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Abraham Lincoln made history in 1863 when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, effectively freei
In this episode, we share two interviews on novels that explore how horror can be found within – and
Pulitzer Prize winning-author Annie Proulx tells Leila Fadel that she learns by writing. So when she
Poet and filmmaker Fatimah Asghar lost their parents at a young age. But they tell Scott Simon that
Geena Davis is no stranger to the spotlight. But in her new memoir, Dying of Politeness, the Academy
April Ryan and Ayesha Rascoe both know what it's like to cover the White House as Black women. In th
In this episode, we share two interviews on books that look at the ways in which food and family go
Young adult author Emiko Jean is out with her first book for adults – Mika in Real Life. In this epi
In this episode, WBUR's Robin Young talks with author Andrew Sean Greer about his new novel Less is
In her memoir Making a Scene, actress Constance Wu writes about the sexual harassment and abuse she
Celeste Ng's new novel Our Missing Hearts is set in a dystopian America, where children are taken aw
In this episode, we hear two interviews with author Namwali Serpell. Her two novels look at some var
This conversation between NPR's Ailsa Chang and actor Brandon Kyle Goodman looks at authentic relati
Rob Roth's new play in book form, WARHOLCAPOTE, is what he calls a "non-fiction invention," created
In Brown and Gay in LA, author Anthony Christian Ocampo interviews more than 60 gay sons of immigran
Distinguished war correspondent Thomas Ricks analyzes how civil rights movement protesters used mili
In this episode, NPR's Scott Simon interviews two writers whose books about friendship reckon with h
Dick Ebersol was a major player in the world of American entertainment until his retirement over a d
Randall Munroe's first book of scientific answers to the absurd questions people have was so popular
