NPR's Book of the Day

'What If We Get It Right?' envisions new possibilities for our climate future

26 Sep 2024

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It can be difficult to feel optimistic when faced with the existential threat of climate change. But a new book from marine biologist and writer Ayana...

In the new book 'Want,' Gillian Anderson collects other women's sexual fantasies

25 Sep 2024

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The actress Gillian Anderson plays a sex therapist on Netflix's Sex Education. Now, in her off-screen life, Anderson has taken on a similar role: gath...

'City in Ruins' is the finale of the Danny Ryan trilogy–and of Don Winslow's career

24 Sep 2024

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Novelist Don Winslow says City in Ruins is his last book. The third novel in the author's Danny Ryan trilogy completes the series, a contemporary crim...

In 'Who's That Girl?' Eve reflects on her time in a male-dominated hip-hop industry

23 Sep 2024

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With songs like "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," "Satisfaction" and "Tambourine," Eve's music was a staple of early 2000s hip-hop. In her new memoir, Who's That...

James McBride on music, writing and 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store'

20 Sep 2024

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James McBride, the literary giant and author of books like The Color of Water and Deacon King Kong, was awarded this year's Library of Congress Prize ...

'Represent' charts the United States' long struggle for the right to vote

19 Sep 2024

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Election denialism and myths of voter fraud have long been part of the history of the United States. In their new book, Represent: The Unfinished Figh...

In 'Entitlement,' a young woman helps an elderly billionaire give away his fortune

18 Sep 2024

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In Rumaan Alam's new novel, Entitlement, Brooke, a former teacher, is given a rare opportunity. She takes a job with an 83-year-old billionaire and is...

Venus Williams' new book 'Strive' is a personal guide to physical and mental health

17 Sep 2024

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Tennis legend Venus Williams has a lot on her plate. There's her tennis career, of course, but also business pursuits in fashion, interior design, nai...

Rachel Kushner's new novel 'Creation Lake' is inspired by real-life espionage

16 Sep 2024

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Rachel Kushner's new novel, Creation Lake, has all the makings of a great spy thriller: a cool and unknowable secret agent, a mysterious figure who co...

'At War with Ourselves' and 'Broken Open' are memoirs chronicling internal conflict

13 Sep 2024

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New memoirs by former National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster and recovery advocate William Cope Moyers document conflicts of different kinds. In At ...

'The Museum of Failures' follows a father-to-be as he stumbles upon family secrets

12 Sep 2024

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The Museum of Failures follows Remy Wadia, an Indian American ad executive who left India for the United States years ago. But when Remy returns to Bo...

In 'The Stories We Cannot Tell,' difficult pregnancies unite two very different women

11 Sep 2024

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Over 25 years ago, author Leslie Rasmussen connected with a stranger over challenges with their fertility. That friendship inspired her 2023 novel, Th...

In 'We're Alone,' Edwidge Danticat's essays extend an invitation to be together

10 Sep 2024

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Edwidge Danticat is known for her novels and short stories. But her new book, We're Alone, is a collection of eight wide-ranging essays. These essays ...

'A Pair of Wings' draws inspiration from Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to fly

09 Sep 2024

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Carole Hopson wanted to be a pilot since childhood, but it wasn't until her mid-30s that she learned about Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to ea...

'Anything's Pastable' and 'My Life in Recipes' explore viral pasta and family history

06 Sep 2024

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Anything's Pastable and My Life in Recipes, new cookbooks from Dan Pashman and Joan Nathan, get personal in very different ways. Pashman, the James Be...

'Eruption' is a collaboration between Michael Crichton and James Patterson

05 Sep 2024

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Jurassic Park creator Michael Crichton spent years working on a manuscript about a volcano on the verge of a disastrous eruption in Hawaii. After he d...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks Supreme Court ethics, family in 'Lovely One'

04 Sep 2024

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson remembers her first brush with the national spotlight as "white hot." When President Biden nomin...

'The Instrumentalist' is a story about music, imagination and Anna Maria della Pietà

03 Sep 2024

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Harriet Constable learned a lot about the real life of Anna Maria della Pietà — that she grew up in an orphanage, that she was a star violinist and...

'Ruin their Crops on the Ground' tracks the history and politics of food in the U.S.

02 Sep 2024

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Food is a source of nourishment, joy and autonomy for a lot of people – but in her new book, Ruin their Crops on the Ground, Andrea Freeman also tra...

