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'The Friend' author Sigrid Nunez is out with a new collection of short stories
Sigrid Nunez – author of novels like The Friend and What Are You Going Through – is out with a new collection of short stories. It Will Come...
ESPN soccer correspondent Julien Laurens on why Kylian Mbappé is “wired differently”
French footballer Kylian Mbappé was one of the World Cup's biggest stars this summer, despite France's loss to Spain in the semifinals. ESPN...
Author Tana French on the best summer reading set in Ireland
In preparation for an upcoming trip to Ireland, All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly has been tearing through Tana French's books. F...
Colson Whitehead on 'Cool Machine,' the final in his Harlem Trilogy series
Ray Carney is a furniture salesman in Harlem with a long-running side hustle. Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy follows the character as he...
In 'The Great Wherever' and 'Country People,' city dwellers try out rural life
In two new novels, city folk are thrown into life in the country. The Great Wherever is a multigenerational story told through ghosts. A wom...
Deb Haaland on 'A Voice Like Mine' and her candidacy for governor of New Mexico
Deb Haaland’s ancestors, who were Pueblo Indians, were the first inhabitants of New Mexico – and she’s had a number of firsts herself. In 20...
'The Delivery' is a horror novella about a family's mysterious AI assistant
After a couple suffers a tragedy, they receive a mysterious and exclusive offer for a humanoid AI companion that knows everything about them...
Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy on why he "stays up at night" worrying about politics
Dave Portnoy, the polarizing social media personality and founder of Barstool Sports, has published a memoir. In Cancel Me If You Can , he w...
In Celeste Ng’s new novel 'Our Missing Hearts,' a boy searches for his missing mother
Celeste Ng – author of titles like Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere – says she begins her writing process by envision...
'The Shampoo Effect,' 'The Revelation of Dionne Daphne' are marked by big surprises
In two new novels, characters with glamorous lives have their routines disrupted by shocking news. The Shampoo Effect is a story about an ex...
Mary Beard's 'Talking Classics' examines our obsession with the ancient world
Why are we obsessed with the ancient world, even the most ordinary parts of it? Mary Beard tackles that question in her new book Talking Cla...
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei on political censorship in the West
In 2008, artist and activist Ai Weiwei clashed with the Chinese government over its response to the deadly Sichuan earthquake. The governmen...
Mike Pence's 'What Conservatives Believe' critiques the second Trump administration
Former Vice President Mike Pence is out with a new book that includes critiques of the second Trump administration and the populist right. W...
Jonathan Jakubowicz says he wanted to write a book Venezuelans couldn't resist
Filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz says he turned to fiction because he could no longer make movies in Venezuela after being exiled. In 2016, he...
'Kin' and 'When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky' fictionalize the Jim Crow South
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. To...
Eddie Glaude on the tension at the center of America's milestone birthdays
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. In...
Revisiting the story of the American Revolution with Rick Atkinson
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. In...
'America's Founding Son' documents John Quincy Adams' influential post-presidency
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. Bo...
Norah O'Donnell’s 'We the Women' pays tribute to U.S. history's female heroes
As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we’re revisiting author interviews on important books that speak to American his...