Susan Choi Takes Her Teenagers Seriously
The author's new novel Trust Exercise is set among theater kids in a performing arts high school — until it jumps ahead a few decades and looks back at what really happened back then.
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'Miles And Miles Of Texas': Lawrence Wright Goes Deep On Lone Star State Politics
The yee haw agenda and beyond.
Personal Demons And Class Differences Complicate Love In 'Normal People'
Marianne is a social pariah, Connell is a football player. Sally Rooney's nuanced, flinty love story opens in a small town in Ireland, where two teens who "get" each other get together.
Reporters Say Members Of Congress Are 'Obsessed' With Getting Re-Elected
Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer, who cover Congress for Politico, discuss the power dynamics of Capitol Hill during the Trump Presidency. Their new book is The Hill To Die On.
'Losing Earth' Explores How Oil Industry Played Politics With The Planet's Fate
Journalist Nathaniel Rich says the oil industry helped create a partisan debate around climate change in the 1980s by paying scientists to write op-eds questioning climate science.
3 Young Adult Novels To Help You Out Of Hibernation
It's getting too nice to stay inside, but when you venture out into the sunshine, be sure to take a good book with you. And if young adult fiction is your favorite, we've got three great spring reads.
George Saunders On Letting The Story Lead And Finding The Characters Within
When George Saunders was young, he read Hemingway and de Maupassant.
Teen Years Echo Through A Lifetime In 'Trust Exercise'
Susan Choi's new novel is set at a performing arts high school in the 1980s, as students navigate the line between adolescence and adulthood, student-teacher relationships and the drama of first love.
After The Genocide, Author Witnessed How Rwandans Defined Forgiveness
How have Rwandans navigated forgiveness in the 25 years since the genocide in that country? Rachel Martin talks to journalist and author Philip Gourevitch, who has been documenting that process.
Mary Laura Philpott Discusses Her New Memoir 'I Miss You When I Blink'
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to author Mary Laura Philpott about her new book of essays I Miss You When I Blink.