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In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force

Daniel Olivas's novel puts a new spin on the age-old Frankstein story. In this retelling, 12 million "reanimated" people provide a cheap workforce for the United States...and face a very familiar type of bigotry.

Wed May 8, 2024 10:05
Colm Toibin vowed to never write a sequel. Until 'Long Island'

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island. His main character opens her front door to a stranger who accuses her husband of having an affair with his wife.

Wed May 8, 2024 01:18
Brittney Griner shares her experience behind bars in Russia

Brittney Griner didn't know the flight she was taking to Moscow in February 2022 would upend her life. But even before she left for the airport, Griner felt something was off. It was a premonition that foreshadowed a waking nightmare. She had accidentally left two vape cartridges with traces of cannabis oil in her luggage. What followed was nearly...

Wed May 8, 2024 01:08
'Long Island' renders bare the universality of longing

In a heartrending follow-up to his beloved 2009 novel, Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín handles uncertainties and moral conundrums with exquisite delicacy, zigzagging through time to a devastating climax.

Tue May 7, 2024 22:07
Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison

The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."(Image credit: Aris Messinis)

Tue May 7, 2024 20:45
Neoliberal economics: The road to freedom or authoritarianism?

Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's new book argues the road to tyranny is paved not by too much, but by too little government.

Tue May 7, 2024 13:39

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