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A new cookbook by Darjeeling Express chef Asma Khan was inspired by seasonal cooking

17 Apr 2025

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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....

Rex Ogle's 'When We Ride' is a novel-in-verse about a best friendship under pressure

16 Apr 2025

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Seventeen-year-old Benny is studying hard and working as a busboy, hoping to attend college. Meanwhile, his childhood best friend, Lawson, is on a dif...

'Adventures in the Louvre' will teach you how to fall in love with the famous museum

15 Apr 2025

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Elaine Sciolino has one mantra: "Never go to the Louvre on an empty stomach or with a full bladder." The former Paris bureau chief of The New York Tim...

An obituary writer makes a grave error in John Kenney's 'I See You've Called in Dead'

14 Apr 2025

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John Kenney's I See You've Called in Dead is about an obituary writer named Bud Stanely. One late night after a particularly bad date and too many gla...

Two new novels explore a world where technology has even greater access to our minds

11 Apr 2025

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Two new novels explore technology's increasing access to our most intimate thoughts. First, the protagonist in The Mechanics of Memory can't remember ...

A new oral history of Lollapalooza recalls the alt-rock music festival's wildest days

10 Apr 2025

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Lollapalooza is a popular music festival that takes place in Chicago's Grant Park each year. But it was conceived as a farewell tour for the band Jane...

Emma Pattee's 'Tilt' imagines the aftermath of a life-changing earthquake

09 Apr 2025

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Annie is 37 weeks pregnant. She's shopping at IKEA in Portland, Oregon, when everything around her begins to shake. It's an earthquake – the big one...

In the wake of a sexual assault, astronaut Amanda Nguyen turned to activism

08 Apr 2025

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In 2013, Amanda Nguyen was a Harvard senior interested in pursuing a career at NASA or the CIA. But she says those plans were temporarily derailed whe...

In 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' John Green turns his attention to a deadly disease

07 Apr 2025

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Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases in human history – and it still kills more than a million people every year. In a new book, The Fault in ...

Authors of two new novels draw inspiration from history in wildly different ways

04 Apr 2025

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Today on the show, we hear from authors who were inspired by history in wildly different ways. First, when Emma Donoghue encountered a famous photo of...

To confront radical change, 'Slate' writer Scaachi Koul wrote a new book of essays

03 Apr 2025

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Three years ago, Scaachi Koul went through a divorce, a process that she says was "disorienting." But divorce, the Slate writer says, also offered a f...

A new book from Emily Feng asks what it means to be Chinese in Xi Jinping's China

02 Apr 2025

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NPR reporter Emily Feng lived in, and reported from, Beijing for years. But in 2022, the Chinese government told Feng, who was born in the United Stat...

In 'Long Island,' one woman returns to Ireland after discovering her husband's affair

01 Apr 2025

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At the beginning of Long Island, an Irish-American woman named Eilis opens the front door of her New York home and is greeted by news of her husband's...

Christine Wenc's 'Funny Because It's True' calls 'The Onion' "the original fake news"

31 Mar 2025

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The satirical news magazine The Onion has been putting out ironic and often absurd headlines for more than 40 years. Christine Wenc was part of the pa...

John Himmelman, Reginald Dwayne Betts take a populist approach to poetry in new books

28 Mar 2025

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The authors of two new poetry collections aspire to reach broad audiences with their work. First, John Himmelman says he wanted to tell stories with a...

In 'Beartooth,' brothers embark on an illicit journey into Yellowstone National Park

27 Mar 2025

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In Callan Wink's new novel Beartooth, two brothers live at the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Their father has recently died of cancer, leaving be...

Chuck Schumer's 'Antisemitism in America' warns of a resurgence in antisemitic views

26 Mar 2025

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Sen. Chuck Schumer received major backlash from his party after supporting a Republican spending bill earlier this month – and some Democrats have c...

Allison Epstein's 'Fagin the Thief' gives a Charles Dickens character a second chance

25 Mar 2025

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Author Allison Epstein says when she read Oliver Twist, she found Charles Dickens' portrayal of Fagin, the novel's central scoundrel, to be stereotypi...

A former Meta executive characterizes company leadership as "careless" in new memoir

24 Mar 2025

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Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Meta executive, is now barred from discussing her criticism of the company. But before Meta gained an injunction against...

In two noir novels, crime lurks beneath small town life in Norway and New England

21 Mar 2025

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In their new noir novels, authors Joseph Finder and Jo Nesbø choose small towns as the settings for dark plotlines. First, Finder's The Oligarch's Da...

