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How the protests in Ferguson helped inspire this fantasy novel

By Elizabeth Flock

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.

By Elizabeth Flock

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‘The Fifth Season’ is June’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club

In N.K. Jemisin's Hugo Award-winning fantasy novel "The Fifth Season," the world is menaced by environmental catastrophe, and its inhabitants struggle to survive.

By Elizabeth Flock

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