Brooklyn Public Library's Tibetan story time shines online

Posted on 03/04/2021 at 02:18 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us have found ourselves thinking back to this time a full year ago, when it became apparent that...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Libraries, NPR

Read excerpts from "Klara and the Sun"

Posted on 02/23/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Can’t wait to get your hands on Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest work? Good news: he has released a few different excerpts...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, NPR, The Guardian

The lessons of "The Tale Of The Mandarin Duck" by Bette Midler

Posted on 02/18/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready for another inspirational children’s book about a newsworthy bird? Award-winning entertainer Bette Midler has delivered it: The Tale Of...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, NPR, Pop culture

New book shares lessons about policing from a volunteer officer

Posted on 02/17/2021 at 08:00 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 02/11/2021 at 02:00 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 02/02/2021 at 04:00 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Not everyone is a fan of celebrities who pursue fields other than the ones that originally made them famous.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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Tagged As: Author interview, NPR, Pop culture

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

Posted on 02/02/2021 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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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

Actress Cicely Tyson talks about her memoir days before her death

Posted on 01/29/2021 at 09:37 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

New books feature the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways

Posted on 01/27/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This year, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, there truly is a book about the horrors of this genocide for all...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Historical fiction, NPR, The Guardian, Young adult literature

Author Janice Nimura shares lessons from pioneering female doctors

Posted on 01/22/2021 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