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Kate Riley’s novel ‘Ruth’ was inspired by her year in an insular religious community
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author Kate Riley says her book Ruth was partly based on her year spent living in an insular religious community. The debut novel explores what it’s...
In his memoir, poet Raymond Antrobus writes of ‘deaf gain’ instead of hearing loss
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When poet Raymond Antrobus was 6 years old, he learned he was deaf. His new memoir The Quiet Ear describes living in a world of in-betweenness, stradd...
‘Your Favorite Scary Movie’ and ‘Ready for My Close-Up’ are histories of iconic films
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Cullins and David Lubin are out with new books that delve into the histories of iconic films. First, in 1996, the character Ghostface was intro...
Eighty years after Hiroshima, a new book narrates the history of the atomic bomb
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been 80 years since the United States detonated atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths. Garrett Graff’...
In the novel ‘Loved One,’ an ambiguous friendship is further complicated by loss
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aisha Muharrar’s debut novel Loved One is about a woman’s effort to understand her relationship with a friend who’s recently died. Julia had bee...
‘Dinner with King Tut’ follows experimental archaeologists as they recreate the past
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To write his latest book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean joined a group of experimental archaeologists who learn by doing. These researchers aim to rec...
For her 25th book, Karin Slaughter wanted to capture life in small-town Georgia
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Karin Slaughter’s new book opens on a hot summer night in Georgia. It’s Madison Dalrymple’s 15th birthday and she has a big night planned with h...
‘Cook Once, Eat Twice’ and ‘Accidentally on Purpose’ are new books from cooking stars
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nadiya Hussain and Kristen Kish are winners of two of the most popular cooking shows on television – and they’re both out with new books about lif...
‘Atlantic’ writer James Parker says his odes are exercises in gratitude and attention
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Parker finds inspiration for odes in small and large things: history, America, brain farts, his flip phone, Pablo Neruda, meditation. The Atlant...
In ‘The Hounding,’ rumors swirl around five sisters living in 18th-century England
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author Xenobe Purvis says the premise for her new novel is based on a nugget of history. In 1700, a doctor reported that five sisters in Oxfordshire, ...
Alexis Okeowo’s ‘Blessings and Disasters’ is an ode to Alabama’s complicated history
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alexis Okeowo grew up in Alabama. But it wasn’t until they left for college that Okeowo realized the strong stereotypes outsiders held about their h...
‘Dwelling’ fictionalizes the American housing crisis with elements of fairy tale
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Emily Hunt Kivel’s new novel Dwelling, a mass eviction in New York City throws a young woman’s life into chaos. Suddenly homeless, Evie relocat...
For the authors of ‘Reading Van Gogh,’ ‘Black in Blues,’ art opened a door to meaning
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, the authors of two recently released nonfiction books search for meaning in art. First, Elizabeth Barks Cox’s Reading Van Gogh...
In ‘Human Nature,’ Kate Marvel bridges the gap between climate science and emotions
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Marvel is a climate scientist who has testified before Congress and served as lead author of the U.S. National Climate Assessment. But in her new...
Jason Mott’s new novel ‘People Like Us’ is metafiction that was almost memoir
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021, Jason Mott won the National Book Award for Hell of a Book. Now, he’s out with a new novel called People Like Us, in which two Black writers...
‘Sloppy’ author Rax King says she’s inspired by writers who did their best work sober
12 Aug 2025
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Author Rax King says her new book of essays Sloppy is unified by themes of “addiction and bad habits.” King has been sober from alcohol and cocain...
A new mystery novel by Liza Tully pairs a green assistant with a seasoned detective
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a new murder mystery, a young woman, Olivia Blunt, is eager to impress her new boss, a no-nonsense detective named Aubrey Merritt. This intergenera...
2 new books were inspired by dark moments in Japanese and Japanese American history
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Authors Tracy Slater and Julia Riew published two very different books last month that were inspired by a similar time in history. First, Together in ...
‘The Feather Detective’ is a biography of Roxie Layboune, forensic ornithologist
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1960, a commercial flight was struck by a flock of birds, resulting in a deadly crash. Evidence was sent to the Smithsonian, where a woman named Ro...
