Nutrition In 'The First 1,000 Days' Of Life Can Shape A Child's Future
In his new book, journalist Roger Thurow chronicles the obstacles that women around the globe face in raising healthy babies.
Books
Muhammad Ali: A Poet In And Out Of The Ring
"The Louisville Lip" was famously as fast with his words as with his fists — years before the birth of hip hop, he was a battle rapper flipping similes and metaphors in a language all his own.
'Black Gods Of The Asphalt' Takes Basketball Beyond The Court
When you see a bunch of guys playing street basketball you might not just see a game. In his new book Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine shows how it's also a spiritual experience.
Muslims Are Just The Latest In History Of Scapegoats, Author Says
In his book Scapegoats, human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar says Muslims are the newest group in the U.S. to be ostracized. But there is a long history of groups before them facing discrimination.
Cat Videos And All, The Internet May Be Humankind's Greatest Masterpiece
In her new book Magic and Loss, Virginia Heffernan makes the case for the Internet as art. Just look at Twitter, she says. "It's hard to think of a time when poetry was more powerful."
Exploring The 'Quiet New York' With Emma Straub
Straub's new book, Modern Lovers, is a tale of old friendships, secrets and family entanglements set in a part of Brooklyn writers often ignore: leafy, largely residential Ditmas Park.
Slavery Scars A Transatlantic Family Tree In 'Homegoing'
Yaa Gyasi's debut novel follows the family lines of two separated half-sisters in 18th-century Ghana: One is married off to an Englishman, while the other is sent to America and sold into slavery.
'Everybody Behaves Badly': The Backstory To 'The Sun Also Rises'
The true story of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is told in Lesley Blume's book, Everybody Behaves Badly. She talks to NPR's Scott Simon about what made Hemingway's book such a breakthrough.
Green Eggs, Ham And Metaphysics: Teaching Hard Ideas With Children's Books
Stories that are great for learning to read can teach all kinds off things — from philosophy to financial literacy.
'But What If We're Wrong:' A Look At How We Will Remember The Now, Later
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with author and cultural critic, Chuck Klosterman. His new book But What If We're Wrong investigates which things we take as certainties might one day be proven wrong.