NPR's Book of the Day
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897 Episodes
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Danica Roem reclaims her own story in her memoir 'Burn the Page'
Published: 5/2/2022 -
Two memoirs that celebrate the influence of Black female artists
Published: 4/29/2022 -
A retelling of the Book of Genesis with God as a woman in 'Let There Be Light'
Published: 4/28/2022 -
'How to Be a Woman Online' tackles online harassment against women
Published: 4/27/2022 -
A queer, Afrofuturistic world in 'The Memory Librarian'
Published: 4/26/2022 -
Mortality, politics, and the power of poetry in Colm Tóibín's 'Vinegar Hill'
Published: 4/25/2022 -
For Earth Day, two books rethink how we talk about environmental crises
Published: 4/22/2022 -
Humor, horror and social commentary blend in Percival Everett's detective novel
Published: 4/21/2022 -
How Delia Ephron let herself fall back in love after heartbreak
Published: 4/20/2022 -
Reinventing the epic with 'The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois'
Published: 4/19/2022 -
Virtual memories live in 'The Candy House'
Published: 4/18/2022 -
A Douglas Stuart double feature! 'Shuggie Bain' and 'Young Mungo'
Published: 4/15/2022 -
In 'Lessons in Chemistry,' a chemist is the star of ... a cooking show?
Published: 4/14/2022 -
How to manage a disaster in 'The Devil Never Sleeps'
Published: 4/13/2022 -
Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Published: 4/12/2022 -
Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'
Published: 4/11/2022 -
Maud Newton and Jhumpa Lahiri interrogate one's place in the world
Published: 4/8/2022 -
Viet Thanh Nguyen follows Pulitzer winning 'The Sympathizer' with 'The Committed'
Published: 4/7/2022 -
'The Vortex' investigates how climate catastrophes can have unexpected consequences
Published: 4/6/2022 -
'Booth' looks at the family life of President Lincoln's notorious assassin
Published: 4/5/2022
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