A new biography tells the story of a South Asian Hollywood star who passed as white

20 Mar 2025

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In 1936, Merle Oberon became the first Asian woman–and person of color–to receive an Oscar nomination for best actress. She was nominated for her ...

'I'm That Girl' follows gymnast Jordan Chiles' road to the Olympics

19 Mar 2025

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In a new memoir, Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles describes moments of deep uncertainty in her storied career. For example, there was a time in her mid-t...

The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins was inspired by Greek myths and reality TV

18 Mar 2025

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The first book in the The Hunger Games series was published more than a decade ago, ultimately launching a hugely popular film franchise, iconic chara...

A new novel from Karen Russell is a sprawling story set during the Dust Bowl

17 Mar 2025

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The Antidote opens on what seems like an ordinary Sunday in a fictional town in 1930s Nebraska. But by 3 p.m., apocalyptic clouds cover the sun and ma...

Books by critic Kenneth Turan and actor Rupert Everett show two sides of Hollywood

14 Mar 2025

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Two books set in Hollywood show different sides of the film business, from industry-shaping success to the personal frustration of rejection. First, L...

Jennifer Finney Boylan's latest memoir 'Cleavage' is a reflection on transgender life

13 Mar 2025

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Jennifer Finney Boylan's 2003 memoir She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders was about her new life as a woman. Since then, Boylan has become a promine...

In 'Death Takes Me,' men are the victims of violence usually inflicted on women

12 Mar 2025

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La muerte me da, a novel published in Spanish in 2007 by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza, is now available to English readers. Dea...

Alexander Vindman's 'The Folly of Realism' suggests a long-term approach to Ukraine

11 Mar 2025

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More than three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Alexander Vindman is out with a new book on U.S.-Ukraine relations. Vindman, who ...

'Dream Count' is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel in more than a decade

10 Mar 2025

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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie hasn't published a novel in more than a decade. After writing literary hits like Americanah and essays like t...

Picture book biographies introduce children to Toni Morrison and Ruby Bridges

07 Mar 2025

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Two biographical picture books introduce children to the life stories of writer Toni Morrison and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges. First, Andrea Da...

'Harlem Rhapsody' is a novel about an affair at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance

06 Mar 2025

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A while back, Victoria Christopher Murray set out on a mission to learn about the women of the Harlem Renaissance. But in her research, she mostly fou...

In 'Back After This,' a podcast host tries to find love

05 Mar 2025

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NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes knows a thing or two about audio. She leans into this knowledge in her latest novel, in which a podcast p...

'You Didn't Hear This From Me' is Kelsey McKinney's gossip bible

04 Mar 2025

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Kelsey McKinney has built her career on gossip. The co-creator and former host of the popular podcast Normal Gossip has been interested in the topic s...

In 'Stone Yard Devotional,' a woman abandons modern life for a religious community

03 Mar 2025

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In Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional, an unnamed narrator renounces modern life in Sydney, retreating to a cloistered religious community in her ...

Two James Baldwin experts break down his early fiction and political writing

28 Feb 2025

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To mark the end of Black History Month, we're revisiting two conversations about James Baldwin that first aired last summer for his 100th birthday. Fi...

The authors of 'Pseudoscience' explore and debunk your favorite conspiracy theories

27 Feb 2025

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Strange stories are often used to fill gaps in human knowledge. But why do people love bizarre explanations for the unexplained? Dr. Lydia Kang and Na...

Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama writes and reads poetry that speaks to the human condition

26 Feb 2025

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Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama cataloged spreadsheets of poems to help create his new anthology, 44 Poems on Being with Each Other. The collection featu...

In 'Talk to Me,' the grandson of a former Haitian president uncovers family secrets

25 Feb 2025

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In 1957, a labor leader named Daniel Fignolé was the president of Haiti for 19 days. Just two weeks after his inauguration, he was forced to sign a r...

Mark Greaney takes on geopolitics in the latest installment of the Gray Man series

24 Feb 2025

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Mark Greaney is the author of the Gray Man series, a collection of espionage novels that chronicle the adventures of ex-CIA operative Court Gentry. Th...

New books from Reid Hoffman and Bill Gates look at tech revolutions past and future

21 Feb 2025

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Reid Hoffman has invested in AI for years. The LinkedIn co-founder said he used AI to vet his new book, Superagency, written with Greg Beato, which ma...

