Author Louise Kennedy's debut novel explores love and identity in Northern Ireland
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Louise Kennedy about her debut novel, "Trespasses."
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This new book connects food and feelings through tales of love, loss and chicken
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to actress Zosia Mamet, editor of the new book "My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings."
Author reminds Americans that Samuel Adams was a revolutionary before he was a beer
Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.
With 'Foster,' Claire Keegan asks that readers look outward
More than most books four times its size, Foster does several of the things we ask of great literature: It expands our world, diverting our attention outward, and it opens up our hearts and minds.
Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger
A federal judge blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, saying that the joining of two of the world's biggest publishers could "lessen competition."
'Goosebumps' is turning 30 — the scariest part is how old that makes you
R.L. Stine's mega-popular series has spawned TV shows, movies and many, many books. A humor writer who stumbled into horror, Stine says its been a thrill to scare so many generations of kids.
Blair Braverman on her novel 'Small Game' about a survival reality tv show gone wrong
A survival reality tv show gone wrong with contestants abandoned to fend for themselves: NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Blair Braverman about her new novel, "Small Game."
Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
Stern was one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life.
Edward J. Delaney on his novel 'The Acrobat', a portrait of Cary Grant
Cary Grant tries to get back in touch with Archibald Leach in the new novel, "The Acrobat." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Edward J. Delaney about his portrait of a famous actor in search of himself.
A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda
Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.