Novelist Edwidge Danticat: Allow Haitians To Determine Their Own Future
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with award winning Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat about the challenges in Haiti.
Books
Kat Chow's 'Seeing Ghosts' Is A Memoir Of Grief And Joy
Author and journalist Kat Chow writes in her new memoir, "Seeing Ghosts," that “grief is a container of contradictions.” Chow explores that gr
Communication Is The Challenge In This Novel Of Loss And Discovery
Jon McGregor's new novel follows an expedition guide who suffers a stroke in the middle of an Antarctic ice storm and loses the ability to speak — and the people around him at a loss for what to say.
Richard Powers' Book 'Bewilderment' Explores Life On And Beyond Earth
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with novelist Richard Powers about his new book, Bewilderment, about a widowed father and his son trying to make sense of the world.
Percival Everett's Latest Grounds Racial Allegory In History, Horror And Blood
In The Trees, Everett revisits the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, imagining a series of similar killings in the same small Mississippi town. Mixing horror, humor and insight, it's impossible to put down.
'Whizzpopping' News: Netflix Now Owns All Of Roald Dahl's Stories
Netflix has acquired The Roald Dahl Story Co. (RDSC), which manages the British author's catalogue. "Human beans" just can't get enough, as Dahl's loveable BFG might say.
'The Forgotten First': Remembering Black Players Who Broke The NFL's Color Barrier
NPR's A Martínez speaks with Keyshawn Johnson about his new book — The Forgotten First — about the four Black pioneers who broke the NFL's color barrier.
'The Contrarian' Profiles Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-Founder And Political Provocateur
Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Max Chafkin talks about the tech billionaire who broke with most of Silicon Valley in backing Trump. Thiel also secretly funded the lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker.
Richard Powers Spins A Smaller, Sadder Story In 'Bewilderment'
Powers climbs down from the treetops of The Overstory in his latest novel, to tell the story of a widowed father and his troubled son who head into the wilderness to try to figure out their lives.
'Peril' Details The Capitol Riot And Trump's Last-Ditch Effort To Hold Onto Power
The atmosphere throughout this account is foreboding, darkened by the shadow COVID-19 cast over the country but also by the dangers to democracy the authors perceive and depict.