'The 15-Minute City' and 'Rethinking Rescue' reimagine existing systems

30 Aug 2024

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Today's episode features two books that advocate for new approaches to big problems: urban planning, poverty, and dog rescue. First, Here & Now's Scot...

'How to Leave the House' follows a quest for a missing package

29 Aug 2024

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Natwest, 23, is about to finally leave for university. But a package he's waiting for has gone missing and – fearing humiliation if its contents are...

In 'On the Edge,' Nate Silver analyzes professional risk-takers

28 Aug 2024

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What do hedge fund managers, poker players and the scientist behind the mRNA vaccine have in common? In his new book, On the Edge: The Art of Risking ...

'Hurdles in the Dark' is a memoir about a kidnapping, juvenile detention and racing

27 Aug 2024

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Elvira K. Gonzalez says there was a lot of beauty to growing up in the culturally rich border town of Laredo, Texas. But there were some challenges, t...

Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague

26 Aug 2024

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From 1911 to 1912, Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka both lived in Prague. A new graphic novel by Ken Krimstein uses both history and artistic imaginati...

'Us, After' and 'A Haunted Girl' tackle mental health

23 Aug 2024

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Warning: this episode contains mention of suicide and mental illness. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or t...

Gabino Iglesias' 'House of Bone and Rain' is a tale of vengeance in Puerto Rico

22 Aug 2024

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Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Gabino Iglesias, knows what it's like for grief and anger to turn deadly. That's what he explores in his new novel, ...

'Drawn Testimony' is a courtroom sketch artist's memoir spanning 40 years

21 Aug 2024

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Courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg has worked on some of the biggest trials of the last 40 years, drawing the likes of Martha Stewart, Jeffrey Eps...

Rufaro Faith Mazarura's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village

20 Aug 2024

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The fictional Olympics at the heart of Rufaro Faith Mazarura's novel, Let the Games Begin, kick off in Athens. And in the middle of one of the most im...

'We Were Illegal' examines Texas history through multiple generations of one family

19 Aug 2024

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After she worked on a book about refugee resettlement in the U.S., writer Jessica Goudeau says she realized she knew very little about how her own fam...

Two books revisit the cultural impacts of Tina Turner, Duke Ellington and more

16 Aug 2024

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Today's episode highlights two books that revisit the cultural contributions of some pretty big names. First, Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks with...

Sheetal Sheth pens a children's book about Raksha Bandhan in 'Raashi's Rakhis'

15 Aug 2024

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The Hindu holiday Raksha Bandhan is just around the corner – and in a new children's book called Raashi's Rakhis, actor and activist Sheetal Sheth w...

In 'Bringing Ben Home,' Barbara Bradley Hagerty examines a wrongful conviction

14 Aug 2024

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In 1987, a Black 22-year-old named Ben Spencer was convicted of murdering a white man in Texas. In 2021, he was cleared of those charges and released ...

In 'Five-Star Stranger,' a man gets hired on an app to pretend to be a girl's father

13 Aug 2024

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There's an app for everything. In Kat Tang's debut novel Five-Star Stranger, there's even one that allows you to hire someone you've never met to play...

In 'Midnight in Moscow,' a U.S. ambassador recounts his time in Russia

12 Aug 2024

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John J. Sullivan served as U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2019 to 2022. He was there during Russia's invasion of Ukraine – and he writes about that ...

Nancy Pelosi opens up about how she wields 'The Art of Power'

09 Aug 2024

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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says her new book, The Art of Power, is not a memoir. Instead, she says, it's an inside look at specific mome...

M.T. Anderson's 'Nicked' follows a heist to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas

08 Aug 2024

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National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson has written his first novel for adults. Nicked is set in 1087 and follows a monk and treasure hunter looking ...

Juli Min's novel 'Shanghailanders' unfolds in reverse

07 Aug 2024

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At the start of Juli Min's debut novel, it's 2040 in Shanghai, and a wealthy real estate developer is parting ways with his wife and adult daughters a...

Cory Richards' memoir covers mountains, photography and mental health

06 Aug 2024

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Cory Richards made a name for himself taking photographs across the globe for National Geographic. His new memoir, The Color of Everything, grapples w...

Sarah Perry's 'Enlightenment' ponders faith, astronomy and friendship

05 Aug 2024

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Sarah Perry's novel, Enlightenment, recently received a Booker Prize nomination. It follows the relationship between two friends, with a 30 year age d...

