N.K. Jemisin’s “Broken Earth” trilogy — set in a futuristic world grappling with power, racism and oppression, with a dash of magic thrown in — is rooted in the historical moment we’re now living in.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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So can we empathize with people who become monsters? Derf Backderf — whose teenage self appears in Meyers' film — certainly thinks so.
This is the story of a lonely, disturbed teenager desperately in need of a friend. His name was Jeff. Or as you know him, Jeffrey Dahmer — the serial killer.
Christopher J. Lee says jet lag has become more than a temporarily scrambled body clock. It’s become a way of life.
The refugee crisis is front and center in Germany. So when German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck met a group of African refugees camping out in Berlin, she started asking questions about the lives they were forced to leave behind.
One of the finalists for the National Book Award this year is Min Jin Lee, for her novel "Pachinko."
Author Jacqueline Woodson writes the kind of “black girl narrative” that didn’t exist when she was younger — and she’s always wished she had to read.
Author Min Jin Lee grew up Korean-American and she thought she knew her ancestors. But when she moved to Tokyo, she discovered a history she didn’t know. The history of Koreans in Japan.
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