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Our October 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Paul…
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American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize
American poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her "candid and uncompromising" work, becoming the…
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Steven Greenhouse, author of our September pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown…
‘Helping Children Succeed’ is our October book club pick
Our October 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Paul…
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The American Library Association compiled a list of 100 books that have been most subjected to censorship efforts over the…
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This book of breast cancer survival stories seeks to foster solidarity
Even amid the pandemic, the threat of cancer looms significant. Estimates suggest that more than 42,000 people will die from…
How one historic labor strike embodies the fight for dignity
Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse's "Beaten Down, Worked Up."
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First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17
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