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Novelist Claire Messud excavated her family history. A fictional book is our reward

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Novelist Claire Messud comes from a family of writers. Her latest novel is inspired by her grandfather's handwritten book. In it, she excavates generations of family history through fiction.

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Brittney Griner is still working on forgiving herself from guilt of detention

Monday, May 06, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with WNBA star Brittney Griner on her new memoir Coming Home and returning to the U.S. after being detained in Russia.

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Brittney Griner recounts 'degrading' and 'dirty' conditions of Russian detention

Monday, May 06, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with WNBA star Brittney Griner about her new memoir, Coming Home.

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Secretary Blinken talked economy, security and AI during trip to China

Friday, April 26, 2024

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's leader Xi Jinping. Washington and Beijing are engaging in talks over issues of economic development, global security, AI and more.

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Ashley Judd says the #MeToo movement isn't going anywhere

Friday, April 26, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ashley Judd, who came forward in 2017 with allegations about Harvey Weinstein, about the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction in New York.

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Wrexham football club, welcome to League One

Monday, April 15, 2024

The Welsh soccer club famously owned by North American actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have earned another promotion. Next year Wrexham AFC will play in the third division of English football.

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NPR staffers share their favorite memoirs from the 2023 Books We Love list

Sunday, December 31, 2023

We have five biography and memoir suggestions from NPR's Books We Love: "Spare," "Congratulations! The Best is Over," "Sunshine," "Thicker Than Water," and "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult."

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After revealing her family secret, Kerry Washington reflects on what was gained

Monday, October 02, 2023

In her new memoir, Kerry Washington explores how a shocking discovery about her identity changed her relationship with her parents and her own children.

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In conversation with Kerry Washington on her new memoir – Part II

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Part II of NPR's Juana Summers' conversation with actress Kerry Washington about her new memoir, Thicker Than Water.

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In conversation with Kerry Washington on her new memoir – Part I

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Part I of NPR's Juana Summers' conversation with actress Kerry Washington about her new memoir, Thicker Than Water.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel talks Google's legacy and its future on its 25th anniversary

Monday, September 04, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, about Google's 25th anniversary, and how the company's past and current challenges bode for its future.

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As Hurricane Idalia approached the Florida coast, not everyone decided to evacuate

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians have had to make a choice this week as Hurricane Idalia neared the state, heeding evacuation orders or staying put at home.

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Neera Tanden talks about how the Biden administration's price drug cuts will work

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Biden's domestic policy advisor, Neera Tanden, about the administration's plan to lower the price of certain prescription drugs under Medicare.

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People who participated in the March on Washington remember it on its 60th anniversary

Monday, August 28, 2023

Monday marks 60 years since the 1963 March on Washington. Some 250,000 people gathered around the Lincoln Memorial, including A. Peter Bailey, Courtland Cox and Edith Lee-Payne.

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Slew of new landownership bills are reminiscent of anti-Asian Alien Land Laws

Monday, August 28, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with legal expert Edgar Chen about the recent slew of legislation aimed at restricting U.S. land ownership for Chinese citizens and businesses.

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Presidential photographer says Trump Mugshot will be 'most published photograph ever'

Friday, August 25, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who has photographed 10 U.S. presidents, about former President Trump's mugshot.

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Kate Zernike's book explores the long battle for gender equality at MIT

Monday, August 21, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Kate Zernike about her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.

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These poems by Latin American women reflect a multilingual region

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. So she created a new multilingual project centered on Latin American women.

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The works of a hundred Latin American women are compiled in this new anthology

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

The new anthology, Daughters of Latin America compiles the works of more than a hundred writers from the region.

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A deal to get imprisoned Americans home prompts concerns on what Iran gets in return

Friday, August 11, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer about what Iran will get in return for the release of four Americans from the notorious Evin prison.

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