In Lisa Smith’s ‘Jamaica Road,’ a young girl searches for belonging in 1980s London
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Smith’s debut novel Jamaica Road is a coming of age story and romance set in 1980s London. The story follows Daphne, a young girl born to a Jam...
‘Algospeak’ looks at algorithms' transformative impact on how we speak on and offline
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Words like "rizz" and "skibidi" didn’t exist just a few years ago, but now they’re used and understood by millions of people. In his new book, Alg...
Katie Yee's 'Maggie' approaches a tough diagnosis - and a marriage's end - with humor
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Katie Yee's debut novel 'Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar,' the unnamed protagonist is contending with the end of her marriage and a b...
New books by Irene Vega, Tim Weiner chronicle changes to federal agencies under Trump
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two new books add context to changes at federal agencies under the Trump administration. First, Irene Vega interviewed 90 ICE agents over a number of ...
'On Her Game' is Christine Brennan's portrait of basketball star Caitlin Clark
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024, ratings for the NCAA women's basketball final topped the men's final by 4 million viewers – and Caitlin Clark was largely responsible. Amer...
Short story collection 'Heart Lamp' is the winner of the International Booker Prize
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heart Lamp, this year's International Booker Prize winner, is the first short story collection to receive the award. It is also the first time the pri...
In Sophie Elmhirst's 'A Marriage at Sea,' a couple tries to keep themselves afloat
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1972, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey set out from England to sail around the world. Partway through the voyage, a whale knocked a hole in their boat, l...
Through politics, fiction and her latest novel, Stacey Abrams aims to inspire action
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Avery Keene has unraveled international conspiracies and investigated mysteries involving the Supreme Court, but now she's focused on what could be a ...
'No Sense in Wishing' and 'Hit Girls' consider the way culture shapes identity
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two new books explore how culture shapes our identity. First, Lawrence Burney's essay collection, No Sense in Wishing, is an appreciation of the arts ...
After 20 years, Mary Jo Bang has completed her translation of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About 20 years ago, Mary Jo Bang read a poem that inspired her to take on a translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. At first, she began with just three ...
Mark Kurlansky's novel 'Cheesecake' was inspired by a recipe from ancient Rome
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Mark Kurlansky's novel Cheesecake, a Greek family living on Manhattan's Upper West Side sets out to follow a recipe dating back to ancient Rome. Wh...
In her new memoir, Hala Alyan searches for home amid a family history of exile
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Palestinian American writer Hala Alyan has a personal history of exile. Over the years, the author and her relatives have been displaced from their ho...
Aisling Rawle's 'The Compound' follows characters on a semi-dystopian reality TV show
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aisling Rawle's The Compound explores reality television as a kind of dystopia. In the novel, a group of men and women live on a compound in the middl...
New biographies look at the careers of designers Claire McCardell and Virgil Abloh
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two new books look at the lives and careers of designers who revolutionized American fashion. First, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is out with Claire McC...
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit d...
'Trailblazer' is a memoir by Carol Moseley Braun, first Black woman elected to Senate
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. She was both the first Black woman and Black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first female ...
Liane Moriarty on her novel 'Here One Moment' and on writing 'women's fiction'
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment, a woman on a flight from Tasmania to Sydney, Australia looks around at her fellow passengers and reveals how each...
'The Last Sweet Bite' is a cookbook that documents the way conflict changes cuisine
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Shaikh's The Last Sweet Bite is filled with recipes, but it's also a document that reflects the way conflict alters cuisine. The project, whic...
In Ann Patchett's latest, a mother tells her daughters about a seminal summer
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The author Ann Patchett has talked about her decision to focus on her writing and to forgo entering the world of motherhood. But in her latest book, T...
New books ask how we can protect threatened land in the Amazon rainforest and Hawaii
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two new books ask how we might protect vulnerable ecosystems in the Amazon rainforest and Hawaii. First, journalist Dom Phillips was reporting in the ...
