Culture A Stitch In Time Saves A Life In 'A Single Thread'NPR - Denny S. BryceFrom small things, greatness. This line from Tracy Chevalier's new A Single Thread perfectly sums up a story about how a needle and the right stitch can change the course of a life. A Single Thread focuses
Books 'Show Won't Go On': Book Compiles Performers Who Died On StageNPRNPR's Scott Simon interviews Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns about their new book: The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage. There's no business like show
Culture Navigating Culture And Crushes In 'Frankly In Love'NPR - Scott SimonDavid Yoon's debut novel has set off commotion, excitement, and a movie option. It's Frankly in Love, in which we meet Frank Li, a high school senior and a self-described nerd, who, with his best friend
Culture 'A Cosmology Of Monsters' Blends Freaky Frights And Family FeelsNPR - Jason Heller"How long until the world hollows me out?" Eunice Turner asks her younger brother Noah in one of her many letters to him — most of them suicide notes. That question lies at the heart of A Cosmology of
Culture 'They Will Have To Die Now' Is A Bare-Knuckles Account Of The Fight Against ISISNPR - Tom BowmanJames Verini calls himself a "coward and a hypocrite." Why? For not having the guts to cover the Afghanistan war after reporting on the destruction of the World Trade Center as a young reporter. Heading
Vermont Here Are The Nominees For The 2019 National Book AwardsNPR - Colin DwyerAh, fall. That homey season of football, falling leaves — and of course, feting the best books of the year. The National Book Foundation did its part this week, rolling out the 50 nominees — 10 each across
Culture Take A Dark Ride On The 'Night Boat To Tangier'NPR - Michael SchaubThe Spanish port city of Algeciras boasts a long and rich history, and is home to some of the country's most beautiful parks, plazas and churches. But Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, the two aging
Culture 'Heaven, My Home' Is A Complicated PlaceNPR - Bethanne PatrickIf you thought Texas was a whole 'nother country, welcome to Lake Caddo, a sprawling, irregular inland sea divided between Texas and Louisiana. Surrounded by jungle-like foliage (that's right; East Texas
Culture In 'Obviously,' Comedian Muses About Growing Up In A Small Kentucky TownNPRNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with comedian Akilah Hughes about a collection of short essays in her new book, Obviously. What do you do when you grow up in a town so small that... AKILAH HUGHES: The biggest
Surveillance Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With RussiaNPR - Dave DaviesIn 2013, Edward Snowden was an IT systems expert working under contract for the National Security Agency when he traveled to Hong Kong to provide three journalists with thousands of top-secret documents
Propaganda 'This Is Not Propaganda' And The Post-Truth World - 1Athe1a.org Peter Pomerantsev’s 2014 book “Nothing Is True And Everything Is Permitted” paints Moscow as a place where it’s okay to play with the facts in order …
Culture 'Coventry' Touches On Gender, Self-Definition In Taking Control Of One's NarrativeNPR - Heller McAlpinRachel Cusk is a writer who worries more about truth-telling than likability. Lambasted for her daringly honest memoirs about her feelings as a new mother (A Life's Work) and her bitter divorce (Aftermath),
Culture In 'Doxology,' The Comedy Is Never Quite In TuneNPR - Lily MeyerDuring the 2016 election, I worked in events at Politics and Prose, one of Washington, D.C.'s best-beloved bookstores. My office shared a wall with Comet Ping Pong, a similarly beloved pizza restaurant
Culture Life, Love, Coming Out And Culture Shock In 'Juliet Takes A Breath'NPR - Audie CornishGabby Rivera writes strong Latina characters, from the queer Marvel superhero America Chavez to the Puerto Rican protagonist in her new novel, Juliet Takes a Breath. It's the coming-of-age story of a kid
Culture Racial Tensions Complicate The Search For A Missing Child In 'Heaven, My Home'NPR - John PowersAttica Locke's new novel centers on a black Texas ranger's effort to find the vanished son of a white supremacist. Heaven, My Home offers an unsettling American spin on a complicated crime story. This
Culture In 'Savage Gods,' An Author Finds That Pondering Being Leads To An Inability To WriteNPR - Gabino IglesiasPaul Kingsnorth's Savage Gods is a series of questions in the shape of a book. On the surface, the writing deals with the author trying to make sense of his need to belong to something meaningful, his
William Shakespeare Lecturer At The University Of Cambridge Makes Literary Dream DiscoveryNPRAnnotations on a 17th century copy of Shakespeare's plays were discovered to be written by English poet John Milton. James Scott-Warren of the University of Cambridge explains what the notes reveal. All
Culture 'They Will Have To Die Now' Recounts Retaking Of Mosul From The Islamic StateNPRNPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist James Verini about his book They Will Have To Die Now, a vivid story of the battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State in 2016. Books about
Culture 'Second Founding' Examines How Reconstruction Remade The ConstitutionNPR - Terry GrossPulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner talks how the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments relate to current debates about voting rights, mass incarceration and reparations for slavery. This is FRESH AIR.
Music 'This Machine Kills Fascists': Politics And Music With Billy Bragg - 1Athe1a.org The “people’s poet” isn’t one for sitting on the sidelines and staying silent. British singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg has been at music …
Culture 'Red At The Bone' Cuts Close To The BoneNPR - Heller McAlpinJacqueline Woodson begins her powerful new novel audaciously, with the word "But." Well, there are no buts about this writer's talent. Red at the Bone follows Woodson's National Book Award-winning memoir,
Cancer 'The Undying' Catalogs The Unceasing Losses Of A Breast Cancer DiagnosisNPR - Sascha CohenBefore poet Anne Boyer got breast cancer at age 41, she believed, like most people unacquainted with the disease, that it "was no longer deadly and that its treatment had been made easy...your life gets
Culture Attica Locke's Latest, 'Heaven, My Home,' Explores Race And ForgivenessNPRNPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Attica Locke about her latest book: Heaven, My Home. The story picks up with Darren Matthews, the same protagonist from her previous novel Bluebird, Bluebird. The
Oil Investors Are On Edge After Drone Attack Hits Saudi-Owned AramcoNPRNPR's Noel King talks to Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc., which explores Aramco and the history of the Saudi energy industry. Before the weekend drone attack, bankers were working on Aramco's IPO. Saudi
Culture Amitav Ghosh: 'The World Of Fact Is Outrunning The World Of Fiction'NPR - Ari ShapiroIn 2016, Amitav Ghosh was working on his novel Gun Island, and imagined a scene in which a wildfire was advancing toward a Los Angeles museum. About six months later, that scenario played out in real as
Brett Kavanaugh Reporters Dig Into Justice Kavanaugh's Past, Allegations Of Misconduct Against HimNPR - Terry GrossSeveral Democratic presidential candidates are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after The New York Times published an essay Sept. 14 describing alleged sexual misconduct
Culture In 'Wildhood,' Scientists See Similarities In Adolescent Humans And Other AnimalsNPR - Barbara J. KingDo you worry over a young-adult family member, just out of college or in between jobs, who has moved back home? Or a teenager who faces bullying at school? In Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence
Culture 3 Crackling Young Adult Reads To Welcome FallNPR - Caitlyn PaxsonIn Akwaeke Emezi's Pet, angels have rid the city of Lucille of all its monsters. That's what Jam has been taught, and she has no reason to doubt it, as she lives a happy life surrounded by her loving and
Larry Nassar Book: 'What Is A Girl Worth?'NPRNPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with former gymnast and activist Rachael Denhollander about her new book What Is a Girl Worth? By now, you've probably heard about Larry Nassar, the former doctor for USA Gymnastics
