What to read, listen to and watch to learn about institutional racism
The myriad consequences of institutional racism is a matter of national conversation and reflection. This list is just a starting…
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5 book covers that show how Ann Petry’s ‘The Street’ was depicted over time
Ann Petry's "The Street" was the first novel by a black woman to sell more than a million copies. But…
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Tayari Jones answers your questions about ‘The Street’
Author Tayari Jones wrote the introduction to a new edition of Ann Petry's 1946 novel "The Street," our May pick…
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Author Lawrence Wright on ‘eerie parallels’ between the pandemic and his new novel
Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote "The End of October" before the…
Why a 1946 novel resonates with today’s working-class struggles
In Ann Petry's 1946 novel "The Street," which chronicles an African American woman's pursuit of the American dream, the main…
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Little libraries become food pantries during COVID-19
When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries,…
New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic
More than 80 poems are included in an anthology, "Together In a Sudden Strangeness," coming in e-book and audio formats…
How Tayari Jones discovered an ‘undersung American masterpiece’
Our May 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Ann Petry's "The Street."
Discussion questions for ‘The Street’
Our May 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Ann Petry's "The Street."
Struck by virus, comic book industry tries to draw next page
The comic book shop has long been a wall-to-wall repository for tales of world-threatening cataclysms and doomsday dystopias but it…
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