Irvine Welsh On 'Dead Men's Trousers'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Irvine Welsh about his new novel, Dead Men's Trousers. It picks up the adventures of the crew we first met in Welsh's 1993 book, Trainspotting.
Author Interviews
Isaac Mizrahi: From Following Mom Into The Fitting Room, To Fashion Fame
Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, Mizrahi says he stood out like "a chubby, gay thumb." He's written about his unlikely path into the fashion industry in his new memoir, I.M.
Nicknames, Fireflies And Reckless Air Quotes: Ross Gay Writes 'The Book Of Delights'
Ross Gay spent a year writing daily essays about things that delight him. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gay about some of the essays included in his new book, The Book of Delights.
Andrew McCabe: FBI Investigations Into Trump 'Were Extraordinary Steps'
"We don't have a lot of experience with investigating presidents of the United States," McCabe says. "There is not a standard S.O.P. on the shelf that you pull down to say, 'Here's how it's done.' "
'Uninhabitable Earth' Spotlights 3 Climate Change Misunderstandings
Rachel Martin talks to David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, who outlines the current misunderstandings and upcoming impacts of climate change.
'Last Boat Out Of Shanghai': The Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution in China. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Helen Zia, who wrote a book about the Chinese who fled the revolution.
From Friends To School, 'Under Pressure' Helps Teenage Girls Navigate Adolescence
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with clinical psychologist Lisa Damour about her new book, Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls.
'Antisemitism: Here And Now' Author Discusses Resurgence Of Public Anti-Semitism
In an interview with NPR's Michel Martin about her new book Antisemitism: Here and Now historian Deborah Lipstadt discusses the recent resurgence of anti-Semitism on the political left and right.
How I Made It: A 'Rap Dad' on Hip-Hop and Fatherhood
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, Juan Vidal looked for life guidance in the lyrics of his favorite hip-hop icons.
A Chance Meeting Changes Lives In Sophie Kinsella's Latest
The author of the bestselling Shopaholic series is back, with a new novel about a woman who's addicted not to shopping but to fixing the lives of the people around her — at the expense of her own.