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Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors.
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Simon & Schuster, one of the biggest names in publishing, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. How will the company reckon with industry challenges?
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The International Booker Prize celebrates fiction that's been translated into English. This year's shortlist, announced Tuesday morning, features books in six languages from three continents.
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As the daughter of immigrants, Jessica Echevarria says she never saw herself represented in books growing up.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks about how women can get the health care they need with Dr. Sharon Malone, author of the new book, Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell about their anthology of horror stories from Black writers with the racial and gender representation they've longed for in the genre.
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In "The Little Regent," a little girl ends up ruling her West African village in an empowering story about breaking from tradition.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with climate change advocate and novelist Lydia Millet about her first nonfiction book: We Loved It All: A Memory of Life.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Garrard Conley about his new novel All the World Beside.
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Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they are about performing domestic duties; there was even a minivan prototype with a washer/dryer inside.