Michele Norris

For A Black Doctor, Building Trust By Slowing Down

Michele Norris — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:14:00 +0000

It may be hard to imagine that people can distill their thoughts on a topic as complicated as race into just six words. But thousands of people have done just that for The Race Card Project, in which NPR host/special correspondent Michele Norris invites people to send in their microstories about race and cultural identity.

Host ProFile: 'The Single Most Important Thing I Do Is Listen.'

Michele Norris — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:38:00 +0000
My name... Michele Norris
NPR employee since... October 2002
Public radio listener since... I grew up as a prisoner of public radio. I've been listening since I was a kid.

March Kids' Book Club Pick: 'The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz'

Michele Norris — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:20:00 +0000
Our next book club adventure takes us on a journey that is familiar to people across generations: We will be taking a trip down the yellow brick road with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first published in 1900.

A Young Artist Finds Solace In Creatures Of The Sea And Sky

Michele Norris — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:01:00 +0000
In February, NPR's Backseat Book Club read a novel about a troubled kid who finds both strength and solace in the artwork of the renowned naturalist John James Audubon. The novel, Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt, takes place in 1968 in a little town in upstate New York where middle-schooler Doug Swietek is drowning in life's complications.