With novel 'Among Friends,' Hal Ebbott says he wanted to take friendship seriously
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Hal Ebbott's debut novel, Among Friends, two wealthy New York families are spending a weekend in the country. They've gotten together for decades –...
David Litt's new memoir is about finding common ground through surfing
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Obama speechwriter David Litt and his brother-in-law, Matt, couldn't be more different. But during the pandemic, Matt taught Litt how to surf. ...
In the new speculative novel 'Weepers,' mourning is outsourced to professionals
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Peter Mendelsund's novel Weepers, many in the world are concerned they'll be replaced by smart machines. But a cowboy poet named Ed has found work ...
Ten years later, Ta-Nehisi Coates says 'Between the World and Me' is no longer his
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates published Between the World and Me, written as a letter to his then-15-year-old son. The book was released shortly aft...
Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in 'Sex and Vanity' and 'Lies and Weddings'
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's encore episode features two interviews with Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians series. First, former NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro spo...
In Emma Straub's novel 'All Adults Here,' family is messy
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author Emma Straub has written a book about family dynamics and the mess and love that comes with them in All Adults Here. It's no secret that familie...
In 'Lessons in Chemistry' a chemist is the star of... a cooking show?
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Garmus' novel Lessons in Chemistry got a lot of buzz when it was first released in 2022. Elizabeth Zott is a talented chemist but because it's ...
'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The novel The Rachel Incident is rooted around a wonderful, messy friendship. Rachel and James live together, party, and get themselves into a peculia...
Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two childhood best friends realize they're in love and break up with their significant others to be together – that's a classic romantic-comedy stor...
New books by Damon Young and Dennard Dayle take different routes to humor
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show, two new books take different routes to humor. First, writer Damon Young is out with an anthology of comedic essays called That's Ho...
'The Pretender' centers on a real peasant who learns he is heir to England's throne
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1483, a 10-year-old peasant named John Collan is visited by a stranger who shares a life-changing piece of information. John isn't the son of a far...
In 'The Science of Revenge,' an expert explains why humans are hardwired for payback
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his new book, The Science of Revenge, James Kimmel Jr. argues that there is a human desire to get even – and it might even be an addiction. Kimme...
'Great Black Hope' is a character study of a young, Black, queer man in high society
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Smith – the protagonist in Great Black Hope – is at a party in the Hamptons when he's arrested for cocaine possession. Smith is a young, Black, qu...
'Fatherhood' traces a history of masculinity, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Augustine Sedgewick became a father in the summer of 2017. At the time, media events like the Bill Cosby trial were publicly challenging ide...
New books by Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook tell distinctly American stories
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook are out with new books that draw from their personal experiences in order to tell distinctly American stories. First, m...
Evan Osnos' 'The Haves and Have-Yachts' is a book of essays about the new Gilded Age
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following Donald Trump's election in 2016, New Yorker reporter Evan Osnos wanted to understand what the president's wealth and status represented in t...
Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig reflect on 'The L Word' in memoir 'So Gay For You'
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By the early 2000s, only a handful of queer female characters had ever been featured on television. Then, The L Word entered the scene in 2004, explor...
For a novel on the first women astronauts, Taylor Jenkins Reid studied old NASA PDFs
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Goodwin, an astronomer who has been in love with the stars since childhood, learns one day in 1980 that NASA is seeking the first women astronaut...
As prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern juggled leadership and motherhood
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Jacinda Ardern was sitting in a bathroom waiting to learn two things: whether she was going to be the prime minister of New Zealand – and w...
In 'The Dry Season,' Melissa Febos chronicles a transformative year of celibacy
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and professor Melissa Febos had been in a series of consecutive relationships for decades. Then, one particularly devastating experience led he...
Susan Choi's 'Flashlight' is about an alternate-universe version of her own family
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A 10-year-old girl, Louisa, and her father take a walk on breakwater in Japan, where her family is living. Louisa is later found on a beach – her fa...
'Sea of Grass' chronicles the disappearance of the North American prairie
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The North American prairie is home to bison, elk, wolves and bald eagles – and it's disappearing at a rapid rate. In their new book Sea of Grass, wr...
