Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

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Cara Bastone's 'No Matter What' is a romance novel that begins with a separation

Cara Bastone says she wanted to write a book filled with miscommunications that couldn’t be solved with a quick conversation. In her novel No Matter What, Roz and Vin navigate a changing relationship after the couple endures a traumatic accident. In today’s episode, Bastone speak ...  Show more

In 'The Mixed Marriage Project,' Dorothy Roberts works through her dad's archive

After the death of her father, sociologist and law professor Dorothy Roberts decided to sort through his boxes. What she found was an archive of notes related to his research on interracial marriage, which he saw as a means to dismantle white supremacy. Roberts’ new memoir The Mi ...  Show more

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