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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

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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...

'Pig Years' and 'What the Chicken Knows' consider the interior worlds of farm animals

29 Nov 2024

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Today's books take readers into the secret lives of farm animals. The first, Pig Years, is a memoir by the writer Ellen Gaydos, who began working as a...

A new cookbook from food journalist Mark Bittman invites kids into the kitchen

28 Nov 2024

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Cooking with young kids can be a mess, but embracing this idea is the point of Mark Bittman's new cookbook. In How to Cook Everything Kids, the journa...

In 'Growing Up Urkel,' actor Jaleel White reflects on a career-defining role

27 Nov 2024

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Steve Urkel, the nerdy, bespectacled neighbor in Family Matters, is one of '90s television's most iconic characters. Urkel's nasally voice, oversized ...

NPR staffers pick their favorite reads of the year

26 Nov 2024

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The 2024 edition of Books We Love is here. Each year, NPR staffers and critics submit their favorite reads of the year across genres. Those selections...

Bonnie Kistler's new thriller explores ageism from the lens of a murder

25 Nov 2024

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Kate's new husband, who she reunites with 50 years after they were high school sweethearts, has just confessed that he was behind the Tylenol murders ...

Two nonfiction books take critical views of bankruptcy and microlending systems

22 Nov 2024

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Two nonfiction books question the efficacy of financial systems that are meant to help lift people out of poverty. In Unjust Debts, law professor Meli...

'Say Nothing' tells the story of 'The Troubles' through one woman's murder

21 Nov 2024

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In the late 1900s, Protestants and Catholics were in conflict over who should rule Northern Ireland, the British or the Irish. The time was dubbed "Th...

In 'Citizen,' former President Clinton reflects on his post-White House years

20 Nov 2024

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Since leaving the White House more than two decades ago, Bill Clinton has remained a leader in the Democratic Party, but has mostly focused on philant...

In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic

19 Nov 2024

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When Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Cake Bible was first published in 1988, it took the baking world by storm. It was the first cake book to list ingredien...

In the new novel 'Pony Confidential,' a crime-solving pony seeks revenge

18 Nov 2024

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Pony Confidential, a new novel by author Christina Lynch, is about an unlikely detective: a crime-solving pony who sets off to find his long-lost firs...

Two new books on Johnny Carson and Shirley MacLaine offer intimate views of celebrity

15 Nov 2024

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New books focused on Johnny Carson and Shirley MacLaine offer intimate portraits of two of television and Hollywood's biggest stars. Johnny Carson hos...

Brit Barron's new book is a guide on maintaining relationships in a polarized world

14 Nov 2024

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We live in a time where it can be difficult to maintain good relationships with people with opposing views. While writing her new book, Do You Still T...

With 'Mystical Lotería,' Yvette Montoya reimagines a traditional Latino party game

13 Nov 2024

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Author Yvette Montoya didn't grow up playing Lotería, but she discovered the classic Latino party game in college. There, she fell in love with Loter...

A parenting book by author Kelley Coleman focuses on the care of disabled children

12 Nov 2024

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Parents of disabled children are responsible for navigating a number of complex systems, from educational services and accommodation to medical care. ...

A shocking discovery follows an artist's death in Paula Hawkins' 'The Blue Hour'

11 Nov 2024

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Author Paula Hawkins is best known for her 2015 novel The Girl on the Train. Her new book, The Blue Hour, is also a thriller, this time set on a remot...

'Tías and Primas' and 'Linguaphile' are new nonfiction books on family and language

08 Nov 2024

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Two new nonfiction books blend research and memoir to explore ideas of family, language and culture. Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez's Tías and Prima...

'Big Jim and the White Boy,' a new graphic novel, reinterprets a Mark Twain classic

07 Nov 2024

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Since its publication in 1885, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been celebrated as one of the great American works of literature. But the novel has ...

Stanley Tucci records 12 months of eating in his food diary 'What I Ate in One Year'

06 Nov 2024

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Stanley Tucci of Searching for Italy and The Devil Wears Prada fame loves food—especially the comforting taste of home-cooked Italian cuisine. But i...

In Winsome Bingham's 'The Walk,' a community bands together to head to the polls

05 Nov 2024

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Author Winsome Bingham was raised in a community that gathered together to vote. But as a kid, she didn't realize how important this practice was to h...

Bob Woodward's new book 'War' invites readers into a world of back-channel diplomacy

04 Nov 2024

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It's been 50 years since the publication of All the President's Men, but journalist Bob Woodward says he hasn't changed his approach to political repo...

'Patriot' is a posthumous memoir by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

01 Nov 2024

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Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, died in a Siberian prison this past February–and in his diary entries, Navalny wrote that he knew he ...

'American Scary' documents a cultural obsession with horror in the United States

31 Oct 2024

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Horror and scary stories are part of a long American tradition that dates back to the Salem witch trials. Columbia professor and cultural historian Je...

In 'Ottolenghi Comfort,' Yotam Ottolenghi takes an expansive view of comfort food

30 Oct 2024

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Yotam Ottolenghi's books are a fixture on the shelves of many home cooks. In his latest cookbook, written with co-authors Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller...

