Michael Wolff Defends His Reporting Of New Trump Tell-All
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.
Books
Cheating Death Will Cost You In 'The Wise And The Wicked'
Rebecca Podos' new novel follows a girl who's inherited her family power: She can see her Time, the moment of her death. But then she discovers it's possible to evade your Time — for a painful price.
'This Land Is Our Land' Argues For Migration
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto, which argues for more immigrants in America and elsewhere.
'I Love You So Mochi' Is A Sweet But Substantial Treat
Sarah Kuhn's new novel, about a Japanese American girl wrestling with her identity and her place in the world during a visit to Japan, is at once universally relatable and specifically Asian American.
Book: 'A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father'
David Maraniss speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea about his latest book — a look into his father's struggles after being blacklisted during the Red Scare.
A Renaissance Fanatic Is Reborn — Again And Again — In 'Lent'
Jo Walton's new novel imagines the Florentine friar Girolamo Savonarola, living life over and over again in an attempt to change his course, save his city, his friends — and himself from damnation.
'Start With Truth And End With Art': Poet Ocean Vuong On His Debut Novel
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, written as a letter from a son to his immigrant mother who cannot read, aims "to speak to a rich American tradition of autobiography," its author says.
A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best'
Mason Deaver's new young adult novel follows a teenager who's kicked out of their house after coming out as nonbinary. Deaver, who's also nonbinary, says it's the book they needed to read as a kid.
'This America' Pits Rise In Nationalism Against Championing Of Liberal Democracy
Jill Lepore, author of These Truths, argues that supporters of free and fair liberal government can't just hold their noses and wait for voters to realize that democracy is better than autocracy.
In 'What Could Be Saved,' Harmony Comes From Human Ties
Gregory Spatz is both a creative writing professor and a fiddler, which gives depth to these stories about high-end stringed instruments and the people who play, love and sometimes steal them.