Saeed Jones' Memoir Tells Of A Gay Black Man's Coming Of Age
Award-winning poet Saeed Jones is out with a memoir that breaks the rules of the traditional memoir narrative. The book is called, How We Fight For Our Lives.
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Kate Pickert Writes About Her Ordeal With Cancer In 'Radical'
NPR's Noel King talks to Kate Pickert about surviving cancer. Pickert is the author of the new book, Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America.
In New Book, Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Stops Short Of A Full Mea Culpa
Before going public, data scientist Christopher Wylie helped the now defunct company figure out how to target people online. In a new memoir, he offers details of the project and the players.
'Deep State' Author Says Trump Has Learned Nothing From The Russia Investigation
In an interview with NPR, New York Times columnist James B. Stewart says President Trump has surrounded himself with those "who will not stop him from doing what he wants."
Susan Rice Talks Of Balancing Career And Motherhood, Reflects On Benghazi
"What bothers me more than anything is that we lost four Americans," the former U.N. ambassador says of the controversy surrounding Benghazi in an interview about her new memoir Tough Love.
Screenwriter Nicolás Giacobone On His New Book 'The Crossed-Out Notebook'
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nicolás Giacobone about his book The Crossed-Out Notebook. It's about a screenwriter who is kidnapped by a film director and is kept in a basement where he works.
Zadie Smith Has Something For Everyone In 'Grand Union'
Smith's first short story collection is wide-ranging, covering everything from politics to murder to drag queens. Some of the slighter stories feel like footnotes, but many show off Smith at her best.
'Ninth House' Keeps Watch Over Bloody Mysteries
Leigh Bardugo's new stand-alone thriller is set at a dark, twisty alternate version of Yale, where the famed secret societies practice world-manipulating magic — with sometimes deadly results.
You Can Now Read Books On Instagram
Forget Kindles and e-readers. Now you can get great books on Instagram courtesy of the New York Public Library. Manager of Reader Services Lynn Lobash explains this latest outreach to young readers.
Leigh Bardugo On 'Ninth House'
NPR'S Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Leigh Bardugo about her new novel, Ninth House.