NPRCulture Journalist Rose Eveleth Imagines Future Worlds In New Book NPR Noel King speaks with Rose Eveleth about her illustrated book: Flash Forward.
NPRPoetry #NPRPoetry: Samuel Getachew verified_publisherNPRNPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Samuel Getachew, former National Youth Poet Laureate finalist, about his favorite listener-submitted poems. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, poetry. In honor...
NPRRadio Industry Lauren Hough On Growing Up In A Cult, New Memoir verified_publisherNPRLauren Hough tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her memoir Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing. Hough spent part of her childhood in a cult, which affected her later life. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Lauren...
NPRAnts The Ant-icipation Is Over: 'Juan Hormiga' Is Here! verified_publisherNPR - Juanita GilesI've been watching a lot of foreign-language television lately. (Confession: I do love good television.) It seems that all of a sudden there is a plethora of non-American shows to watch, and it's wonderful....
NPRMazie Hirono Quiet No More: Sen. Hirono's Immigrant Journey Fuels Her Fire In Congress verified_publisherNPR - Michel MartinFor a long time, Mazie Hirono thought of herself as one of the quiet ones — hardworking and well-prepared, caring but stoic — formed in the image of the Japanese American women who raised her. But in years,...
NPRMazie Hirono Sen. Mazie Hirono Talks New Memoir verified_publisherNPRNPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, Democrat from Hawaii, about her book, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: For years, she thought of herself as one...
NPRAutism Jory Fleming Shares What It's Like Going Through Life With Autism In New Memoir verified_publisherNPRNPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to Jory Fleming about his new book, How to be Human — An Autistic Man's Guide to Life. Fleming, who himself is autistic, co-wrote the book with Lyric Winik. DEBBIE ELLIOTT,...
NPRBooks Gary Paulsen's Memoir Taps Into The Childhood Experiences That Inspired His Stories verified_publisherNPR - Samantha BalabanGary Paulsen has a new memoir about the childhood experiences behind some of his most beloved novels for young people. It's called Gone to The Woods. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: Gary Paulsen, the beloved children's...
NPRHungary 'The Light Of The Midnight Stars' Doesn't Shine Brightly Enough verified_publisherNPR - Jessica P. WickThe Light of the Midnight Stars has a dreamy quality which makes me think it best read with the curtains drawn and a candle lit, surrounded by comforting objects of home. Rena Rossner's second novel invites...
NPRLouise Erdrich Louise Erdrich On Her Personal Connection To Native Peoples' 'Fight For Survival' verified_publisherNPR - Dave DaviesErdrich's novel, The Night Watchman, is based on her grandfather's role in resisting a Congressional effort to withdraw federal recognition from her family's tribe. Originally broadcast March 4, 2020....
NPRRamadan Mom Releases Book Based On 10 Years Of Ramadan Traditions verified_publisherNPR10 years ago, story teller Salma Hasan Ali started a blog marking the month of Ramadan called "30 Days, 30 Deeds." This year, she releases a book of stories and lessons from a decade of the blog. STEVE...
NPRNative Americans National Parks Should Be Controlled By Indigenous Tribes, One Writer Argues verified_publisherNPR - Ailsa Chang , Connor Donevan , Amy Isackson, Sam Yellowhorse KeslerThe National Parks Service has often been called "America's Best Idea." But David Treuer argues that, because that came at the cost of Native American homeland, they deserve to take control. AILSA CHANG,...
NPRBible 'The Making Of Biblical Womanhood' Tackles Contradictions In Religious Practice verified_publisherNPR - Rachel Martin , Avery KeatleyWhite evangelical women are often taught that their calling is to be passive in the church, to be submissive to their husbands and to stay out of the pulpit. History, though, says otherwise. In her new...
NPRWriting 'Leaving Isn't The Hardest Thing' Isn't Just A Cult Memoir verified_publisherNPR - Ilana MasadA couple months after Lauren Hough's essay "I Was a Cable Guy. I Saw the Worst of America" went viral at the tail-end of 2018, I assigned it to my creative writing students in a unit on "character." Hough's...
