Samantha Balaban

1 week ago | mprnews.org | Debbie Elliott |Andrew Craig |Samantha Balaban

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. June 17 marks 10 years since a deadly mass shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shocked the nation. A white supremacist, intent on starting a race war, opened fire during Wednesday night Bible study, killing nine Black worshippers as they bowed their heads in prayer.

1 week ago | wunc.org | Debbie Elliott |Samantha Balaban |Andrew Craig

Top Chef contestant Shuai Wang does not think of himself as a competitive person. "I'm one of those people who thinks everyone deserves a trophy for participating," he says. And yet, the Charleston chef did really well on the television cooking show — making it all the way to the finale. "Prior to going on Top Chef, I felt very stuck," Wang says. He thought he'd peaked.

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Samantha Balaban

Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati met on a blind date. "We share the same agent," explains Burgess. "She said, 'You need to meet this client of mine.'" Over coffee in Brooklyn, they discovered that they both love poetry. They clicked. Burgess is an award-winning author and poetry teacher and Salati is a Caledecott Medalist. They now have an illustrated book of poetry called Words with Wings and Magic Things.

2 months ago | kpbs.org | Samantha Balaban

In Cherokee, the word for boy or son is "atsutsa," often shortened to "chooch." In the children's book Chooch Helped, Chooch is a little boy who is just trying to be helpful! Unfortunately, it's driving his older sister crazy. When Edutsi made grape dumplings, Chooch got flour all over the floor. And when Etlogi planted a garden, Chooch pulled the plants out of the ground. Chooch, his sister thinks, gets away with everything. "Chooch Helped is a sibling story," says Andrea L.

2 months ago | wmra.org | Samantha Balaban

In Cherokee, the word for boy or son is "atsutsa," often shortened to "chooch." In the children's book Chooch Helped, Chooch is a little boy who is just trying to be helpful! Unfortunately, it's driving his older sister crazy. When Edutsi made grape dumplings, Chooch got flour all over the floor. And when Etlogi planted a garden, Chooch pulled the plants out of the ground. Chooch, his sister thinks, gets away with everything.