In 'The Catch,' estranged sisters confront a mystery surrounding their mother's death
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yrsa Daley-Ward's new novel The Catch has a mind-bending premise. Clara and Dempsey are twin sisters raised separately after their mother's mysterious...
Madeleine Thien's new novel 'The Book of Records' is a story that traverses centuries
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It took author Madeleine Thien nearly a decade to write her new novel The Book of Records. In the story, 7-year-old Lina and her father take refuge at...
'What Will People Think?' and 'Climbing in Heels' star women trying to make it big
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New novels by Sara Hamdan and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas follow women in the entertainment industry who must balance ambition with the pressures of famil...
'Theater Kid' is a memoir from the producer of 'Rent,' 'Avenue Q,' and 'Hamilton'
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Seller says he found his home on stage from an early age. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit as an adopted, gay, Jewish kid in a low-income ...
'Freedom Season' argues the events of 1963 transformed the civil rights movement
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The year 1963 was a landmark one for the civil rights movement – and it's the subject of Peniel Joseph's new book Freedom Season. In the book, the U...
In new memoir, women's college basketball coach Dawn Staley says she's a 'sore loser'
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's a statue of Dawn Staley in Columbia, South Carolina, where she's coached the University of South Carolina women's basketball team to three nat...
In debut novel 'Food Person,' a food writer ghostwrites a celebrity cookbook
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Adam Roberts' debut novel, a food writer named Isabella loses her job after fumbling a chocolate souffle demonstration on Instagram Live. But soon ...
Two authors consider how being a daughter shaped their relationship to motherhood
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New books by Joy Harjo and Ruthie Ackerman focus on very different moments in the life cycle of motherhood. First, Harjo's new book Washing My Mother'...
In 'Anima Rising,' Gustav Klimt encounters a young woman under strange circumstances
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1911 Vienna, a man on his way home spots the figure of a woman at the edge of the river. She is still, beautiful and nude, framed by tendrils of ye...
'Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows' restores a lost chapter of comic book history
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1950s, horror comic books – featuring at times gory depictions of violence – were rising in popularity. But these comics triggered a moral ...
Honor Jones' 'Sleep' explores how our childhoods influence who we are as parents
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Honor Jones' new novel Sleep, the protagonist Margaret grows up in a verdant suburban world with her family and a best friend who follows her throu...
Karen Hao's new book is a skeptical look at Sam Altman and Elon Musk's AI empire
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit meant to conduct artificial intelligence research that would benefit the general public. In the company's early days...
With new novel, Ocean Vuong says he wants to reframe America as a place of salvage
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Vuong's debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous placed him in an elite club of American writers. He teaches at NYU and is the recipient of a...
'Little Bosses Everywhere' looks into the Wild West of multilevel marketing
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Multilevel marketing – or MLM – first became popular in the period that followed World War II. Since then, millions have tried their luck as sales...
A new biography of Rafael Nadal focuses on the tennis star's domination on clay
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tennis legend Rafael Nadal retired last year after a record-breaking career, one that included winning every major championship. In a new biography, C...
'Original Sin' argues Biden aides enabled his reelection bid, despite mental decline
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Sin recounts a number of moments during which former President Joe Biden allegedly struggled to recognize the people around him, like close a...
In 'Class Clown,' humorist Dave Barry embraces both the funny and hard parts of life
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize-winner Dave Barry wrote a humor column for 22 years. In his new book Class Clown, he tells the story of the first 77 years of his life,...
'The Golden Road' and 'The Lucky Ones' examine India's ancient and recent history
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In light of the latest conflict between India and Pakistan, today's episode focuses on two books that examine India's ancient and recent history. Firs...
A new biography tells the twin stories of James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Gandolfini starred in The Sopranos for six seasons. The show, which ended in 2007, was considered an instant classic and permanently linked Gand...
'The Lost and the Found' takes an intimate look at homelessness in San Francisco
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Kevin Fagan embedded with the city's unhoused population. Now retired, he's written a book built around...
