In a powerful memoir, poet Joy Harjo talks about finding her voice and using it

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'Football' and 'Everybody Loses' examine changes to America’s most popular sport

The Super Bowl is over, but the NFL season is set to ramp up again in just a few months. Today’s episode features two nonfiction books that delve into the world of football. First, Chuck Klosterman’s Football is a critical reading of the sport. He spoke with NPR’s Juana Summers a ...  Show more

A new book focuses on a queer, Black, WWII-era translator who risked safety for love

About a decade ago, professor and historian Ethelene Whitmire was presenting research on the experiences of African Americans living in Denmark. At that talk, she met – by chance – a relative of Reed Peggram, one of her research subjects. That relative directed Whitmire to a trov ...  Show more

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