'New China Playbook' has a different view than many Western policymakers do on China
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with economist Keyu Jin about her book: The New China Playbook. She teaches now at the London School of Economics.
Books
Cassandra Jackson on her memoir 'The Wreck'
As Cassandra Jackson struggled with infertility, she learned more about loss that devastated her father before her birth. She talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about her memoir, "The Wreck."
Opinion: Books are not landmines
NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the effects of book bans on libraries and young readers.
Hernan Diaz on his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'Trust'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Hernan Diaz about his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "Trust," about a New York tycoon who takes advantage of the 1929 crash and his attempts to control his own story.
Anne Berest's novel traces her family history and leads back to the Holocaust
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anne Berest about her new novel "The Postcard." It's based on the author's own family history and unwinds a mystery leading back to the Holocaust.
Victor LaValle's novel 'Lone Women' is infused with dread and horror — and more
This is a wonderful novel that expertly combines adventure and terror, sprinkled with The Changeling author's mordant wit and assured prose. It is a horror novel, but it's also a refreshing western.
'The East Indian' imagines the life of the first Indian immigrant to now-U.S. land
Brinda Charry aims to recover, reclaim, and reframe the little-known, barely footnoted history of the earliest Indian immigrant on record to what is now the United States.
Truman Committee became the model for scrutinizing giant public expenditures
Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Steve Drummond about his book, The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two.
This anthology wants us to redefine fitness for ourselves
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Justice Roe Williams, who coedited Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What it Means to Be Fit in American Culture.
Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers
Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book, Clearing the Fog.