The World's Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup
But for thousands of Somali refugees, the camp in Dadaab, Kenya, is the only home they've ever known.
Books
'Your Heart Is A Muscle' Is A Florid, Ambitious Tale Of Protest
Sunil Yapa's new novel follows a group of characters through the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. Critic Michael Schaub praises Yapa's ambition, but says his execution is amateurish.
'Last Stop On Market Street,' 'Finding Winnie,' Win U.S. Children's Book Prizes
Matt de la Pena's Last Stop on Market Street won the Newbery Medal for the best children's book of 2015. Finding Winnie, the story behind A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh, has won the Caldecott Medal for the top illustrated book.
'Last Stop On Market Street' Wins Newbery Medal, 'Finding Winnie' Takes Caldecott
Matt de la Peña becomes the first Hispanic author to win the Newbery award for children's literature, while the Caldecott picture-book prize went to a book about the real-life Winnie the Pooh.
Revisiting The 'Last Interview' Of Ernest Hemingway, Philip K. Dick And Nora Ephron
A series of books published by Melville House gathers together the final interviews conducted with prominent deceased writers and thinkers. Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the latest in the series.
How An 1871 Disaster Helped To End America's Whaling Dynasty
David Greene talks to Peter Nichols, author Oil and Ice, a book about a fleet of 33 whaling ships trapped in Arctic ice. Whalers and their families had to escape in tiny rowboats through miles of ice.
Bones And Grooves: The Weird Secret History Of Soviet X-Ray Music
In Cold War Russia, getting your hands on an American rock record was close to impossible. But a few bootleggers found a way to hide their contraband in the last place anyone would think to look.
'Game Of Thrones': When The TV Show Outpaces The Books
George R.R. Martin hasn't finished his latest book in time for the sixth TV season. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Amy Sullivan and Spencer Kornhaber of the Atlantic's 'Game of Thrones' roundtable.
When 'One Breath' Tests Life: Author Explores Extreme Freediving
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Adam Skolnick about his new book about the extreme sport of freediving. It's called One Breath, and it focuses on the death in 2013 of freediver Nick Mevoli.
'Manners And Mayhem': A Darker, Snarkier Side To Domesticity
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Helen Ellis, author of the book American Housewife. The book of short stories begins with the line - "Inspired by Beyonce, I stallion walk to the toaster."