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Poet Saida Dahir On 'The Walking Stereotype'
Source: NPREighteen-year-old Muslim Somali refugee Saida Dahir is an activist and hopes to inspire as a spoken word artist. Her debut poetry album is The Walkin... Read More
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'Black Card' Wrings Humor And Pathos Out Of A Serious Situation
Source: NPRChris L. Terry draws on his own experiences for this story about an unnamed biracial man whose attempts to hold on to both his white and black identit... Read More
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Sensible Footwear by Kate Charlesworth review – an instant classic
Source: The GuardianThis joyous personal history of British LGBTQ life leaves no stone unturned, from Nancy Spain to section 28, D’Oyly Carte to Last Tango in Halifax Fif... Read More
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In Pittsburgh, a Bookstore Where ‘Freewheeling Curiosity’ Reigns
Source: NYTAt a shop that at times functioned as a sanctuary after the Tree of Life shooting, the owner sees his job as “a moral obligation.”... Read More
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The Week in Books
Source: NYTTéa Obreht’s new novel, Barack Obama’s summer reading list and more.... Read More
BREAKING
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The Unsettling of Europe by Peter Gatrell review – the messy truth about migration
Source: The GuardianA history of immigration in Europe is a useful reminder that the issue has always been mired in political controversy When I first worked on migration... Read More
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Shelf Life by Livia Franchini review – quirky, awkward and fresh
Source: The GuardianA shopping list assumes symbolic power in this engaging if flawed tale of post-relationship life When Neil, Ruth Beadle’s boyfriend of 10 years, leave... Read More
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Behind the Screen review – inside the social media sweatshops
Source: The GuardianSarah T Roberts’s vital new study demonstrates how online content moderation is a global industry that operates on the back of human exploitation “All... Read More
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Reader, I downloaded him: boom times for the literary long listen
Source: The GuardianWhether on Radio 4 or Amazon Audible, the appetite for classic works in audio form has never been greater Four hours of Beatrix Potter, 10 hours of Ma... Read More
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Louise Doughty: ‘I can’t bear anything chicklitty or girly’
Source: The GuardianThe novelist on why her new heroine is a ghost trapped at Peterborough station, writing a book aged 11, and what she’d say to Emily Brontë Louise Doug... Read More
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Book clinic: what can I read to look cultured when I go to Cambridge?
Source: The GuardianZadie Smith and Martin Amis will give you something interesting to contribute to any conversation Q: What books should I read before I start universit... Read More
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Bassey Ikpi On 'I'm Telling The Truth, But I'm Lying'
Source: NPRNPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and spoken-word artist Bassey Ikpi on her essays about growing up and dealing with mental illness.... Read More
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