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Racism isn’t just a topic in the streets, as St. Louis has joined cities across the nation in marching against police brutality toward people of color.…
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On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis-based author Sarah Kendzior talks with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum about her new…
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Author Candacy Taylor’s stepfather grew up in the Jim Crow South. But it wasn’t until she began researching her new book, “Overground Railroad: The Green…
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Twenty-nine years ago this spring, Jeanine Cummins lost two of her cousins in a brutal attack on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge that spans the Mississippi…
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Updated Jan. 25 with the event cancellationLeft Bank Books has canceled Sunday’s scheduled discussion and book signing with "American Dirt" author Jeanine…
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Miranda Popkey is a California native, and much of her debut novel, “Topics of Conversation,” is set in the state. But the novel has a St. Louis origin…
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When a small press published "Juliet Takes a Breath" a few years ago, the work of young adult fiction first found critical acclaim from online LGBTQ and…
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While many writers pen memoirs because of something particularly distinctive or unusual about their lives, the reason Chavisa Woods gives for writing hers…
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With summer in full swing, book enthusiasts are looking for poolside reads and plane trip entertainment. Authors from St. Louis and elsewhere in Missouri…
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Left Bank Books is turning 50 this year, and on Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, co-owner Kris Kleindienst talked about the shop’s storied history with St.…