Writer Milan Kundera donating archive to Czech library
Milan Kundera, the 91-year-old author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and other acclaimed novels, has decided to donate his…
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Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about ‘Citizen’
Claudia Rankine, author of our July pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown…
How this poet shows the way ‘racism hits the body’
In her book "Citizen," the poet Claudia Rankine aims to show readers how Black people experience racism in their everyday…
In writing about Trayvon Martin, this poet saw the history of systemic racism
In crafting her elegy for Trayvon Martin, poet Claudia Rankine sought to draw on the larger narrative of "terrorization, violence…
‘Magic School Bus’ author Joanna Cole dies at age 75
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How a natural disaster prompted this poet to focus on race in America
Our July 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Claudia Rankine's "Citizen."
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How anti-racism is a treatment for the ‘cancer’ of racism
The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor have sparked a renewed dialogue on racism in America. Reform…
Discussion questions for ‘Citizen’
Our July 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Claudia Rankine's "Citizen."
Tell-all book by Trump niece will be released sooner than previously planned
The revised date, announced Monday, came after a New York appellate court cleared the way for the book's publication following…
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A book that teaches children ‘Why We Stay Home’
The uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic has upended the daily lives of children across the globe, leaving parents and caregivers…
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