In 'Julie Chan Is Dead,' former influencer Liann Zhang takes a swipe at the industry
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Chan has an average life working as a cashier at a grocery store. But she's constantly getting mistaken for a famous influencer, her estranged i...
Isabel Allende's latest historical novel draws from her time at a women's magazine
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While crafting her latest novel, Isabel Allende says she wanted to tell the story of the Chilean Civil War of 1891 from the perspective of a neutral p...
In 'Romantic Friction,' 'The Fact Checker' the publishing world is fodder for fiction
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In their new novels, authors Lori Gold and Austin Kelley draw from personal experiences in the publishing and magazine industries. First, Gold's Roman...
'Personhood' argues fetal rights are the next frontier of the anti-abortion movement
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Ziegler is a law professor at UC Davis and a leading scholar on the abortion debate. In her new book Personhood, she argues that the anti-abortio...
The new novel 'Fair Play' is a self-aware take on the golden age of detective fiction
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the new novel Fair Play, Abigail is hosting a murder mystery party at an Irish country house on New Year's Eve. She's also in deep mourning for her...
Loryn Brantz's 'Poems of Parenting' gives parents permission to laugh out loud
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Parenting young children can be extremely taxing, but also beautiful – and hilarious. That nuance is at the core of Loryn Brantz's new poetry collec...
In her new memoir, Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, tells her own story
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Knowles intended to write a behind-the-scenes look at her career in the music business. But she says that when she began writing, her own story f...
New cookbooks from Sarah Ahn and Roy Choi take different approaches to Korean cuisine
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two new cookbooks take different approaches – one modern and one more traditional – to Korean cuisine. First, Roy Choi is the co-founder of Los An...
With 'Rabbit Moon,' Jennifer Haigh chooses Shanghai as the backdrop to family tragedy
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Haigh's latest novel Rabbit Moon opens with a hit and run accident in pre-dawn Shanghai. The victim is a 22-year-old American woman named Lin...
In 'Putin's Revenge,' Lucian Kim traces the lead-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For more than 20 years, Lucian Kim covered Russia and Ukraine as a journalist. Now, the former NPR reporter is out with a new book that aims to explai...
Katie Kitamura's 'Audition' is a puzzle, but she says it's not meant to be solved
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a Manhattan restaurant, the narrator of Audition meets a young man for lunch. Everyone has a different understanding of the pair's relationship, in...
Emily Henry's latest novel 'Great Big Beautiful Life' explores love beyond romance
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Known for books like Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry is the patron saint of millennial romance. But for her latest novel, the a...
Zadie Smith looks back at her debut novel 'White Teeth' 25 years after its release
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zadie Smith's White Teeth marked its 25th anniversary in January. The now canonical novel tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a shy Engl...
'Happy Land' was inspired by a real-life kingdom of formerly enslaved people
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Nikki travels to visit her grandmother in western North Carolina, she expects answers about her family's history. But instead, she uncovers her c...
'Paper Doll' documents trans TikTok creator Dylan Mulvaney's journey through girlhood
23 Apr 2025
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Three years ago, trans content creator and actor Dylan Mulvaney posted a video on TikTok documenting her first day of girlhood. Though she didn't expe...
An early biography paints Pope Francis as 'The Great Reformer' of the Catholic Church
22 Apr 2025
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Pope Francis died Monday, leaving behind a legacy as "Pope of the People" and a change agent within the Catholic Church. Austen Ivereigh's The Great R...
Aided by new sources, Clay Risen's 'Red Scare' brings McCarthyism back to life
21 Apr 2025
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Journalist Clay Risen is out with a new narrative history of the Red Scare, based in part on newly declassified sources. In Red Scare, Risen depicts M...
Two new children's books view the natural world as a site of personal growth
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two new picture books explore how the outside world can transform our relationships with our communities and ourselves. First, Kiese Laymon is out wit...
A new cookbook by Darjeeling Express chef Asma Khan was inspired by seasonal cooking
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Asma Khan grew up in India, where late summer means monsoon season. But it wasn't until she moved to England in the '90s that she learned how to cook....