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Elizabeth Flock is an independent journalist who reports on justice and gender. She can be reached at elizabethflock@gmail.com

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Arts Jun 27

‘The House of Broken Angels’ is our July book club pick

It’s the story of what happens when one Mexican-American family living on the border comes together for a party -- and a funeral.

Arts Jun 27

‘The Fifth Season’ author N. K. Jemisin answers your questions

N. K. Jemisin, author of our June pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Liz Flock to answer reader questions on “The Fifth Season,” and Liz announces the July book selection.

Arts Jun 27

In Erika Ryann’s voice, the moody sounds of the West

Country-blues musician Erika Ryann talked about the experience of playing in honky tonks out West, writing songs on a tractor or on the road, and how necessary it is to be alone when writing.

Arts Jun 21

YA literature has more LGBTQ characters than ever. Here are 5 books to read

The world of YA is “finally giving LGBTQ+ teens the literature they deserve," New York Public Library’s manager of young adult programs said.

Arts Jun 18

Sometimes readers need to be traumatized, author N.K. Jemisin says

When N.K. Jemisin began writing “The Fifth Season,” the first of a trilogy of sci-fi books, she knew that she would start the story with the end of the world.

Arts Jun 12

How the protests in Ferguson helped inspire this fantasy novel

N.K. Jemisin, author of award-winning fantasy novel "The Fifth Season," says her frustration and anger over the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer "shaped the story, widened the scope."…

Arts Jun 11

This band wants to take ‘rez metal’ beyond the Navajo Nation

For decades, bands like Testify had been largely underground, but their music has become more visible.

Arts Jun 03

How secret languages thrive behind bars

Prison language, or language created by inmates while incarcerated, has a long and vivid history, and is likely as old as the modern prison itself.

Arts Jun 03

Discussion questions for ‘The Fifth Season’

Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is N.K. Jemisin's "The Fifth Season." Here are some questions to guide your reading.

Arts May 31

5 novels about climate change to read now

A new crop of writers have sought to depict what a future world might look like if humans don’t do something.

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