WBUR Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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With “Atomic Anna,” @rbarenbaum has created a saga that manages to be both sweeping and riveting. For literature critic Carol Iaciofano Aucoin, it’s time travel done right: https://t.co/9PEzptkNHi

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In her new memoir, 'The Light We Carry,' former First Lady Michelle Obama shares her philosophy on the relationships we have with our partner, our family and ourselves. 'You have to evolve with it,' she says. https://t.co/XJSCo9nX2K

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Books by Roald Dahl are being edited to remove words that could be deemed offensive. Dahl wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Matilda," "James and the Giant Peach" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox." https://t.co/XQztLtZ8li

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Roughly 15 years before Herman Melville introduced the world to Moby Dick, a whaling ship from Massachusetts sank near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Researchers believe they have now found it: https://t.co/oZFDJE1deM

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Audiobooks to make your summer road trip fly by: 🗣️ “Wow, No Thank You.: Essays” by Samantha Irby 🗣️ “The Last Black Unicorn” by Tiffany Haddish 🗣️ “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel https://wbur.fm/3NEIeii

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ESSAY: "The censorship is transforming Florida into the dystopian society of Ray Bradbury’s novel, "Fahrenheit 451," where new ideas are not tolerated and books are hunted and burned," writes H. L. M. Lee. https://t.co/pB9GM5YEHd

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Concord-based novelist Stona Fitch once worked for a high-end watch company. He walked away from it with an idea for a novel about a watch that could kill people. https://t.co/b4qP4iQmHK

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Charles Schulz, the creator of "Peanuts," passionately believed in girls' and women's sports. Arguably the most popular cartoonist of his day, he used his platform to promote Title IX. https://t.co/dEJTiaF1Ce

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Plump with pain, the story of a little Black girl's desire for blue eyes amid trauma and racism still finds a way to center love and compassion in Lydia R. Diamond's stage adaption of Toni Morrison’s "The Bluest Eye" at the @huntington https://wbur.fm/3gqBaHj

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This year's awards went to "Hot Dog," by Doug Salati, which is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach; and "Freewater," by Amina Luqman-Dawson, about two enslaved children finding freedom. https://t.co/zvzGOZIvAs