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Petra Mayer in 2019.

NPR's Petra Mayer receives posthumous science fiction award

May 17, 2022
NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer posthumously receives the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
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On Aging

After a stroke blinded one eye, Frank Bruni focused on the future

May 17, 2022
The New York Times columnist says the stroke forced him to choose: He could focus on what had been lost, or on what remained. His memoir is The Beauty of Dusk. Originally broadcast March 22, 2022.
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Book Reviews

In 'This Time Tomorrow,' Emma Straub looks at the pieces that make a life

May 17, 2022
Emma Straub's new novel is a charmer that unleashes the magic of time travel to sweeten its exploration of some heavy themes like mortality, the march of time, and how small choices can alter a life.
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Planet Money

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

May 17, 2022
A new book argues that greater public support for parents is critical for the brain development of America's kids.
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Author Interviews

Emma Straub on using time travel to escape the pandemic in 'This Time Tomorrow'

May 16, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Straub about her new novel, This Time Tomorrow, in which the central character is turning 40 — but wakes up and is age 16 again.
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Author Interviews
Angela Davis is escorted by two FBI agents after her arrest in New York on Oct. 13, 1970. She was taken from FBI headquarters to the Women's House of Detention.

This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity

May 16, 2022
In his book The Women's House of Detention, Hugh Ryan writes about the New York City prison and the role it played in the gay rights movement of the '60s, including the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
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Author Interviews

Selma Blair's memoir, 'Mean Baby,' is the result of all the drama in her life

May 16, 2022
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to actress Selma Blair about her book. She recounts her bizarre upbringing, her battles with depression and alcoholism and her battle with multiple sclerosis.
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Author Interviews

Timely new horror novel 'Just Like Mother' follows the escape from a motherhood cult

May 15, 2022
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Anne Heltzel about her gothic horror novel, "Just Like Mother," where a young woman reunites with her cousin after escaping a cult.
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Books

'Dracula Daily' will deliver the classic book to your inbox in bite-sized chunks

May 15, 2022
An old story about the undead is getting a new life, of sorts: Bram Stoker's blood-thirsty vampire has found fresh victims with "Dracula Daily," delivered in small — ahem — digestible chunks.
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Author Interviews

'River of the Gods' dives into the 19th century British exploration of the Nile

May 14, 2022
Scott Simon talks with Candice Millard about 19th century British exploration and her new book, "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile."
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Author Interviews

Writer and director George Stevens Jr. releases memoir 'My Place In The Sun'

May 14, 2022
Scott Simon talks to writer and director George Stevens Jr. about his life, growing up in Hollywood, and even Elizabeth Taylor, in his memoir, "My Place In The Sun."
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Book Reviews

Three female authors show us how writing can turn adversity into beauty

May 13, 2022
In their latest works, Azar Nafisi, Elena Ferrante, and Anna Quindlen vigorously assert that reading and writing can pull us out of our mess. In their hands, reading and writing are worth celebrating.
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Author Interviews

Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography centers on how he lived

May 12, 2022
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
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Book Reviews

'Nasty, Brutish, and Short' contends that all parents are raising little philosophers

May 12, 2022
Author Scott Hershovitz sets out to prove that philosophy, like inquisitive, rowdy children, can offer illuminating insights — even when addressing complex subjects related to misbehavior.
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Book Reviews

You can't 'Trust' this novel. And that's a very good thing

May 12, 2022
Hernan Diaz's novel is constantly pulling a fast one on the reader. It opens with the saga of a Wall Street tycoon, but soon another narrative comes to upend the truth of everything that came before.
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Law

Former Attorney General Eric Holder continues the fight for voting rights

May 11, 2022
Obama's attorney general says that when it comes to voting rights, the Supreme Court has increasingly become "an impediment to justice." Holder's new book is Our Unfinished March.
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Book Reviews

'Fly Girl' and 'The Great Stewardess Rebellion' recount journeys toward empowerment

May 11, 2022
Novelist Ann Hood, whose Fly Girl paints a picture of her time as a flight attendant, was a beneficiary of the fight by the women profiled in Nell McShane Wulfhart's book to be treated professionally.
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Culture
Rick Riordan, author of <em>Percy Jackson and The Olympians.</em>

Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan rips complaints about casting the TV series

May 10, 2022
Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series, has issued a forceful response to criticisms of the decision to hire a person of color, Leah Jeffries, to play Annabeth Chase on TV.
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Author Interviews

How Brooke Hayward's marriage to Dennis Hopper helped ignite the 1960s' art explosion

May 10, 2022
Mark Rozzo talks about his latest book Everybody Thought We Were Crazy. It offers a look into the relationship between Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward and their impact on 1960s Los Angeles.
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Obituaries

Comic book legend George Pérez, known for reinventing Wonder Woman, has died at 67

May 10, 2022
Celebrated comic book artist George Pérez died on May 6. He was known for his rich and detailed work on the Avengers and Justice League — and for reinventing Wonder Woman on the page.
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Culture

2022 Pulitzer Prizes in arts and letters go to 'Fat Ham' and 'The Netenyahus'

May 09, 2022
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes in fiction, poetry, drama and other categories in arts and letters were announced in New York along with awards for journalism.
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Obituaries

George Pérez, celebrated comic book artist who redefined Wonder Woman, has died

May 08, 2022
Pérez died on Friday at age 67. In a career that spanned over four decades, Pérez's meticulous pencil was behind some of the biggest comic book heroes.
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Code Switch
The cover of Mothercoin next to the author.

In 'Mothercoin', the labor of love transcends borders

May 08, 2022
Mothercoin, by Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz, takes an intimate look at the lives of immigrant nannies in Houston, and how their work in private homes affects their relationship with their own children.
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Author Interviews

'No Escape' details the history of Uyghurs in China up to their modern-day oppression

May 08, 2022
Ayesha Rascoe asks Nury Turkel about his new book, "No Escape," and about China's persecution of Uyghur people inside China and across the globe.
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Author Interviews

Two teens set out to be a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde in the new novel 'Teenager'

May 07, 2022
Scott Simon interviews writer and heavy construction worker Bud Smith about his new novel, "Teenager," in which a young couple in love hit the road on a wild road trip.
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