NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks Simone St. James about her new book, “Murder Road,” and about weaving the supernatural into her fiction.
For 50 years, Stephen King has dominated horror literature. We wonder, is his work great literature? And we look at how the most memorable of Stephen King screen adaptations helped shape his legacy.
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with author John Schu about his new, semi-fictional memoir, “Louder than Hunger.”
Reporter Jake Adelstein’s memoir about covering the organized crime beat in Japan is the basis of the Max series Tokyo Vice, now in its second season. Originally broadcast Nov. 9, 2009.
Dune: Part Two is a marvel of cinematic wonder. Amongst all the chatter around the cinematography and lore, Brittany also noticed that there was a particular fascination with Austin Butler’s accent. Butler is no stranger to a distinctive voice – he was…
Books we love this month include a poetic romance, a thriller set in Ireland, and a biography of the architect of the Marshall Plan.
Jordan Mechner is known for his video games. But here he brings to life the many twists and turns that underscore the pervasive impact of the past — and the connectedness that remains in the present.
According to Variety, which broke the story, producers of the new movie plan to film a lot of the project in Germany — much like the original 1984 film. No word yet on a release date.
Four years after COVID lockdowns began, two new books explore how 2020 changed us all. NPR’s Michel Martin talks to writers Eric Klinenberg and Dr. Cornelia Griggs about their reflections.
After her father died when she was 24, Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery where she lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her new memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun.
This episode is brought to you by our play cousins over at NPR’s It’s Been A Minute. Brittany Luse chops it up with New Yorker writer and podcast host Vinson Cunningham to discuss his debut novel Great Expectations. It’s a period piece that follows the story of a young man working on an election campaign that echoes Obama’s 2008 run. Brittany and Vinson discuss American politics as a sort of religion – and why belief in politics has changed so much in the last decade.
NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jennine Capó Crucet about her new book, Say Hello to My Little Friend and how she drew inspiration from Scarface, Miami and the Seaquarium’s killer whale, Lolita.
Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s latest novel about a wife and mother is wise and sensitive, and a stunning reflection on how we reinvent ourselves when we’re left with no other choice.
In 2018, Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. Her new memoir is One Way Back.
Percival Everett’s retelling of Mark Twain’s 1885 classic focuses on Huck’s enslaved companion. James is a tale so inspired, you won’t be able to imagine reading the original without it.
In a fever dream of a retelling, America’s new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck’s enslaved companion Jim at the center.
In an interview with NPR, Ford says it was only a couple of years ago that she felt ready to revisit how her life was upended by Brett Kavanaugh’s rise to a position on the U.S. Supreme Court.
When Shohini Ghose was studying physics as a kid, she heard certain names repeated over and over. “Einstein, Newton, Schrodinger … they’re all men.” Shohini wanted to change that — so she decided to write a book about some of the women scientists mis…
How did the soda giant from America come to be seen as “local” in Africa? And what has the impact been on the continent for worse and for better?
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah McCammon, NPR National Political Correspondent, about her religious upbringing and new book, “The Exvangelicals.”
The Chinese Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan is being sued for allegedly insulting national heroes. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Cornell Professor Jessica Chen Weiss about the case.
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Charles Spencer, historian and Princess Diana’s brother, about his memoir, “A Very Private School.” It relates disturbing stories about his time in boarding school.
NPR’s Scott Simon asks “The English Patient” author Michael Ondaatje about his new collection of poems, “A Year of Last Things.”
Amazon is crowded with copycat books that appear to have been written by AI — and they’re attached to real authors who didn’t write them. (Story first aired on Morning Edition on March 13, 2023.)
The 2024 presidential election will be a rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden; and with that rematch comes political fanfare, some public apathy and déjà vu. To take a look at the public perception of this repeat race, …
Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several of New York City’s hottest restaurants, where he encountered celebrities, captains of finance and one bonafide mobster. Originally broadcast Dec. 6, 2022.
Author Susan Lieu transforms her acclaimed 2019 one-woman show — 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother — into a memoir of her family after the death of her mother due to botched plastic surgery.
Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning’s “How do I love thee” courtship spurs Laura McNeal’s historical novel.
Prolific writer Percival Everett often skewers American social customs. His latest novel James is written from the point of view of the character Jim, from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn.
Prolific writer Percival Everett often skewers different corners of American society. His latest novel James is written from the point of view of the character Jim, from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn.
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with writer Daniel Lewis about his new book, Twelve Trees, which zeroes in on a different tree species in each chapter.
Overall, the number of individual titles challenged in both school and public libraries spiked by 65% — the highest level ever recorded by the ALA.
James Foley’s mother looks for the humanity in her son’s killer in the new book “American Mother” written by Colum McCann with Diane Foley.
Peter Pomerantsev co-founded a project recording Russian atrocities in Ukraine to combat Russian disinformation. His new book profiles a WWII propagandist who targeted the Nazi regime.
Gina Chung’s collection is a fantastic medley of short stories that dance between literary fiction, fable, Korean folklore, and science fiction — and one that’s full of emotional intelligence.
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie, NPR wants to know about your favorite King book.
In the new book 2054, Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman imagine how the singularity might threaten America and the world 30 years from now.
Adelle Waldman’s novel is a workplace ensemble set in a Costco-like store. But, because Help Wanted is a group portrait, it tends to visit, rather than settle in with, its working class characters.
Kate Manne tried to shrink her body for years before embracing her size as part of a “natural, normal human variation.” She says the fight against fat phobia must start in the doctor’s office.
Authors say that the proliferation of AI-generated books can lead customers into buying the wrong book on Amazon and that these books can harm authors’ sales numbers and reputations.
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CNN chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto about his new book The Return of Great Powers and how close we are to the precipice of a new global order.
U.S. politics isn’t working how it used to. The system seems brittle and unresponsive. Making a difference starts with understanding mistrust.
A literary journal called ponyXpress, featuring poetry and prose, is helping incarcerated writers in Oregon develop their talents.
When Dutt was a kid, her family pretended to be rich so no one would suspect their caste identity. In her memoir, she talks of her struggles — and her decision to publicly declare she is a Dalit.
The late author often wrote about the loneliness and isolation of the working class. His new short story collection puts a sharper focus on the politics of small town life.
In an excerpt from the Outside/In podcast, reporter Justine Paradis visits the dunes that inspired Frank Herbert’s book, Dune.
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans about their book, “The Unclaimed,” about unclaimed bodies in Los Angeles and the stories behind them.
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Rita Bullwinkel about her new novel, “Headshot.” It tells the past, present, and future of eight girls who compete in a boxing championship in Nevada.
Jennifer Croft’s novel, centered on a group of translators working on a book, is surprising at every turn, moving from profound observations about nature, art, and communication — to surreal events.
RuPaul announced this week that he’s sending a rainbow bus full of banned books from the West Coast to the South.