New book shares lessons about policing from a volunteer officer

Posted on February 17, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re willing to bet that few people have matched the kind of research that Rosa Brooks did for her new...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

How Beverly Jenkins became the queen of Black historical romance

Posted on February 11, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Any author who can boast of popular and profitable books has put years (decades, maybe) of hard work and persistence...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, Historical fiction, NPR, Romance

Why actors David Duchovny and Ethan Hawke also want to write

Posted on February 2, 2021 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Not everyone is a fan of celebrities who pursue fields other than the ones that originally made them famous. But...

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Ida B. Wells's great-granddaughter has written a new book about her

Posted on February 2, 2021 at 10:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us can imagine, even if we didn’t meet them, that our great-grandparents lived through challenging times and hopefully...

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Kristin Hannah discusses her new book, "The Four Winds"

Posted on February 2, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last week, we noticed a Kristin Hannah book on the New York Times bestseller list and thought “huh, we missed...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, The New York Times

Actress Cicely Tyson talks about her memoir days before her death

Posted on January 29, 2021 at 9:37 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We were sorry to hear that actress Cicely Tyson died yesterday at age ninety-six. But we were also impressed at...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Pop culture

Author Janice Nimura shares lessons from pioneering female doctors

Posted on January 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Janice Nimura’s new book, The Doctors Blackwell, comes at a doubly fitting time. It’s about, obviously, a pair of doctors...

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Tagged As: Author interview, History, Nonfiction, NPR

Romance novelists on why their genre is so hot

Posted on January 12, 2021 at 2:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The romance genre has always been a popular and lucrative one, but it hasn’t always received much respect for those...

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Tagged As: Author interview, NPR, Politics, Romance, The Guardian, TV adaptation

Today’s releases: “Nick” and “Keep Sharp”

Posted on January 5, 2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR has interviewed the authors of two books that hit shelves today: Nick and Keep Sharp. The former, by Michael...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Classic literature, Nonfiction, NPR

New book: Taste your Christmas tree, instead of tossing it

Posted on January 4, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Haven’t managed to take your Christmas tree down yet? You can pretend that there’s a reason besides inertia: that you...

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