In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, writing about the war in Ukraine, the church or LGBTQ+ life could land you in jail. A new organization helps authors publish books in Russian they couldn’t back home.
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Franz Kafka’s life wasn’t so kafkaesque after all, TV miniseries shows
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with lead actor Joel Basman and director David Schalko about his German-Austrian miniseries Kafka on early 20th century author Franz Kafka, released in the U.S. from June 6.
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Former RI State Rep Carnevale Is Running Again For His Old Seat
Former state Representative John Carnevale — who was found by the Providence Board of Canvassers in 2016 to not be a legal voter in the district he…
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This I Believe New England: The Uncertain Takeoff
So many moments in life call for courage and grit. Managing a bad medical diagnosis. Absorbing the unexpected news that you’ve just been laid off from…
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Tackling The N-Word On Campus, After Her Famous Father Used It On Stage
In early February, students at Princeton University protested when a professor used the N-word in a class about hate speech. He ended up canceling the…
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One Square Mile: Walk A Mile In Ishmael’s New Bedford
Do you have a favorite book? Maybe it’s a novel you read again and again. But has a work of fiction ever inspired your vacation plans? New Bedford is…
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Justice Ginsburg Wows Crowd at Temple Beth-El
As the nation’s political elite was filing into the U.S. Capitol for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Supreme Court Justice Ruth…
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Brown University Graduate Students Protest GOP Tax Plan
A few dozen graduate students at Brown University participated in a nationwide walkout Wednesday to protest the Republican tax plan making its way…
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Author Ann Hood Reflects On The Books That Shaped And Changed Her Life
In her new book “Morningstar,” author Ann Hood examines the transformative power of literature. Hood recalls how a childhood of almost obsessive reading…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Hamlet
Imagine yourself as a high school English teacher trying to inspire your students to grapple with the complex nuances embedded in Shakespearean…