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Author Interviews

The Billion-Dollar Romance Fiction Industry Has A Diversity Problem

No black author has ever won its top prize. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks about the issue with Alisha Rai, author of the Forbidden Hearts series.

Fire shoots out from a Baltimore store on Gay Street as looting erupted in a five-block business section in Baltimore on April 6, 1968. Police sealed off the area. AP hide caption

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1968: How We Got Here

50 Years Ago Baltimore Burned. The Same Issues Set It Aflame In 2015

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50 Years Ago Baltimore Burned. The Same Issues Set It Aflame In 2015

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Pastor Ron Russell, 70, watches as members of his church practice their aim during a concealed carry lesson. Marianne Natoli for NPR hide caption

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Armed At Church: Why This Congregation Is 'Not A Gun-Free Zone'

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Kali Uchis' major label debut pulls from the singer's Colombian roots and incorporates her love of funk, pop and bossa nova. Interscope Records hide caption

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Music Interviews

Kali Uchis Finds Her Peace In 'Isolation'

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Kali Uchis Finds Her Peace In 'Isolation'

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Central American migrants taking part in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan toward the United States, arrive in Mexico, on Friday where they will attend a legal clinic with NGOs on human rights. President Donald Trump tweeted his condemnation of the caravan. Jose Castanares/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Salvadoran Woman Missed Her U.S. Court Date. What Happens Next?

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Books stacked in a library. The Romance Writers Association issued a statement earlier this week criticizing their own history of excluding black authors from RITA prizes. Guillermo Legaria/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Author Interviews

The Billion-Dollar Romance Fiction Industry Has A Diversity Problem

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The Billion-Dollar Romance Fiction Industry Has A Diversity Problem

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Judy Norsigian, executive director and founder of Our Bodies, Ourselves, speaks behind a copy of the women's health guide at the National Press Club in 2012. Robert MacPherson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Book News & Features

Feminist Health Guide 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Will Stop Publishing

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Feminist Health Guide 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Will Stop Publishing

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