Atwood Reads From Her 'Handmaid's Tale' Sequel, 'The Testaments'
Margaret Atwood invented the dystopian world of The Handmaid's Tale more than three decades ago. She returns to Gilead in her new book The Testaments.
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Engineers Can Help Save The Earth
John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley, used to be the CEO oil and gas giant BP. In 1997, he talked about the existence of climate change.
For Many Authors, Celebrity Book Clubs Are A Ticket To Success
Booksellers often talk about discoverability — the ability to help readers find books publishers want them to buy. And increasingly, celebrity book clubs are a way to get books into readers' hands.
'The Testaments' Takes Us Back To Gilead For A Fast-Paced, Female-Centered Adventure
Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale brings readers new voices (and one familiar one) and a whole new view of Gilead, the dystopian theocracy that was once the United States.
Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Headline 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist
Atwood made the list for her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, and Rushdie for his reimagining of Don Quixote. Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak, Lucy Ellmann and Bernardine Evaristo round out the finalists.
A Leader's Job Is To Set The Vision, Retired Gen. Mattis Says
In the second part of his interview with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the retired general about leadership. Mattis' new book is: Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.
Jim Mattis: 'Nations With Allies Thrive, Nations Without Allies Wither'
In an interview with NPR, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stresses the importance of allies and he also criticizes shifting U.S. policy aims during the wars of the past 18 years.
'Fly, Already' Doesn't Quite Get Airborne
Etgar Keret at his best can be brilliant, and some of the stories in his new collection are nearly perfect, but over all it's an uneven read, weighed down by pointless whimsy and unearned pessimism.
Structural Injustice Is At The Core Of 'We, The Survivors'
Tash Aw's beautifully written new novel focuses on class issues in contemporary Malaysia, where his compelling protagonist is struggling to lead a quiet life after a long-ago murder conviction.
Voices Of The Past: Questions For Poet Renato Rosaldo
As a kid in Tucson in the 1950s, anthropologist and poet Renato Rosaldo ran with a crew called the Chasers. 50 years later, he interviewed them at a reunion and created prose poems in their voices.