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Feb 05

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Iranian American writer discusses new novel about struggling with survivor’s guilt

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet, Alexa Gold

In 1988, amid the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. military accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial passenger jet, killing all 290 people aboard. That real-life tragedy sets in motion the fictional events in the new novel “Martyr!” a young Iranian American…

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Jan 24

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New book ‘Madness’ documents the racism of a Jim Crow-era mental health facility

By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Satvi Sunkara, Alexa Gold

Crownsville Hospital in Maryland was one of the last segregated mental asylums in the country. Thousands of Black patients came through the overcrowded, understaffed hospital and many died there. NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton began looking into the facility a…

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Dec 30

Watch 5:58
What to know about Iowa’s ban on school books, LGBTQ+ topics halted by a judge

By Lisa Desjardins, Kaisha Young, Andrew Corkery

A federal judge in Iowa has temporarily blocked key parts of a state law that would ban books from school libraries if they depicted a “sex act.” The law also bars teachers from discussing gender identity and sexuality before seventh…

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Dec 19

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Church leader hopes hand-written and illustrated Bible can heal religious divides

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster

When the printing press was invented nearly 600 years ago, it put an end to centuries of hand-written manuscripts in which scribes, mostly in monasteries, tediously wrote and illustrated sacred texts, such as the Bible. Fred de Sam Lazaro revisits…

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Dec 15

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Critics discuss their favorite books of 2023

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

With the holidays upon us, you may be hunting for gifts for book lovers in your life. To help narrow down the list, Jeffrey Brown speaks to two NewsHour regulars for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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Dec 15

Here’s a dozen books from 2023 you should read, critics say

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

As the year comes to a close, we’re sitting down with book critics to discuss some of the best books released in 2023. NPR’s Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz share their…

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Dec 14

Watch 7:24
Rush frontman Geddy Lee reflects on his music and life in a new memoir

By Lisa Desjardins, Courtney Norris, Ethan Dodd

The Canadian band Rush achieved big success across 40 years, from the 70s into the 2000s, driven by musicianship and eclectic, lyrical content. After the death of drummer Neil Peart in 2020, singer and bass guitarist Geddy Lee stepped away…

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Nov 26

Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with ‘Prophet Song,’ novel set in dystopian version of Ireland

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war.

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Nov 10

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‘Invisible Generals’ chronicles little-known history of 1st Black U.S. generals

By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Satvi Sunkara

A new book explores and honors the legacy of two exceptional American veterans whose contributions have gone largely unknown, until now. In “Invisible Generals,” author Doug Melville recounts his family history and tells the barrier-breaking stories of the country’s first…

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Nov 06

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New book ‘This is War’ offers unique lens on the impact of war

By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrián Aranda

Corinne Dufka spent more than two decades documenting human rights abuses when she led the West Africa division at Human Rights Watch. In the 1980s and ‘90s, she covered some of the world's most brutal conflicts as a war photographer.

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