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"I have a lot to think about the relationship between mourning, between grieving, and between pain, generally speaking, and bilingualism and living in a different language," says Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza about Death Takes Me, her newly translated novel. Penguin Random House. hide caption
Language as protagonist in Cristina Rivera Garza’s newly translated novel
'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones
After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs
Rare book collector Rebecca Romney holds The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, published in 1794. The novel is among the archives that inspired Jane Austen's Bookshelf, Romney's new book on the women writers who influenced Austen. Valerie Plesch for NPR hide caption
In 'Jane Austen's Bookshelf,' read about the women writers who shaped the novelist
The Kennedy Center on Aug. 13, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later
Author Eric Puchner's new novel, Dream State, is about a love triangle that tests the decades-long friendship of two college friends. Justin T. Gellerson for NPR hide caption
Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks Penguin Random House hide caption
Salman Rushdie presented his book Knife at El Ateneo Library, in Madrid on May 20, 2024. Cesar Luis de Luca/Picture alliance/Getty Images hide caption
Tom Robbins, at a 2014 reading of his memoir Tibetan Peach Pie at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton, Ore. Alex Milan Tracy/AP hide caption
Kids' books author Mac Barnett is the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Chris Black/Library of Congress hide caption
What Mac Barnett has planned as the new LOC ambassador for young people's literature
'Coming to New York' stories are alive and well in these two new books
Brittany Newell's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Joyland and Playgirl. Shane Thomas/Macmillan hide caption
A pro dominatrix and novelist says empathy, curiosity and bravery are key to both jobs
The popular fantasy author has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct. Evan Agostini/AP hide caption
What's behind the decline of reading? Getty hide caption
Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel 'Mothers and Sons'
Reid Hoffman speaks onstage during The AI Optimist Club at WIRED Celebrates 30th Anniversary on Dec. 5, 2023, in San Francisco. Kimberly White/Getty Images for WIRED hide caption
LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman discusses his new book 'Superagency' on the future of AI
Fireworks light up the sky over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Feb. 11, 2024. Louise Delmotte/AP hide caption
A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history
Bookshop.org's new e-book platform, as seen on an iPad. Courtesy of Bookshop.org hide caption