Novels by Claire Lombardo and Catherine Newman explore different stages of motherhood

02 Aug 2024

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Today's episode highlights two books that deal with what it means to be a mom, a wife and a multi-faceted, complicated woman. First, NPR's Danielle Ku...

'The Boiling Moat' plants a military strategy to prevent China's capture of Taiwan

01 Aug 2024

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Matt Pottinger used to cover China for Reuters and The Wall Street Journal before working as a deputy national security advisor for the Trump administ...

Jon M. Chu's memoir 'Viewfinder' traces his journey to making movies

31 Jul 2024

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Before he was the director behind films like Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights and Wicked, Jon M. Chu was a teenager in Los Altos, California, playing...

In 'Liars,' Sarah Manguso explores a marriage falling apart

30 Jul 2024

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When author Sarah Manguso was going through a divorce a few years ago, she says she put her rage into writing her novel Liars. It's about the dissolut...

Stephen Graham Jones explores a new side of horror in 'I Was a Teenage Slasher'

29 Jul 2024

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A small Texas town in the late 1980s, two teenagers on the outside of the social scene, and a curse for revenge. That's the setup for Stephen Graham J...

Riley Sager and Johanna Copeland set thrillers in suburbia

26 Jul 2024

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Today's episode features two page-turners full of suspense. First, NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Todd Ritter – who publishes as Riley Sager – about...

Khushbu Shah's cookbook 'Amrikan' honors the Indian American diaspora

25 Jul 2024

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Today's episode is packed with recipes from Khushbu Shah's new cookbook, Amrikan. But beyond that, it's also a conversation with the author and Here &...

A look back at Vice President Kamala Harris' memoir, 'The Truths We Hold'

24 Jul 2024

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On Sunday, President Joe Biden announced he was stepping down from his campaign for reelection this November. Soon after, he endorsed Vice President K...

Joyce Maynard follows 'Count the Ways' with 'How the Light Gets In'

23 Jul 2024

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Joyce Maynard's new book, How the Light Gets In, is a sequel to her 2021 novel Count the Ways, both following a family grappling with a tragic acciden...

Griffin Dunne's memoir chronicles fame, art and tragedy in his Hollywood upbringing

22 Jul 2024

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Actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne grew up during a fascinating time in Hollywood history. In today's episode, he tells Here & Now's Emiko Tam...

Two summer mysteries unravel in 'The Cliffs' and 'The God of the Woods'

19 Jul 2024

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Today's episode focuses on two summer reads trying to piece together some pretty big questions. First, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with J. Courtney...

'We Were Once a Family' examines how the foster care system failed the Hart siblings

18 Jul 2024

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In 2018, Jennifer and Sarah Hart drove off a cliff in California, killing themselves and their six adopted children. While much of the media attention...

Revisiting J.D. Vance's memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy'

17 Jul 2024

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This week, former President Donald Trump announced that Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will be his running mate in the 2024 election. Vance rose to prominence w...

'Ultraviolet' follows a young boy going through puberty and first love

16 Jul 2024

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Aida Salazar's new book, Ultraviolet, has a lot in common with Judy Blume's Forever, but from the point of view of an eighth grade boy; it's all about...

In 'Beautiful Days,' Zach Williams ponders parenthood, reality and the uncanny

15 Jul 2024

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Zach Williams' collection of short stories, Beautiful Days, has earned high praise for the unsettling way it examines mundane, everyday life. In today...

Two books dive into the musical histories of The Police and Joni Mitchell

12 Jul 2024

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Today's episode is about two emblematic musicians who take us to very different parts of the globe, from the London punk scene to the Laurel Canyon ut...

In 'Other Rivers,' Peter Hessler chronicles his return to Chinese classrooms

11 Jul 2024

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Foreign correspondent Peter Hessler taught in China during the country's economic boom in the 1990s, which he wrote about in his book River Town. Now,...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer unveils her vision for American democracy in 'True Gretch'

10 Jul 2024

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a new memoir out – it's about the people and experiences that shaped her version of leadership. Whitmer has led h...

'Devil Is Fine' explores race, colonialism and grief through magical realism

09 Jul 2024

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Devil Is Fine, the new novel by John Vercher, follows an unnamed protagonist banging out a book pitch in a fugue state that mirrors what's happening i...

