Jul 03 Watch 5:52 How Brian Fies used art to process a devastating wildfire By John Yang, Kira Wakeam For award-winning writer and cartoonist Brian Fies, life will forever be divided into before and after October 9, 2017 -- the date Northern California’s devastating Tubbs Fire devoured his home. In its aftermath, Fies felt compelled to process the trauma… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 6:56 A memoir of musical reverence to A Tribe Called Quest By Amna Nawaz Pioneering hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest crossed musical genres, influenced other artists and delivered social commentary. Their unique sound and chemistry earned them decades of commercial and critical success. A memoir by poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib reveals… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 4:10 Drag Queen Story Hour offers a different kind of page-turner By Julia Griffin Children’s story hours are intended to instill a love of reading in young kids. But one reading program also seeks to spread messages about self-love, acceptance of others and appreciation of diversity: Drag Queen Story Hour, a national organization that… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 7:04 Book recommendations for every kind of summer reader By Jeffrey Brown This summer, many vacationers will be packing a good book along with their sunscreen and towels. NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and The Washington Post’s Carlos Lozada join Jeffrey Brown to review a collection of the season’s best reads, including novels that… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 6:39 ‘The Fifth Season’ author N. K. Jemisin answers your questions By Elizabeth Flock 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. Continue watching
Jun 14 10 books besides ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ that tackle racial injustice By Joshua Barajas, Victoria Pasquantonio The 1960 novel is a perennial reading assignment for many students, but there are many other great books that tackle similiar topics, educators say. Continue reading
May 31 5 novels about climate change to read now By Elizabeth Flock A new crop of writers have sought to depict what a future world might look like if humans don’t do something. Continue reading
Apr 17 Long-lost Franz Kafka works could emerge after messy legal battle By Aron Heller, Associated Press A long-hidden trove of unpublished works by Franz Kafka could soon be revealed following a decade-long battle over his literary estate that has drawn comparisons to some of his surreal tales. Continue reading
Mar 01 Read a chapter from ‘The Uninhabitable Earth,’ a dire warning on climate change By Joshua Barajas David Wallace-Wells doesn’t pull any punches about the effects of climate change. In his new book, “The Uninhabitable Earth,” the author takes humans — us — to task for our complacency. The opening line isn’t too comforting either: “It is… Continue reading
Jan 09 Why we still need paper maps By Vicky Stein "Maps can take you places that you wouldn’t think to go," said Betsy Mason, coauthor of the book "All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey."… Continue reading