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News Articles: Literature

Valerie Boyd is the editor of 'Bigger than Bravery.'

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Black 'joy and resilience' during the pandemic chronicled in 'Bigger than Bravery'

A new anthology includes work by dozens of Black authors reflecting on the pandemic.

March 28, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Jason Reynolds, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2019, has spent the last three years speaking with students across the United States in his role as national ambassador for young people's literature.

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Literature ambassador Jason Reynolds knows young people have a story of their own

NPR's A Martínez talks to writer Jason Reynolds, who is ending his term as the national ambassador for young people's literature. The Library of Congress appointed him to the post three years ago.

December 13, 2022
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  • Julie Depenbrock
A still from the 1961 Hindi film <em>Kabuliwala</em>,<em> </em>directed by Hemen Gupta.

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This 19th-century short story might help combat racism against refugees today

India's Rabindranath Tagore was the first nonwhite writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. His 1892 story, "The Kabuliwala," fostered empathy for migrants and refugees. It still resonates today.

December 10, 2021
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  • Lauren Frayer
The author and her book.

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Political Rewind: Author, Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Weaves Powerful Story In Her Debut Novel

Friday on Political Rewind: The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois is a big-hearted epic leading us through the generational history of an African American family with deep roots in Georgia. Author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, a National Book Award-nominated poet, tells the story through rich characters and their family ties.

September 10, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
The National Book Foundation released its annual book award longlists on Friday.

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Here Are The 50 Books Nominated for 2020 National Book Awards

There are writers on the longlist in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and young people's literature. Two debut novels are in the running for the fiction prize.

September 18, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
Author Mary Beth Keane joined Virginia Prescott for a virtual author talk series presented by the Atlanta History Center. They discussed her latest book, the New York Times best-seller "Ask Again, Yes."

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Author Mary Beth Keane's 'Ask Again, Yes' Explores Addiction, Mental Illness And Forgiveness

Mary Beth Keane’s 2019 novel Ask Again, Yes was an instant New York Times bestseller, and is now out on paperback. The book follows the families of two...

May 29, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jesse Nighswonger
 Alice Walker stands in front of a picture of herself from 1974 as she tours her archives at Emory University, in Atlanta.

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  • Author Interviews

Author Alice Walker Honored In Hometown Of Eatonton

The town of Eatonton, Georgia, will honor one of its own this weekend: prolific poet, Pulitzer prize winning novelist and activist Alice Walker. The...

July 12, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Peacocks were so beloved by writer Flannery O'Connor that for many they are a symbol of the writer and her work.

In Search Of Flannery O'Connor's Peacocks

Once you turn onto the dirt road leading up to Andalusia, it’s easy to forget that you’re in a college town and not a rural 1950s farmland. Flannery O...

July 03, 2019
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  • Emily Rose Thorne
(Left) Maira Kalman (American, born Israel, 1949), Illustration for What Pete Ate From A - Z (Really!) (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001) (Right) Maira Kalman (American, born Israel, 1949), "When I was seven and sitting in a tree in Henry Hudson Park," 1993

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Author-Artist Maira Kalman's 'Pursuit of Everything' Comes to Atlanta

Maira Kalman is perhaps best known by adults for the now iconic "New Yorkistan" and other covers for The New Yorker , or a dozen books including A nd...

June 19, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Leighton Rowell
E.R. Anderson is the executive director of Charis Circle, the nonprofit associated with Atlanta feminist bookstore Charis Books. Anderson is pictured with colleagues Sara Luce Look and Angela Gabriel.

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  • Books

Southern Reading List: E.R. Anderson From Charis Books

E.R. Anderson is the executive director of Charis Circle , the nonprofit programming arm of feminist bookstore Charis Books and More in Atlanta....

March 19, 2019
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  • Elena Rivera
"Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley" is a holiday update to the classic Austen tale, "Pride and Prejudice."

Jane Austen's 'Pride And Prejudice' Gets A Holiday Update With Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." That's the line that opens Jane...

December 12, 2018
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  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Friday, October 19, 2018

From favorite books to superhero inspirations, we discussed the pop culture that shapes our understanding of self and the world around us. We spoke to...

October 22, 2018
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • and 3 more

GPB Hosts Discuss Fiction, Fantasy, 'Fifty Shades' For The Great American Read

Reading as children and adults shape our sense of self and the world around us. GPB is exploring the country's 100 most-loved novels with the series ...

October 19, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Elena Rivera

The Great American Read Finds America's Favorite Books

The Great American Read has started a national conversation about America's favorite books. For the PBS series, you are invited to join in — and vote —...

August 09, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Thursday, June 7, 2018

Jason Reynolds didn't get through a whole book until he was 17. He's now a bestselling author, and he's trying to change the way young people feel about...

June 07, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 5 more

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