In 'Idle Grounds,' a pack of children searches the woods for their missing cousin

20 Feb 2025

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When a young child goes missing at a family gathering, a pack of cousins sets out into the woods to find her. Idle Grounds follows this group of child...

A new memoir from Ira Madison III is more than just 'Pure Innocent Fun'

19 Feb 2025

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TV writer, culture critic and podcast host Ira Madison III was not just one of the only Black students at his high school, he was also one of the only...

'Life Hacks for a Little Alien' follows a lonely girl's pursuit of an ancient tome

18 Feb 2025

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In Life Hacks for a Little Alien, both the narrator and protagonist are unnamed. The debut novel from Alice Franklin is written from a second-person p...

A new book from Peter Beinart asks Jewish people to reimagine the Israeli state

17 Feb 2025

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Peter Beinart, once a defender of the Israeli state, has become one of its sharpest critics. His new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza,...

Two novels from Charmaine Wilkerson explore cultural inheritance in Black families

14 Feb 2025

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Caribbean American journalist Charmaine Wilkerson began her professional life in TV news. She recalls meeting people on the worst day of their life, w...

Indie-rock artist Neko Case opens up about her childhood in a new memoir

13 Feb 2025

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Singer-songwriter Neko Case of The New Pornographers band has just released a memoir titled The Harder I Fight the More I Love You. While the book tou...

'Bronshtein in the Bronx' is a fictional account of Leon Trotsky's New York exile

12 Feb 2025

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In 1917, Lev Bronshtein – also known as Leon Trotsky – spent 10 weeks in exile in New York City. The Russian revolutionary hoped to spark a social...

In Ali Smith's 'Gliff,' two children flee capture in an authoritarian near-future

11 Feb 2025

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In Ali Smith's Gliff, two children wake up to find that someone has painted a red line around their home. They've been marked "unverifiable" and they'...

In a new book, Chris Hayes argues that attention is our most endangered resource

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a cable news host, MSNBC's Chris Hayes is in the attention business. But in today's interview, he says that he often feels like he's chasing rather...

'The Serviceberry' and 'Birding to Change the World' draw lessons from nature

07 Feb 2025

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The authors of two nonfiction books say they were moved to change the world after finding inspiration in nature. First, Robin Wall Kimmerer's book The...

'The Interpreter' is a story about children who act as translators for their parents

06 Feb 2025

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Cecilia, the main character in Olivia Abtahi's The Interpreter, wears an oversized green suit and tie. She's a kid, but she also works as a translator...

With 'Dare I Say It,' Naomi Watts aims to help menopausal women feel less alone

05 Feb 2025

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At age 36, actor Naomi Watts visited her doctor in hopes of starting a family. Instead, she was told that she was close to menopause. She says she fel...

Andy Corren's memoir 'Dirtbag Queen' expands on a viral tribute to his mother

04 Feb 2025

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In 2021, Andy Corren published an obituary for his late mother in The Fayetteville Observer. "A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Satu...

A new novel follows the love lives of three generations of Palestinian American women

03 Feb 2025

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Betty Shamieh was the first Palestinian American playwright to have a play produced off-Broadway. She describes her debut novel, Too Soon, as a "Pales...

'Final Girl Support Group' and 'Witchcraft for Wayward Girls' center women in horror

31 Jan 2025

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Grady Hendrix is one of the biggest names in horror fiction today. He's published 11 horror novels and won a Bram Stoker Award for his non-fiction boo...

Rusty Sabich comes out of retirement in Scott Turow's thriller 'Presumed Guilty'

30 Jan 2025

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After a long career as a prosecutor, a defense attorney and a judge, 77-year-old Rusty Sabich is retired. But when a young woman named Mae Potter goes...

'Unassimilable' makes a radical case against assimilation for the Asian diaspora

29 Jan 2025

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A new book titled Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the 21st Century by Bianca Mabute-Louie makes a radical case against assimilation fo...

'Parks 2' is a book of photos and essays focused on the National Parks

28 Jan 2025

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Photographer Brian Kelley has been collecting National Park ephemera for years. He wanted to find a way to share the maps, brochures and memorabilia h...

Han Kang's latest novel 'We Do Not Part' deals with hidden chapters of Korean history

27 Jan 2025

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In this interview with NPR's Scott Simon, Han Kang says the idea for her latest novel came to her in a snowy, haunting dream. The Nobel Prize-winning ...