'At the Edge of Empire' traces China's history through Edward Wong's family

08 Jul 2024

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The central character of New York Times correspondent Ed Wong's memoir, At the Edge of Empire, is not Wong himself — it's his father, who studied in...

Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in 'Sex and Vanity' and 'Lies and Weddings'

05 Jul 2024

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Today's episode features two interviews with Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians series. First, former NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro spoke to t...

A new book examines Alexander Hamilton's plan for public debt

04 Jul 2024

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Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, is somewhat of a pop culture phenomenon thanks to a hit musical about his life. But a ne...

In 'Do I Know You?,' a science reporter tackles her own face blindness

03 Jul 2024

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When science reporter Sadie Dingfelder mistakes a complete stranger in the supermarket for her own husband, she realizes something's up. The tests and...

Yangsze Choo's 'The Fox Wife' explores gender, murder and folklore in the 1900s

02 Jul 2024

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Yangsze Choo says she doesn't thoroughly plan out her novels – her newest, The Fox Wife, blossomed from that core idea behind the title, of a woman ...

Kara Swisher's memoir 'Burn Book' reflects on a career covering Silicon Valley

01 Jul 2024

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Journalist Kara Swisher, who's been covering the internet and the tech industry for decades, says she's not surprised when people like Steve Jobs or E...

Morgan Talty examines Native identity in 'Night of the Living Rez' and 'Fire Exit'

28 Jun 2024

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Today's episode features two interviews with author Morgan Talty. First, a conversation with NPR's Melissa Block about his 2022 collection of short st...

Carys Davies tackles communication, isolation and the Scottish Clearances in 'Clear'

27 Jun 2024

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In the 1840s, a Scottish minister named John Ferguson accepts the task of traveling to a remote island to evict Ivar, the only man who lives there. Wh...

In 'The Extinction of Irena Rey,' translators search for a missing author

26 Jun 2024

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Eight translators from eight countries travel to a Polish forest to begin adapting famed author Irena Rey's newest book into their respective language...

'Memory Piece' follows female friendships over several decades

25 Jun 2024

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Memory Piece, the latest novel from National Book Award finalist Lisa Ko, kicks off in the 1980s with three teenage girls who find a deep connection t...

'Hard by a Great Forest' is a novel about returning home decades after fleeing war

24 Jun 2024

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The story of Saba, the protagonist of Leo Vardiashvili's novel Hard by a Great Forest, is much like the author's own. A young boy flees the Soviet Rep...

'Never Enough' and 'Roctogenarians' examine the culture of success

21 Jun 2024

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Today's episode is all about what it means to "make it" – and why there's no one path to success. First, Jennifer Breheny Wallace speaks with Here &...

'Tehrangeles' follows a family of aspiring Iranian influencers in LA

20 Jun 2024

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Once upon a time, author Porochista Khakpour worked as a shop girl in the luxury stores lining Rodeo Drive. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how excited sh...

Glynnis MacNicol's memoir brings readers to a summer of pleasure in Paris

19 Jun 2024

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After riding out the first year of the pandemic alone in her small studio apartment in New York City, Glynnis MacNicol saw an opportunity and ran with...

In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia

18 Jun 2024

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In the new novel One of Our Kind, Jasmyn Williams moves her family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. But things start to take a turn...

Questlove maps a cultural revolution in 'Hip-Hop is History'

17 Jun 2024

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At the height of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef a few weeks back, Questlove took to Instagram to say, amongst other things, that "hip-hop is truly ...

'Dear Sister,' 'A Fatal Inheritance' examine difficult family histories

14 Jun 2024

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Today's episode highlights two books that grapple with hardships – and perseverance — within a family. First, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with...

Chelsea Devantez's memoir finds the humor in dark situations

13 Jun 2024

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Comedian, TV writer and podcast host Chelsea Devantez moved around a lot as a kid. She jokes in today's episode that her mom "loved to get divorced" —...

Stephen King finishes a story 45 years in the making in 'You Like It Darker'

12 Jun 2024

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You Like It Darker is a new collection of short stories by Stephen King — and as the author tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, one of those stories spen...

The autobiography of John Swanson Jacobs offers a new look at slavery and migration

11 Jun 2024

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Harriet Jacobs is one of the best-known female abolitionists and authors who wrote about their experiences of enslavement in the South. But while sear...

