'Secret Identity' is a masterful 1970s literary mystery
Alex Segura's mystery-thriller features a queer Cuban-American artist fighting against the patriarchy and dodging bullets in the desperate, male-dominated world of comics.
Books
Marie Yovanovitch writes about being a key figure in 1st Trump impeachment in memoir
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, about her new memoir called Lessons from the Edge.
A doctor reveals the hidden wonders of the human body
In his new book, The Unseen Body, Dr. Jonathan Reisman offers a guided tour inside the human body, from the remarkable design of our organs to the messages contained in our body fluids.
In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced
Belorusets' book Lucky Breaks, written in the aftermath of Russia's previous assault into Ukraine in 2014, was published in English this month. The author remains in Kyiv producing art as war rages.
Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine
Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Her new memoir is Lessons From the Edge.
Three YA fantasies take you on a journey — at home
These three YA fantasies offer up creative magic systems and mythologies, stakes as high as they come, and girls with the grit to get it done.
Poetry collection 'Customs' is rooted in un-rootedness
In her highly anticipated second collection, Solmaz Sharif examines the language of rules — exploring conformity and naming losses. Migration, borders, and displacement are constants in these poems.
The new novel 'Peach Blossom Spring' asks: Can you belong to more than one home?
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Melissa Fu about her debut novel Peach Blossom Spring, a multigenerational story of war and migration inspired by her father's life.
'a Year & Other Poems' examines the passing of time alongside the passing of grief
In her third poetry collection, 2019 Pulitzer-finalist Jos Charles examines time and what it means to mourn — and how knowing that there is an "after" can teach us to embrace it.
'One For All' is a gender-bent retelling of 'The Three Musketeers'
In Lillie Lainoff's YA novel, a teen with a chronic illness aims to follow in the forthright footsteps of her father, a former Musketeer.