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Marianne Wiggins had started to write her latest book Properties of Thirst when she had a stroke in 2016.
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Today, two children's books that touch on a little bit of everything: from pets and illustrations to managing complicated emotions.
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Patriarch Leo Chao is murdered at his restaurant at the beginning of Lan Samantha Chang's new novel The Family Chao.
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Author Emma Straub has written a book about family dynamics and the mess and love that comes with them in All Adults Here.
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There is a common hurdle for many first generation immigrants: feeling out of place. Whether that's in school, speaking a different language, or living through parents' expectations.
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Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker are old enough to remember Jim Crow in the South. But they recognize the part of the country they grew up in for both its flaws and its significant role in the history of the country.
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Author Dan Chaon wanted to find a way to write about current times – instability, fear, political division – by creating an alternate version of America.
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You've probably seen it: Reese Witherspoon playing ambitious, throat-cutting Tracy Flick in the 1999 movie Election. It's the film adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name. Now, Perrotta has written a sequel called Tracy Flick Can't Win.
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Leslie Fenwick is a nationally-known education policy and leadership studies scholar at Howard University. In her new book, Jim Crow's Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership, Fenwick argues that the landmark Brown Versus the Board of Education decision ending legal segregation in American schools also resulted in the mass firing, or demotion, of Black principals and teachers.
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Keri Blakinger says there are no rules behind bars. In 2010, she was arrested on a drug charge and spent two years in prison. And although that statement might sound counterintuitive, Blakinger says that inside the prison, no one is watching when it matters.
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Trauma isn't finite. It doesn't happen only to one person – and its effects on people and communities don't always end.