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A new book tells the story of the 1940 killing of Elbert Williams, an NAACP leader, in Brownsville, Tenn. His killers were never prosecuted, setting the stage for decades of racial violence.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer Lauren Elkin about her new book, "Vocal Break," exploring the power of women's voices, in the music industry and beyond.

A quarter-century after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone, roughly a fifth of the park's wolf population was killed in a single hunting season.

A debut novel about a woman who inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm along with some opinionated ghosts.

Route 66 is celebrating 100 years of being the country's most famous highway. This icon of American culture passes through eight states — and has shown up for decades in movies, books, music and art.

Was the Justice Department ever really above politics? Rachel Maddow digs into its surprising past to explain why she believes its future is at stake.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Trisha Paytas about her memoir, Crying on the Kitchen Floor, and what it's been like to share her life on YouTube since she was 18 years old.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Irish writer Louise Kennedy, whose new novel, Stations, captures the full-bodied tension of young love.

At its heart, this novel about trauma is also a tale of triumph.

The novelist revisits his fictional Midwestern college in "The Brightness," exploring female friendships and sexual abuse on college campuses.