'The Mango Tree' is a memoir about growing up mixed-race Filipina in south Florida

10 Jun 2024

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The Mango Tree kicks off with a phone call: Journalist Annabelle Tometich is informed her mom has been arrested for shooting a man, with a BB gun, who...

Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'

07 Jun 2024

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón recently edited and introduced You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, a collection of poems by writers like Joy Harj...

'Malas' is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town

06 Jun 2024

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Marcela Fuentes' debut novel, Malas, is set in a small town nestled on the border between Texas and Mexico. There, two vastly different women begin to...

R.O. Kwon's novel 'Exhibit' grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity

05 Jun 2024

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Jin Han, the narrator of R.O. Kwon's Exhibit, is a photographer going through it – both with her work and her husband. When she meets ballerina Lidi...

Kathleen Hanna remembers her path to becoming the OG 'Rebel Girl'

04 Jun 2024

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Before she founded the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s, Kathleen Hanna was a teenager volunteering at a rape and domestic violence shelter in Olympia...

Illia Ponomarenko's memoir opens up about covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine

03 Jun 2024

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There's a lot of tragedy that goes into watching your home erupt into a battlefield. But journalist Illia Ponomarenko says as the Russian military sei...

Two books trace the social and historical impacts of food

31 May 2024

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Today's episode is all about food – but not in the form of recipes. First, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Victor M. Valle speaks to Here & Now's Deep...

Claire Messud's new novel is a sweeping tale of history, family and social change

30 May 2024

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Across seven decades, Claire Messud's novel This Strange Eventful History follows generations of a family from a colonized Algeria to far stretches of...

Author Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent collaborate on new songbook

29 May 2024

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When Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro went on the BBC program Desert Island Discs, he spoke about how much he loves the music of jazz singer ...

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

28 May 2024

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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...

Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book is part memoir, part history of the 1960s

27 May 2024

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When Dick Goodwin reached his 80s, he asked his wife – historian Doris Kearns Goodwin – to finally open and sift through the hundreds of boxes he'...

Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck memoirs look back at their beginnings

24 May 2024

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Today's episode is about two massive stars: Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck. First, Goldberg speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about her new memoir, Bit...

'The SalviSoul Cookbook' celebrates Salvadoran food and the matriarchs who cook it

23 May 2024

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Years ago, Karla Tatiana Vasquez tried to search up a recipe for one of her favorite Salvadoran dishes, Salpicón Salvadoreño. The scarce results not...

'The Paris Novel' revels in a good meal, a beautiful dress and a romantic city

22 May 2024

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A plane ticket to Paris, a vintage Dior dress and a spectacular first-ever oyster — these three things upend the life of Stella, the sheltered, caut...

In 'The White Bonus,' Tracie McMillan analyzes the monetary cost of racism

21 May 2024

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Racism is a major contributor to economic disparities in the U.S. – but in her new book, The White Bonus, writer Tracie McMillan crunches the number...

'The Alternatives' is a novel about grief, sisterhood and working women

20 May 2024

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Caoilinn Hughes' novel The Alternatives revolves around the four Flattery sisters, each with a more impressive career or degree than the last, all wit...

Brittney Griner's memoir recounts her detention in Russia and finally 'Coming Home'

17 May 2024

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In 2022, WNBA star Brittney Griner was detained by Russian authorities, convicted of drug charges and given a nine-year prison sentence. Her new memoi...

'Lessons for Survival' thinks about parenting through social and environmental crises

16 May 2024

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As a parent, how do you navigate – and feel hope – raising kids through a pandemic, a climate crisis and with police brutality in the news? That's...

Colm Tóibín's long-anticipated sequel to 'Brooklyn' is 'Long Island'

15 May 2024

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The writer Colm Tóibín says he never meant to write a sequel to his 2009 novel Brooklyn. But an image came to him years later, of his protagonist fr...

Chanel Miller's new children's book follows lost socks in New York City

14 May 2024

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Chanel Miller's first book was a critically acclaimed memoir about her sexual assault and the following trial. But she always wanted to write and illu...

Rachel Khong's new novel explores who gets to be 'Real Americans'

13 May 2024

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Real Americans, the new novel by Rachel Khong, spans generations and decades within a family to understand the ongoing struggle to make sense of race,...

For Mother's Day, two books that tackle motherhood

10 May 2024

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This weekend is Mother's Day, a good occasion to reflect on the art of parenting. First, comedian Glenn Boozan speaks to Celeste Headlee on Here and N...