NPRCulture 2021 Whiting Awards Honor 10 Soon-To-Be-Big Writers verified_publisherNPR - Petra MayerThe winners of this year's Whiting Awards have been announced; the $50,000 prize is aimed at allowing emerging writers to focus full-time on their work — or to branch off in new directions. "Each of these...
NPRCulture How A Humble Bookseller Helped Give Rise To The Renaissance verified_publisherNPR - Mary Louise Kelly , Mia Venkat, Courtney DorningMary Louise Kelly talks with author Ross King about his new book The Bookseller of Florence, inspired by the history of the "Street of Booksellers" found in Florence, Italy. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: When...
NPRRichard Sackler Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis verified_publisherNPR - Terry GrossThe Sackler family has spent decades making a name for itself in philanthropic circles, with sizable donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, the British Museum, Harvard University and...
NPRRichard Sackler 'Empire Of Pain: The Secret History Of The Sackler Dynasty' Profiles Pharma Family verified_publisherNPR - Ailsa Chang , Noah Caldwell , Christopher IntagliataNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Radden Keefe about his book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. The book profiles the family that founded oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma. AILSA...
NPRPBS Henry Louis Gates Jr. On 'The Black Church' And His Own Bargain With Jesus verified_publisherNPR - Terry GrossWhen he was 12, Gates made a bargain with Jesus in an attempt to save his mother's life. He talks about how that altered his own life, and his new book and PBS series, The Black Church. TERRY GROSS, HOST:...
NPRentertainment news 'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks verified_publisherNPR - Maureen CorriganI knew from all the buzz about The Final Revival of Opal & Nev that it's a work of fiction by first-time novelist Dawnie Walton. But after I started her book, I had to stop and double check to make sure...
NPRShort Stories 'The Souvenir Museum' Is An Exhibit To Savor verified_publisherNPR - Heller McAlpinElizabeth McCracken's The Souvenir Museum begins with one of the funniest short stories I've read in a long time. It's about a short, round American who meets her newish boyfriend's angular English family...
NPRLanguage Mother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language verified_publisherNPR - Jason Heller"How can Emily be benefitting if she's screaming all the time?" It's a question that hounds Emily Grodin's mother, Valerie Gilpeer, throughout the gripping memoir they've co-authored, I Have Been Buried...
NPRPicture Books A Picture Book About Children At The Border Aims To Spark Family Conversations verified_publisherNPR - Anya KamenetzIn June 2019, attorney Warren Binford traveled to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Clint, Texas. She was there on a routine visit to monitor the government's compliance with the Flores...
NPRU.S. Politics John Boehner On The 'Noisemakers' Of The Republican Party verified_publisherNPR - Steve Inskeep , James Doubek , Bo Hamby , Reena AdvaniJohn Boehner says he couldn't win an election as a Republican these days. "I think I'd have a pretty tough time," he says. "I'm a conservative Republican, but I'm not crazy. And, you know, these days gets...
NPRentertainment news In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream verified_publisherNPR - Peter BreslowRichard Thompson has been making music for a very long time. From his days in the late 1960s as a teenage guitar player and songwriter with the seminal British folk rock group Fairport Convention to his...
NPRUnited States Gold Diggers' Is A Magical Look At What It Means To Be Indian-American verified_publisherNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Sanjena Sathian about her new book, Gold Diggers, that explores Indian-American identity in a fictional suburb of Atlanta. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you...
NPRCulture For April, 3 Tales Of Love, Luck, And Happy Ever After verified_publisherNPR - Maya RodaleIn these three new romance novels, down-on-their-luck heroines experience a sudden change of fortune thanks to the arrival of a swoon-worthy bad boy, the unexpected inheritance of an old house and revelations...
NPRSurfing Paul Theroux's Latest Book Explores Surfing As A Metaphor For Life verified_publisherNPRNPR's Scott Simon speaks with celebrated author Paul Theroux about his latest novel, Under the Wave at Waimea. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Paul Theroux's new novel throws a 60-plus-year-old surfing legend, Joe...
NPRBooks Kirstin Valdez Quade's Debut Novel 'The Five Wounds' Is A Highly Anticipated Release verified_publisherNPRNPR's Scott Simon speaks with Kirstin Valdez Quade about her new book, The Five Wounds. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Amadeo Padilla is playing Jesus in a Good Friday procession, and he takes the role so seriously,...
