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Hala Alyan is the author of three poetry collections. <em>Salt Houses </em>is her first novel.

'I Belonged Nowhere': A Story Of Displacement, From A Novelist Who Knows

Salt Houses traces several generations of a displaced Palestinian family. Author Hala Alyan says she experienced firsthand the "intergenerational trauma that went along with losing a homeland."

Maria Angelica Mares, 61: Johnny Cash's 'I Walk The Line'

The mother is remembered as a happy person, always smiling as she sang along to Mexican country-style tunes.

Review: Sharon Van Etten, '(it was) because i was in love'

Van Etten's newly reissued 2009 debut captures a sound the singer has since left behind. But it remains radiant, universal and utterly timeless.

'I Hate You, Man': Questlove On Just Blaze's Maddening Genius

The Roots drummer and Tonight Showbandleader picks apart exactly why fellow producer Just Blaze's talent for finding and flipping samples in unexpected combinations is both inspiring and infuriating.