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Human Observer
Pulitizer Prize winner Leonard Pitts tackles the politics of the human condition in his debut novel and collection of columns.
No More “Reading Rainbow”? Say It Ain’t So!
Apparently the program that showed children why reading is important, isn't actually all that important.
Changing Minds: The Youngest of the Little Rock Nine Talks Justice
More than fifty years later, Carlotta Walls LaNier of the Little Rock Nine discusses integration, a post-racial America, and finally telling her story.
Reading List: The Cross-Cultural Edition
Want to travel to another country? Be introduced to a new culture? Consider these multicultural titles.
Incarcerated & Read: Coming of Age in Prison
R. Dwayne Betts spent nine years in prison. His new memoir chronicles his coming of age and path toward published writer.
What is Bill Clinton Reading?
Is reading a lost art? Interested in reading a book by Laura Ling that'll discuss her captivity? Books on the Root asks these and other literary-related questions.
Victor LaValle's Big Machine
Author Victor LaValle discusses and reads from his new book "Big Machine."
It is Okay to Put a Black Face on a Book Cover! Publisher Changes Its Mind
Maybe black faces on covers sell books after all.
HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: A Poet Responds
"Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica," a new multimedia project featuring the work of poet Kwame Dawes aims to show the full lives of people who face the disease daily.
