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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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Memoir Offers Advice On 'How To Raise A Feminist Son'

Sonora Jha, author of How to Raise a Feminist Son. Sonora Jha hide caption

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Memoir Offers Advice On 'How To Raise A Feminist Son'

A feminist son, says author Sonora Jha, means "a boy who believes in the full humanity of women and girls around him." It also means recognizing that as they grow older, they can be led by women.

Memoir Offers Advice On 'How To Raise A Feminist Son'

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Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place

"Queer people love country music," singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile says. "... We just don't think that it's going to open its doors to us. And when it does, it's wildly satisfying." Austin Hargrave/AUGUST hide caption

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Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place

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The six-time Grammy winner got her start as a kid, singing backup for an Elvis impersonator. Her new memoir, Broken Horses, is about her early life and the family she's built.

Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place

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Through Decades Of Addiction, Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him

Hunter Biden, at the time serving as board chairman of World Food Program USA, with then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2016. Hunter Biden says his addictions worsened after his brother Beau's death in 2015. Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images hide caption

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Through Decades Of Addiction, Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him

Hunter Biden's new memoir is a story of his years of alcohol and drug addiction. He tells NPR that the one constant was the love of his family: "Their light was never not seeking me out."

Through Decades Of Addiction, Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him

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Old Ways Cradle A New Life In 'I Sang You Down From The Stars'
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Old Ways Cradle A New Life In 'I Sang You Down From The Stars'

Caldecott Medal-winning artist Michaela Goade's Tlingit heritage her illustrations for I Sang You Down From the Stars, about a woman following Indigenous customs as she prepares for motherhood.

Old Ways Cradle A New Life In 'I Sang You Down From The Stars'

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