New novels from Emma Knight and Anita Desai explore the dual identities of mothers

24 Jan 2025

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Two new novels tackle themes of motherhood and family secrets. First, in Emma Knight's The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, 18-year-old Pen has just ...

'How to Change' is a behavioral economist's guide to habit formation

23 Jan 2025

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The beginning of a new year often represents a clean slate for people hoping to make a change. But by this point in January, many have let go of their...

'Amazing Grapes' was Pulitzer-winning illustrator Jules Feiffer's final book

22 Jan 2025

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Jules Feiffer, illustrator of The Phantom Tollbooth, died last week at age 95. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and cartoonist began drawing and writ...

Betül Tunç's new cookbook shares the recipes behind her viral dough videos

21 Jan 2025

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Betül Tunç is the Turkish baker behind the popular Instagram account, @turkuazkitchen. With more than 10 million followers, her account features rec...

Amanda Gorman's 'Girls on the Rise' makes the case that girls are stronger together

20 Jan 2025

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Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she performed at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021. Her poetry often de...

In new memoir, Brooke Shields talks aging, beauty and an unwanted medical procedure

17 Jan 2025

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Brooke Shields started in Hollywood at just 11-years-old, starring in films like Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon. From that young age, the actress and...

In 'Welcome to Pawnee,' Jim O'Heir reflects on his time on 'Parks and Recreation'

16 Jan 2025

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Parks and Recreation changed the trajectory of actor Jim O'Heir's career. He landed a small part as Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom, ultimately becomi...

Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story

15 Jan 2025

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A new book from writer, BBC broadcaster and cellist Kate Kennedy tackles the stories of four cellists connected by a mutual musical obsession. Cello: ...

'The Rest Is Memory' is a novel inspired by photos taken at Auschwitz

14 Jan 2025

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About 10 years ago, author Lily Tuck was reading obituaries in The New York Times when she came across photos of Czesława Kwoka, a young prisoner at ...

Mark Lilla's new book explores the psychology and consequences of willful ignorance

13 Jan 2025

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Author Mark Lilla is professor of humanities at Columbia University specializing in intellectual history. His new book, Ignorance and Bliss: On Wantin...

'No Place to Bury the Dead', 'The Hunter' ask what lengths you'll go for others

10 Jan 2025

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Two novels explore the way that violence and loss can ripple across a village, town – or even entire countries. First, in Karina Sainz Borgo's No Pl...

Daylight is something to celebrate in 'The Shortest Day'

09 Jan 2025

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We've moved past the shortest day of the year – Dec. 21 – and, now, the days are getting longer. For more than 40 years, people have read and perf...

'Small Things Like These' draws from the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries

08 Jan 2025

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Small Things Like These is a novella by Claire Keegan that centers around Bill Furlong, an Irish coal merchant who discovers exploitation at a local c...

A new book examines millennial nostalgia and the economic consequences of Y2K

07 Jan 2025

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Twenty-five years into the new millennium, Y2K aesthetics and millennial nostalgia are still alive and well in Colette Shade's new book, Y2K: How the ...

'A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook' is an updated exploration of Kwanzaa's traditions

06 Jan 2025

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A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook was first published in 1995, a few decades after the seven-day festival was created in 1966. Written by culinary histo...

'King: A Life' and 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama' are Pulitzer Prize winners

03 Jan 2025

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Today, we revisit conversations with two 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning authors. First, King: A Life, the biography by Jonathan Eig, provides a fresh per...

In 'All Fours,' Miranda July tackles love, sex and reinvention in middle age

02 Jan 2025

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Writer and filmmaker Miranda July says the popular imagination sort of drops off once a woman gets married and has kids. Her new novel All Fours turns...

Salman Rushdie's memoir 'Knife' recounts his attack and recovery

01 Jan 2025

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In 2022, the author Salman Rushdie was onstage at a public event when a man ran up and stabbed him. His new memoir, Knife, delves into that moment whe...

Kaveh Akbar's novel 'Martyr!' is a journey of identity, addiction and poetry

31 Dec 2024

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Halfway through today's episode, author Kaveh Akbar tells NPR's Scott Simon that his life is a summation of "private joys amidst collective grief and ...

Percival Everett centers a new voice in 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn'

30 Dec 2024

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Percival Everett is a prolific author – his 2001 book Erasure was recently adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction. But his latest book...

BONUS: A biography and a memoir reexamine Jimmy Carter's extraordinary life

30 Dec 2024

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Former president Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old. In today's episode, two books examine Carter's career in the White House and beyond. Fir...

