Miranda Popkey On 'Topics Of Conversation'
NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with debut novelist Miranda Popkey about her new book, Topics of Conversation.
Books
Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise
A new book, The Joy of Movement, offers more motivation to exercise. It's not just about getting fit or looking good: Exercise can give you courage, pleasure and better friendships.
Racism Scandal In The Romance Writing Industry
Claims of racism are at the heart of a scandal within the organization Romance Writers of America — a powerful industry group with a lot more going for it than heaving bosoms and swarthy pirates.
T.S. Eliot's Love Letters Unsealed
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to scholar Frances Dickey of the University of Missouri about the trove of love letters T.S. Eliot wrote to a woman he called his "muse." The letters were unsealed this week.
'Fresh Air' Favorites: Patti Smith
This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. The punk icon reflected on her career and her 22-year friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in 2010.
'Fresh Air' Favorites: Ta-Nehisi Coates
This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2015 Coates spoke about growing up in Baltimore and facing threats from both the streets and the police.
'Fresh Air' Favorites: Toni Morrison
This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. The Nobel Prize winner, who died in 2019, spoke about aging and regret in this 2015 interview.
Sonny Mehta, Publishing Industry Giant, Dies At 77
Sonny Mehta, editor in chief at publisher Knopf, died on Monday after complications from pneumonia. He published books by John le Carré, Toni Morrison, Pope John Paul II and Patti Smith.
50 Wonderful Things From 2019
From J.Lo to Keanu, baseball GIFs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece, here are 50 great cultural moments — from TV, movies, theater, books, podcasts and more — from the year that was.
Chanel Miller Wants You To Know Her Name (Rebroadcast)
She was attacked in 2015. She was named Glamour's "woman of the year" in 2016. Now, in 2019, she's telling her story in her own words.