies, stakes as high as they come, and girls with the grit to get it done.

March 16, 2022
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  • Caitlyn Paxson

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  • Book Reviews

Poetry collection 'Customs' is rooted in un-rootedness

In her highly anticipated second collection, Solmaz Sharif examines the language of rules — exploring conformity and naming losses. Migration, borders, and displacement are constants in these poems.

March 16, 2022
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  • Jeevika Verma

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  • Books

'a Year & Other Poems' examines the passing of time alongside the passing of grief

In her third poetry collection, 2019 Pulitzer-finalist Jos Charles examines time and what it means to mourn — and how knowing that there is an "after" can teach us to embrace it.

March 15, 2022
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  • Jeevika Verma

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  • Book Reviews

'One For All' is a gender-bent retelling of 'The Three Musketeers'

In Lillie Lainoff's YA novel, a teen with a chronic illness aims to follow in the forthright footsteps of her father, a former Musketeer.

March 15, 2022
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  • Alethea Kontis

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  • Book Reviews

Virginia Hamilton's 'liberation literature' continues to open doors for young readers

Hamilton was the most award-winning YA author in American literary history, and the first Black author to win a Newbery Medal. A new collection showcases five of her most haunting novels.

March 15, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Economy

The Strange Billionaire Who Revolutionized The Bond Market

A new book looks at the rise and fall of "The Bond King." It's a wild ride.

March 15, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Seth Meyers tells the story of his second son's dramatic birth in his Netflix stand-up special<em> Lobby Baby.</em>

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  • Television

Too scared or not scared enough? Seth Meyers explores our relationship with fear

Meyers has satirized issues in the news ever since he became an anchor on SNL's "Weekend Update" segment in 2006. Now he has a new children's book about fear — and how we acknowledge or ignore it.

March 14, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
The Swimmers, by Julie Otsuka

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  • Book Reviews

Still waters run deep in 'The Swimmers,' a brilliant novel about routine and identity

In Julie Otsuka's novel, a rag-tag group of regulars is disrupted when a crack appears at the bottom of the community pool. The Swimmers explores how mundane routines shape our days.

March 14, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Robert Redford starred in a classic crime caper of the 1970s, <em>The Sting,</em> before Paramount Pictures considered him to play an Italian-American mafioso in <em>The Godfather</em>.

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  • Movies

Imagine 'The Godfather' with a completely different cast? Could've happened

Imagine Robert Redford or Ernest Borgnine as the Godfather. On the 50th anniversary of the film, the author of Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli describes the movie that could've been.

March 14, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Manhunt,' a virus turns anyone with enough testosterone into a feral beast

Told from a trans perspective, Gretchen Felker-Martin's debut novel is a fresh, stomach-turning take on gendered apocalypse.

March 14, 2022
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By:
  • Liam McBain

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  • Book Reviews

'Body Work' argues for the power of personal narratives

Melissa Febos' book in itself is an example of the strength of personal narrative; it's also an argument for how such narratives inevitably create space for community as well as a freer self.

March 14, 2022
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  • Ilana Masad
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2019.

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  • Book Reviews

Marie Yovanovitch reflects on disinformation and her removal as ambassador to Ukraine

The career diplomat's memoir is a front row seat to the disinformation campaign that ultimately saw her removed from post, and offers insight into the post-Soviet Union politics of Russia and Ukraine.

March 13, 2022
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  • Caitlyn Kim
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