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Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis

Tufts University became the first major university to strip the Sackler name from its buildings in 2019. Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption

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Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis

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Empire of Pain author Patrick Radden Keefe says the Sackler family has "thrown a lot of energy" into trying to thwart his reporting about the family's involvement in the opioid crisis.

Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis

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'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks
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'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks

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Dawnie Walton's sly narrative is a story about music, race and family secrets that spans five decades, centering on an interracial rock duo who strike it big in the early '70s.

'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks

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A Picture Book About Children At The Border Aims To Spark Family Conversations

Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz includes a child's account of crossing the Rio Grande. (Excerpted from Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz. Foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek; Compiled by Warren Binford; Workman Publishing. Copyright 2021.) Adriana Campos/Workman Publishing hide caption

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A Picture Book About Children At The Border Aims To Spark Family Conversations

The new children's book Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz pulls from the author's interviews with migrant children detained in U.S. facilities in 2019.

John Boehner On The 'Noisemakers' Of The Republican Party

John Boehner, pictured in 2016, was speaker of the House during the Obama presidency. He says he sometimes went along with things he personally opposed because it was what members of his party wanted. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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John Boehner On The 'Noisemakers' Of The Republican Party

Boehner was the Republican speaker of the House during much of the Obama presidency. His new memoir recounts his time leading House Republicans — even if that meant doing things he personally opposed.

John Boehner On The 'Noisemakers' Of The Republican Party

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In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream

In Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975, Thompson looks back on difficult memories that turned into familiar songs. Paul Morigi/Getty Images hide caption

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In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream

Richard Thompson, a British musician who somehow avoided pop stardom throughout his career, has just written about his early days in a new memoir called Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice.

In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream

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For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'

Cookbook author Reem Kassis says that many foods that are considered Middle Eastern or Israeli actually originated as Palestinian dishes. Dan Perez/Phaidon Press hide caption

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For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'

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Reem Kassis began gathering family recipes after the birth of her first child. The recipes, she says, "could be the story of any and every Palestinian family." Her new book is The Arabesque Table.

For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'

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In 'Caul Baby,' A Rare Gift Becomes A Double-Edged Sword
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In 'Caul Baby,' A Rare Gift Becomes A Double-Edged Sword

In Morgan Jerkins' novel, a family of Black women has a gift; they're born with a caul, a layer over their skin that protects them from harm. They can share and sell the caul — which brings trouble.

In 'Caul Baby,' A Rare Gift Becomes A Double-Edged Sword

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A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother's Shadow In 'Libertie'
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A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother's Shadow In 'Libertie'

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What if a child doesn't share a parent's ambition? Kaitlyn Greenidge's novel is inspired by the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, the third Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.

A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother's Shadow In 'Libertie'

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