NPR's Short Wave: 'An Outsider's Guide to Humans'

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'We the Women' and 'Rise, Girl, Rise' are stories about revolutionary women

To mark Women’s History Month, today’s episode features new books focused on women who have paved the way for gender equality. First, journalist Norah O’Donnell documents untold stories in American history in We the Women, written in collaboration with Kate Andersen Brower. In to ...  Afficher plus

'One of Us' is a British political drama based on the Boris Johnson era

In today’s episode, Elizabeth Day describes the protagonist in her new novel One of Us as the “quintessential outsider.” Martin Gilmour came from a difficult background, but won a scholarship to an elite boarding school in England. There, he befriends an aristocratic boy named Be ...  Afficher plus

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