NPR6 hours agoBen Bernanke's Lessons From 'The Great Inflation'verified_publisherNPR - Greg RosalskyThe party's over. Over the last few weeks, asset prices have tumbled, and investors in stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies — pretty much everything — have been forced to wake up and face the brutal hangover of collapsing fortunes. Who broke up the rager? Largely, it seems, a little institution called …
NPR7 hours agoElif Batuman's sequel 'Either/Or' follows a young woman's sexual awakeningverified_publisherNPR - Jeevika Verma , Reena Advani , Rachel MartinElif Batuman has turned her years in college into another book. Her highly anticipated sequel to the 2017 Pulitzer finalist The Idiot is out on Tuesday – and the lively, witty, inquisitive protagonist Selin is just as curious about "the human condition" as she was in the first novel. Either/Or picks …
NPR12 hours agoA burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' goes up for auctionverified_publisherNPR - The Associated PressNEW YORK — Margaret Atwood has imagined apocalyptic disaster, Dystopian government and an author faking her own death. But until recently she had spared herself the nightmare of trying to burn one of her own books. With a flamethrower, no less. She failed, and that was the point. On Monday night, …
NPR23 hours agoNovelist Emma Straub asks life's big questions in 'This Time Tomorrow'verified_publisherNPR - Tonya MosleyStraub's new novel is a time-travel fantasy about a 40-year-old woman who's tending to her ailing father — until, that is, the day she's transported to her childhood home on her 16th birthday. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Our guest, Emma Straub, has written a new novel …
NPR2 days agoA kids' story unfolds without words in 'A Day For Sandcastles'verified_publisherNPR - Samantha BalabanAbout 10 years ago, JonArno Lawson was at a beach in Virginia watching his kids build sandcastles right next to the waves. "I kept trying to get them to come back because I thought it was a terrible idea," he says. He wanted them to build their sandcastles closer to the dunes. But they found it more …
NPR3 days agoLSD, vodka and burner phones fuel the shadowy world of Dan Chaon's novel 'Sleepwalk'verified_publisherNPR - Scott SimonScott Simon speaks with author Dan Chaon about his new novel, "Sleepwalk," about an eccentric character who finds those indebted to a shadowy corporation. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Will Bear lives off the grid. He's got so many aliases he can forget them. He's got a bucket full of burner phones and tosses …
