Britain, Venezuela, Turkey and Syria remain global hot spots in the news. MPR News reporter Euan Kerr spoke with three reporters covering these areas about what is happening, and what is changing.
Yaa Gyasi's novel winds its way from eighteenth-century Ghana to modern day America, following the descendants of two half-sisters separated by history and violence.
Mychal Denzel Smith's new book tears apart the limited cultural narratives that surround black men. Mixing personal stories with political critique, he asks: How can a young black man thrive in this country?
"Writers" and "millions of dollars" aren't often used in the same sentence, but these authors pulled in the biggest paychecks this year, according to Forbes.