Reading '300 Arguments' Is Like Jumping In Someone's Mind
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with author Sarah Manguso, whose new book of aphorisms, 300 Arguments, tackles motherhood, love, and suicide.
Books
With A Photographer's Eye, A French Cartoonist Interrogates Truth
In Pretending is Lying, Dominique Goblet takes a scruffy, postmodern approach to autobiography, with photographic images and wildly morphing character depictions that question our ideas of truth.
Coming To Terms With Depression In 'This Close To Happy'
Novelist and critic Daphne Merkin's new memoir This Close to Happy chronicles a life spent struggling with depression, from love-starved childhood to hard-won equilibrium: Not cured, but functional.
'A Separation' Is A Story Of Adultery And Searching
An unnamed woman separates from her husband. He disappears, and she goes to look for him in Greece. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Katie Kitamura about her latest novel, A Separation.
A Spacefarer's Next Great Adventure Begins At 'Home'
Nnedi Okorafor's Binti: Home is the second installment in her series following a young woman with grand interstellar dreams, who now must reconcile her university experiences with her home culture.
'Mr. Seabrook' Might Be A Little Too Abominable
Artist Joe Ollman's new The Abominable Mr. Seabrook is a biography of the Lost Generation travel writer (and sadist, alcoholic and cannibal) William Seabrook. But how much Seabrook can you stand?
Bharati Mukherjee, Writer Of Indian-American Experiences, Dies At 76
Indian-born author Bharati Mukherjee became a naturalized American citizen and wrote about the experience of Indian women in the diaspora. She's best-known for her novel, Jasmine.
What's Life Like For Immigrant Kids? 2 Teen Novels Paint A Sober Picture
The Radius of Us is about a young asylum seeker from El Salvador, and Something in Between follows a high schooler who's devastated when learns she and her family are living in the U.S. illegally.
4 Lives In Parallel Run Through Ambitious '4 3 2 1'
Paul Auster's new novel is a departure for the author — 880 pages of flowing prose about four versions of one character, living four mostly-parallel lives. It's sometimes confusing, but never boring.
Fact Or Fiction? Even When It Comes To Food, It's Hard To Tell With Rasputin
Worshipful female followers fought for the Mad Monk's leftover bread crusts. His infamous sweet tooth led to his death. Or did it? A century later, rumors about Russia's czarina whisperer still swirl.