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Psychotherapist: Miscarriages Are Isolating And We Don't Talk About Them Enough

August 8, 2019 - 5:50am

In an interview with Kate Archer Kent on "The Morning Show," Julia Bueno said she wants people to be able to talk about their experience with miscarriages in an open, non-judgemental way with people who might not know what it's like to lose a child.

Toni Morrison On The Black Community And The Intersection Of Class And Race

August 7, 2019 - 12:20pm

In a conversation from 2003 with "To the Best of Our Knowledge," Toni Morrison reflected on how the civil rights movement had the unintended consequence of magnifying class differences.

From Minnesota To South Africa, 6 Summer Books To Read

July 24, 2019 - 6:10am

Sometimes the fastest way to experience a new place is through a book.

Robert’s Rules: North of the Tension Line by J.F. Riordan

July 22, 2019 - 12:30pm

Monday, July 22 through Friday, August 16, 2019. Read by Jim Fleming.

As the new Chairman of the Town Board, Fiona Campbell finds that life has become a series of petty squabbles, dull meetings, and papers everywhere, all complicated by her guardianship of the as yet unidentified screaming goat. In...

'We're Really Like Them': Somali Book Authors Write About Experience Settling In Green Bay

July 19, 2019 - 4:50pm

Stories, poems and letters from 12 Somali girls and women ages 15 to 25 are revealed in a new book, "The First Winter."

Author Terese Marie Mailhot Writes Powerful Fiction, But Her Memoir Is Her Whole, Painful Truth

July 19, 2019 - 4:45pm

Terese Marie Mailhot's brave and beautiful memoir about life on a Pacific Northwest reservation is making waves. She originally intended to tell her story as fiction, but ultimately made the difficult decision to write the whole, painful truth.

Little Lie In The Big Woods, Caroline Fraser Dives Into Laura Ingalls Wilder's Series

July 19, 2019 - 12:05pm

Caroline Fraser is the author of "Prairie Fires," a biography of iconic American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, which gives new insight into the life of the woman who wrote the "Little House on the Prairie" series.

'This Novel Has Hurt Everyone Around Me:' The Price Paid For Brutal Honesty

July 19, 2019 - 12:00pm

Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard has published six volumes of intensely personal descriptions of his daily life. But his honesty cost him some of his closest relationships, including his marriage.

Face Your Literary Fears With A Difficult Summer Read

July 12, 2019 - 6:00am

It's summertime and the living is easy — but the reading shouldn't be. "To the Best of Our Knowledge" producers have compiled a reading list for those seeking a challenge as their beach read.

Author: Make A Habit Out Of Doing Nothing

July 5, 2019 - 2:40pm

Jenny Odell is an artist and writer who teaches at Stanford University. She's the author of "How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy." Not a self-help book, Odell describes her endeavor as a push against optimization, or the idea that everything is a product that can be made more efficient....

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Psychotherapist: Miscarriages Are Isolating And We Don't Talk About Them Enough

Toni Morrison On The Black Community And The Intersection Of Class And Race

From Minnesota To South Africa, 6 Summer Books To Read

Robert’s Rules: North of the Tension Line by J.F. Riordan

'We're Really Like Them': Somali Book Authors Write About Experience Settling In Green Bay

Author Terese Marie Mailhot Writes Powerful Fiction, But Her Memoir Is Her Whole, Painful Truth

Little Lie In The Big Woods, Caroline Fraser Dives Into Laura Ingalls Wilder's Series

'This Novel Has Hurt Everyone Around Me:' The Price Paid For Brutal Honesty

Face Your Literary Fears With A Difficult Summer Read

Author: Make A Habit Out Of Doing Nothing

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