5 new YA books that explore the magic of the arts and the art of magic
Art and magic so often go hand in hand. These new YA releases all explore both art and magic as the means to heal trauma, communities — and even worlds.
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The survivor of multiple suicide attempts explains 'How Not to Kill Yourself'
Clancy Martin lives with two incompatible ideas in his head: "I wish I were dead – and I'm glad my suicides failed." He says he wrote his book especially for people struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Susanna Hoffs' 'This Bird Has Flown' is a love story — and a valentine to music
Singer and guitarist Susanna Hoffs rose to fame with the Bangles in the 1980s. With her new book, she proves her immense writing talent isn't just confined to songs.
Father-daughter memoir 'The Kneeling Man' highlights the complex life of a Black spy
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with author Leta McCollough Seletzky about the father-daughter memoir The Kneeling Man, highlighting the complex life of her father's role as a Black spy.
Novel 'Romantic Comedy' explores desirability, entertainment and writing as a cure
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Curtis Sittenfeld about her latest novel, Romantic Comedy, about a woman in her 30s working for this weekly comedy sketch show.
'I Can't Save You' is a tale of a doctor's struggle to save himself, and others
Anthony Chin-Quee captures the space between medicine's all-consuming demands and its practitioners' fallibility in a cautionary tale of his own mental and physical struggles as a Black physician.
Women now dominate the book business. Why there and not other creative industries?
A new study finds that women are excelling in the book business. Yet, they still lag in other creative industries. We search for an explanation why.
Nicole Chung follows 'All You Can Ever Know' with 2nd memoir 'A Living Remedy'
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nicole Chung about her new memoir: A Living Remedy.
'Armageddon' shows how literal readings of the Bible's end times affect modern times
Bible scholar Bart Ehrman says interpretations of the Book of Revelation have created disastrous problems — from personal psychological damage to consequences for foreign policy and the environment.
A new book about grief has its roots in the long-lost diaries of a 9/11 victim
Bobby McIlvaine was killed on 9/11 at age 26. The Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior, who knew him, read his diaries. They were the basis for a Pulitzer Prize-winning essay that she's turned into a book.