'Train to Crystal City' Tells A Secret Story Of WWII Internments
A World War II program traded German and Italian Americans for Americans who were trapped abroad. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Jan Jarboe Russell.
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'Thieves Of State' Reveals Tremendous Power Of Global Corruption
Audie Cornish talks to former NPR reporter Sarah Chayes about how corruption can create the fertile ground for religious extremism.
Bulgakov's 'Master' Still Strikes A Chord In Today's Russia
Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov's classic, The Master and Margarita, ridiculed Soviet leaders and bureaucracy. It wasn't published until 27 years after his death, but it still resonates with Russians.
'West Of Sunset' Imagines F. Scott Fitzgerald's Last Years In Hollywood
Author Stewart O'Nan says that in the late '30s, Fitzgerald was at the bottom of a bad spiral. But in Hollywood, "he finds himself again: He finds his love of writing, he finds his love of the world."
Beloved Japanese Author Answers Questions At 'Mr. Murakami's Place'
Haruki Murakami is a best-selling author and perennial Nobel Prize contender, but rarely gives interviews. For a limited time, a website is giving fans a chance to engage with the reclusive writer.
From Iran To Comedy Central: Maz Jobrani's Path To 'Middle Eastern Funny Man'
The Iranian-American comic came to the U.S. when he was 6 years old, just before Iran's 1979 revolution. His new memoir is I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One on TV.
Never Seen And Sometimes Barely Heard, Loopers Fill In Hollywood's Soundtrack
In movies, crowd noise, hospital waiting room chatter and barroom brawl sounds are created by voice actors called loopers. "If it's done right, you shouldn't even notice it," one sound mixer says.
In These New Comics, Getting Your Wish Isn't Always Great
Mainstream superhero comics have a streak of teenage wish-fulfillment: Great power and great responsibility. But a new wave of comics is exploring how complicated it can be when wishes are granted.
Kidnappings Inspire Photojournalist Lynsey Addario's Memoir
American photojournalist Lynsey Addario, who has survived kidnappings in Iraq and Libya, talks to Renee Montagne about her new book, It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War.
Creepy, Brilliant 'Touch' Will Possess You
Claire North's new novel imagines a world where "ghosts" can leave their own bodies at death and jump to whoever's close enough to touch. Scary, but "reader, I loved it," says reviewer Amal El-Mohtar.