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Chelsea Bieker’s debut novel, out today, feels familiar, devastating, like it has already happened, could, or might again. It’s the story, too, of motherhood in all its iterations, from abandonmen

In her latest novel, Dominican-American writer Naima Coster explores the complexities of motherhood, identity and racial integration

When Kim Catron – Ellsworth teacher, mom of two and published author –was a little girl, she loved reading.

Exclusive Book Excerpt: Naima Costers Whats Mine And Yours Its November 1996 in Piedmount, California and mother Lacey May is about to make a decision that will affect her three half-Latina daughters for years to come. By Naima Coster Jonathan Jiménez Pérez It had comforted her when the lawyer told her about the trouble in Robbie’s brain. It was why he needed the drugs, why he would disappear and get up to no good. It wasn’t that he had stopped loving her or the girls. It was lik...

The following is excerpted from Naima Costers latest novel What’s Mine and Yours , about legacy, identity, the American family, and how race affects our most intimate relationships. Coster is the author of Halsey Street , a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction, and her stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Kweli, and Catapult, among other places. She has taught writing for over a decade, in community settings, youth programs, and universities. She lives in Brooklyn...

Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/972527150/972597406" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: At the center of Naima Costers new novel - its called "Whats Mine And Yours" - are two determined and difficult mothers, equal and opposite forces. Theres Jade... NAIMA COSTER: A woman who is trying to figure out how to pursue her own ambitions while also taking care of a child on her own. CORNISH: ...And Lace...

Whats Mine and Yours are two determined and difficult mothers, equal and opposite forces. Theres Jade, whom Coster describes as "a woman who is trying to figure out how to pursue her own ambitions while also taking care of a child on her own." And Lacey May, "a woman who is struggling financially and trying to secure a future for her girls that she wasnt able to secure for herself." Their paths cross at a high school auditorium in North Carolina. In fact, at a community meeting about a new inte...

Credit: Book jacket courtesy Grand Central Publishing / Headshot by Sylvie Rosokoff On the search for your next great read? You can always count on Jenna Bush Hagers selections for her Read with Jenna book club to be spot-on, and this March is no exception. Yesterday, the TODAY show co-host announced her pick for this month, and were particularly excited to see a thought-provoking tome set in our neck of the woods — specifically Piedmont, North Carolina — for her latest pick. Released tod...

Naima Coster, author of What’s Mine and Yours ( Photo credit: Sylvie Rosokoff) It has been more than 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education legally desegregated U.S. schools, but schools are as segregated now as they’ve ever been. In 2014, Nikole Hannah-Jones, then a reporter for ProPublica, opened many people’s eyes when she chronicled how the segregation embedded in Ferguson, Missouri’s school system contributed to the untimely murder of Michael Brown Jr. in 2014. Since then, ...