'Gather Me' and 'Subculture Vulture' are memoirs told through books and subcultures

27 Dec 2024

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Memoirs from authors Glory Edim and Moshe Kasher narrate their lives through cultural objects: books and subcultures. First, Edim, the founder of the ...

'The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol' is a mythical take on the Jewish holiday

26 Dec 2024

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Nate Gadol is a spirit with the power to make anything last for as long as it's needed, whether oil, chocolate, or a flower. Gadol's special gift is a...

'General Sherman's Christmas' captures the war-time holiday in Savannah 150 years ago

25 Dec 2024

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During the Civil War, Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops arrived in Savannah, Georgia, days before Christmas in 1864. The city wa...

New cookbook 'Jiggle!' aims to bring gelatin back in style

24 Dec 2024

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In the '70s, gelatin was very much in vogue. Gatherings often featured a colorful, molded jello salad that contained surprising ingredients from cotta...

'Dylan Goes Electric!' is the book behind Timothée Chalamet's new Bob Dylan biopic

23 Dec 2024

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The Newport Folk Festival is an annual music festival that's been hosted in Newport, Rhode Island, since the 1950s. Bob Dylan, who was considered folk...

Two books, two very different takes on Christmas stories

20 Dec 2024

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Two books take dramatically different approaches to the Christmas story. First, in Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret, reluctant detective Ernest Cu...

'When Southern Women Cook' is a diverse portrait of the American South's food culture

19 Dec 2024

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A new cookbook from America's Test Kitchen pays homage to the diverse communities of women who have defined food in the American South. When Southern ...

Alizah Holstein writes about the complex echelons of academia in 'My Roman History'

18 Dec 2024

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After a high school English teacher introduced Alizah Holstein to Dante's Divine Comedy, the Italian capital Rome became the first place she wanted to...

In 'Kingdom of No Tomorrow,' a young woman joins the Black Panther Party

17 Dec 2024

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In Fabienne Josaphat's latest novel, a young woman named Nettie leaves Haiti for the United States. Set in the 1960s, Kingdom of No Tomorrow follows N...

Colson Whitehead's novel 'The Nickel Boys' comes to the big screen

16 Dec 2024

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Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys follows the studious and idealistic Elwood Curtis, a Black teenager whose prized possession is a recordi...

Two books explore phases of female life, girlhood and womanhood

13 Dec 2024

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Two books of essays consider the female experience through different stages of life. First, Kate Kennedy's One in a Millennial documents coming of age...

In Zahid Rafiq's debut short story collection, the future of Kashmir is uncertain

12 Dec 2024

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The World With Its Mouth Open is a book of short stories from journalist-turned-author Zahid Rafiq. The collection showcases the precarious but ordina...

Remembering Nikki Giovanni, poet and icon of the Black Arts Movement

11 Dec 2024

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Renowned poet and professor Nikki Giovanni died earlier this week at age 81, following a third cancer diagnosis. She was a prolific writer and leader ...

Author of Wampanoag history discussed her children's book and erasure

10 Dec 2024

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Colonization and the Wampanoag Story is a 2023 history book for middle school readers about the tribe's first encounters with English settlers. In the...

There is such a thing as too much quality time in Weike Wang's 'Rental House'

09 Dec 2024

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Tensions are running high for married couple Keru and Nate, who decide to rent a house in Cape Cod, sharing it with each set of parents at different p...

2 new nonfiction books explore the impact of cultural forces in the world of music

06 Dec 2024

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Two new nonfiction books explore the impact of cultural forces in the world of music. First, a number of musicians, including B.B. King, Ed Sheeran, J...

Haruki Murakami's longtime editor spills the tea on working with the master

05 Dec 2024

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Lexy Bloom first read Haruki Murakami in the '90s, when she picked up A Wild Sheep Chase. At that point, not much of the Japanese author's work had be...

In new memoir, Angela Merkel details her time as Germany's first woman chancellor

04 Dec 2024

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Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany through a number of global challenges: a pandemic, a migrant crisis and military aggression. But she als...

A game design company has mysterious forces at play in the new YA thriller 'Darkly'

03 Dec 2024

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Author Marisha Pessl has always loved puzzles and board games. She's intrigued by the feeling of forced companionship that comes from solving a puzzle...

In comedian Youngmi Mayer's new memoir, laughter is a lifeline

02 Dec 2024

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Comedian, writer and podcast host Youngmi Mayer was raised in Korea and Saipan with a Korean mom and a white American father. Their relationship was s...