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NPR is looking to hear from people who lost their jobs or income during the coronavirus pandemic and who are trying to get help from mortgage companies or other lenders.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Brent Russell, an emergency room doctor in Ketchum, Idaho, about how he became ill with COVID-19 and his subsequent recovery from the disease.

Nghi Vo's new novel is poised at the end of one empire and the beginning of another, as a cleric and their talking-bird assistant set about uncovering the dangerous secrets of a forgotten palace.

Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and prayed at Barack Obama's first inauguration.

Irby's new essay collection is Wow, No Thank You. She says it was inspired by moving from Chicago to Kalamazoo and feeling like a fish out of water, with no friends and a strange house.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer David Quammen about his research into animal-to-human transmission of viruses.

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Shannon Francis is a member of the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation. She shares how her ancestors' beliefs shape her thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic.

As many island nations attempt to keep the coronavirus out, they also risk getting cut off from the outside world their economies depend on.