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Working: A Memoir About an Identity in Flux
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A Word: The Battle for Eatonville
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The Waves: What the Hart Family Murders Reveal About Foster Care
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Future Tense Fiction: Can a Pandemic Story Have a Happy Ending?
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Future Tense Fiction: Coming March 25
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For decades, there has been a stigma attached to remaining unmarried and childless in the Black...
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ICYMI: The Internet Hates Hogwarts Legacy
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The Waves: It’s OK to Hate Your Spouse (Sometimes)
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How To!: 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Working: A Hollywood Actor Learns to Write Novels
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Political Gabfest Reads: A Boarding School Thriller, But Make It Feminist
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A Word: Lights, Camera, Diversity in Action
Awards season can be a frustrating moment for Black writers in Hollywood, when even their most...
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The Waves: Wolfish and the Inherent Fear in Being a Woman
On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth talks all about fear with...
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A Word: Surviving “Driving While Black”
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Working: The Bold Strategy That Drives One of 2023's Best Novels
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