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In ‘The Emperor of Gladness,’ Ocean Vuong explores chosen family and acts of kindness

By Jeffrey Brown, Kayan Tara

Arts Dec 30

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10 of the best books of 2024, according to these experts

Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, recap their highlights.

By Jeffrey Brown

Arts Jun 20

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Need a summer read? Here are 17 books from our experts

If you’re lucky enough to have a quiet place to retreat from the heat this summer, we’ve got a symphony of suggestions for novels and nonfiction to keep you entertained.

By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson

Arts Aug 09

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Author Mohsin Hamid explores the construct of race in his new novel ‘The Last White Man’

A work of imagination asks us to see race in a new way from a novelist once again taking on magical realism in his fiction. Jeffrey Brown talks with Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."…

By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet

Arts Dec 30

Author Ling Ma answers your questions about ‘Severance’

The author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club answered questions submitted by readers about her novel.

By Courtney Vinopal

Apr 16

‘The Plague’ perfectly captures the risk in returning to normal

By Dr. Howard Markel

It's the most vexing phase of an epidemic -- once an illness peters out, healthy people begin to place it in the past.

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Sep 03

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New novel ‘A Terrible Country’ rediscovers Russia and its paradoxes

In the new novel "A Terrible Country," young, Soviet-born Andrei Kaplan is struggling in his academic career and getting over a breakup, when he returns to Russia to care for his aging grandmother. Jeffrey Brown talks with author Keith Gessen…

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Apr 13

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This political insider’s thriller novels predicted U.S. election interference

A foreign country attempts to influence the outcome of an American election -- before the 2016 election, it was the plot of a new novel by Ohio's Democratic Party chairman. Now David Pepper returns with a second book,"The Wingman," which…

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Feb 20

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In ‘An American Marriage,’ a wife feels imprisoned by her husband’s wrongful incarceration

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“An American Marriage” explores the bonds of love in extreme circumstances, against a larger background of race and mass incarceration. Author Tayari Jones joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about her new novel, set in Atlanta and written in letter form,…

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Dec 08

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It can be really uncomfortable to talk about abortion. Here’s why we should

By Brit Bennett

When you write a novel about abortion, says author Brit Bennett, you will have a lot of conversations with strangers about abortion. It’s made her realize how rarely we talk about it as a human experience. What if we approached…

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