Ben Folds' New Memoir Debuts At No. 7 On New York Times Best-Seller List
Singer, songwriter, and producer Ben Folds has a new book out. A Dre
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'Long Live The Tribe Of Fatherless Girls' Is Compassionate, Without Being Apologetic
In exposing the bad and ugly of girlhood alongside the good, T Kira Madden has succeeded in creating a mirror of larger concerns, even as her own story is achingly specific and personal.
John McCain Makes An Appeal For Civility And Humility
The Arizona senator and former prisoner of war, dealing with the effects of brain cancer, writes in a forthcoming book about what contributes to toxicity in U.S. politics, predating the Trump era.
What Not To Say To The Terminally Ill: 'Everything Happens For A Reason'
Kate Bowler has lived with stage 4 cancer for years. Her new memoir details what she's found out about herself and suffering. "You have to learn to be present, even when things are absurd," she says.
'Interlaced Fingers' Traces Roots Of Racial Disparity In Kidney Transplants
When Dr. Vanessa Grubbs fell in love with a man whose kidneys were failing, he'd been waiting for a transplant for years. Her book explores the ways racial inequity is embedded in the system.
After A Stroke At 33, A Writer Relies On Journals To Piece Together Her Own Story
The stroke left Christine Hyung-Oak Lee unable remember things for more than 15 minutes. As she slowly got better, she was surprised to find that grief and recovery were inextricably linked.
When Mrs. Eisele Took Manhattan: Big City Failed To Awe Minnesota Journalist
In 1936, Country Home magazine sent its "rural correspondent of the year" Susan Eisele on a trip to NYC. With a 6-week-old in tow, she soaked up the city and hit it off with hard-bitten newspapermen.
Writer Lee Smith On Her New Memoir, "Dimestore"
Lee Smith is a Southern author who began writing as a kid. She was disappointed when her favorite books had to end.
Remembering A Soldier's Life: Leigh Somerville
Radio Camper Olivia Stokes talks to Leigh Somerville. Somerville is a writer and journalist who is currently writing a book about her late father.
Inside A Doctor's Mind At The End Of His Life
Dr. Paul Kalanithi was finishing his residency in neurosurgery when he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. His memoir deals with the struggle and the joy of life as death drew near.