In Nicole Dennis-Benn's new novel Patsy, she explores the demands on one woman who immigrates from Jamaica to New York and leaves her young daughter behind. She talks with NPR's Barrie Hardymon.
Eduardo Strauch survived the 1972 Andes plane crash of the Uruguayan rugby team. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with him about his story of hope in his book, Out of the Silence: After the Crash.
Elliot Ackerman served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He sees the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East as "all one war" and explains why that's particularly tough on his generation of veterans.
Amber Scorah was a Jehovah's Witness and a missionary in China when she began to harbor doubts about the apocalypse. Disavowed by nearly everyone she knew, her memoir is a tale of starting over.
Jim DeRogatis recounts his 19-year investigation into the singer in a new book, Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly. "It all happened as everybody watched and nobody did anything," he says.
Environmental journalist Amanda Little says the sustainable food revolution will include meat cultured in a lab, 3-D printer food, aquaculture and indoor vertical farming.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Clay Risen about his latest book: The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century.
The author of the forthcoming book "Siege: Trump Under Fire," defended an explosive claim that had already been called into doubt before the book's publication.