Al Pacino's memoir 'Sonny Boy' is a story of adventure, starting in the South Bronx

29 Oct 2024

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Al Pacino's childhood was spent in a tough neighborhood in the South Bronx. But he grew up among a crew of wild kids who often found themselves on adv...

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha bears witness to war in 'Forest of Noise'

28 Oct 2024

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Since the war in Gaza began, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha says he has not lived a normal life. He lost 31 members of his extended family in an airs...

Rebecca Yarros on literary tropes, writing through chronic illness and 'Fourth Wing'

26 Oct 2024

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Rebecca Yarros is the author of The Empyrean series, a wildly popular collection of "romantasy" novels. In a conversation with NPR's Emily Kwong at th...

In new children's books from Trevor Noah and Travis Jonker, adventure is not far off

25 Oct 2024

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In two new children's books, characters discover worlds of adventure just outside their doorsteps. Trevor Noah's first picture book, Into the Uncut Gr...

A new biography portrays Queen Elizabeth II as the British public's emotional anchor

24 Oct 2024

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Author and essayist Craig Brown is perhaps best known for his sketch comedy writing and satirical columns poking fun at the British government. But he...

'How Women Made Music' reexamines the history of music with women at its center

23 Oct 2024

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Earlier this week, several legendary female artists–including Cher, Mary J. Blige and Big Mama Thornton–were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of...

With a new cookbook, TikTok creator Owen Han aims to perfect the art of the sandwich

22 Oct 2024

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Owen Han used to work in hospitals, but his life changed in 2020 when his father died. Motivated by his late father's encouragement to pursue his pass...

'The Indian Card' explores the question of Native identity in the United States

21 Oct 2024

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Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz is a self-proclaimed data nerd. So, when she started work on a project on Native identity, she turned to the Census data. Qui...

Food meets family in new books from Ina Garten and Stephen Colbert

18 Oct 2024

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Ina Garten and Stephen Colbert share some big commonalities. They've both had long and successful careers in television, they're friends–and they lo...

'Twenty-Four Seconds from Now' is a love story for Black boys–and everyone else, too

17 Oct 2024

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Earlier this month, novelist and poet Jason Reynolds received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation for his work "depicting the rich inner lives of ki...

In 'In Praise of Mystery,' U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón looks to the stars

16 Oct 2024

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NASA's Europa Clipper took off earlier this week, headed for Jupiter's fourth-largest moon. Etched on the outside of the spacecraft is a poem by U.S. ...

Malcolm Gladwell revisits old ideas in a new book, 'Revenge of the Tipping Point'

15 Oct 2024

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When Malcolm Gladwell released The Tipping Point in 2000, the book became a huge bestseller–and Gladwell became a star. Nearly a quarter-century lat...

Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature, on her novel 'The Vegetarian'

14 Oct 2024

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South Korean author Han Kang is this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature, making her the first Korean writer to win the award. In its ci...

American Library Association president Cindy Hohl on why book bans are hard to stop

11 Oct 2024

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Cindy Hohl, the current president of the American Library Association, says the political temperature surrounding book bans has remained at a boiling ...

In Simone St. James' 'Murder Road,' a lakeside honeymoon turns into a murder mystery

10 Oct 2024

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In 1995, a mostly pre-digital age, it was much easier to get lost–especially on a strange road in the middle of the night. This time period is the s...

'Building Material' is the memoir of a Park Avenue doorman

09 Oct 2024

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Stephen Bruno is a doorman for a high-end building on Manhattan's Park Avenue, where he's worked for 14 years. Bruno says that while he treats every o...

Jules Feiffer, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' illustrator, is out with a new graphic novel

08 Oct 2024

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Jules Feiffer has been drawing and writing for a living since he was 17 years old. Now 95, the illustrator behind The Phantom Tollbooth is out with hi...

'How to Build a Fashion Icon' is stylist Law Roach's guide to image architecture

07 Oct 2024

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Stylist Law Roach grew up in Chicago watching his grandmother get ready for church. He said observing her process first exposed him to the art form of...

'Hope for Cynics' and 'On Freedom' ask big-picture questions about how we live

04 Oct 2024

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In today's episode, two new nonfiction books take on big themes: cynicism and freedom. In his new book, Hope for Cynics, Stanford psychology professor...

In 'We Solve Murders,' Richard Osman introduces a new detective trio

03 Oct 2024

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Richard Osman is the author of the popular Thursday Murder Club book series. But despite the success of that project, Osman said he wanted to spread h...

Lyndsay Rush's new book of poems, 'A Bit Much,' was written for poetry skeptics

02 Oct 2024

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Lyndsay Rush was never a big fan of poetry. But after discovering the world of internet poets through Instagram, she discovered that writing poetry co...

Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to political writing in his new book 'The Message'

01 Oct 2024

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is no stranger to political writing–or controversy. But his new book, The Message, marks the author's return to nonfiction almost a...

Richard Powers' new novel 'Playground' is filled with awe for the ocean

30 Sep 2024

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In Richard Powers' new novel Playground, technology and the environment meet on the island of Makatea in French Polynesia. The book weaves stories tog...

Newbery Medalist Meg Medina and NBA star Jayson Tatum are out with children's books

27 Sep 2024

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Newbery Medalist Meg Medina remembers her childhood babysitter perfectly. Medina called her Señora Mimí–and now, the author is celebrating caregiv...