Books : NPR

Walters was the first woman to co-anchor a national news show on prime time television. "The path she cut is one that many of us have followed," says biographer Susan Page, author of The Rulebrea...

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246719526/barbara-walters-rulebreaker-susan-page

NPR's A Martinez speaks with photojournalist Ivan McClellan about his new book documenting Black cowboys, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246716227/black-cowboy-culture-ivan-mcclellan-photographer-8-seconds-book

Author Adam Moss interviewed more than 40 creative minds to find out how they went from a blank page to finished work of art.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246239543/in-a-collection-of-40-interviews-author-adam-moss-tries-to-find-the-key-to-creat

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Emily Henry about her new book FUNNY STORY and the difficulty of writing a genuinely nice person while also creating obstacles in getting two people together.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246682981/emily-henry-on-embarrassing-giddy-freefall-of-writing-reading-and-being-in-love

Joan Nathan has spent her life exploring in the kitchen, but for the Passover Seder, she sticks with a menu that follows her own family's traditions.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246389268/after-years-of-documenting-jewish-food-traditions-joan-nathan-focuses-on-her-fam

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Judi Dench and director Brendan O'Hea about their new book Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent and a career and friendship forged by the Bard.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246682911/judi-dench-on-a-career-and-friendship-forged-by-shakespeare

PEN America has cancelled its annual Literary Awards ceremony after nearly half of the authors nominated withdrew in protest over the organization's response to the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246578813/pen-america-cancels-awards-ceremony-writers-protest-gaza-response

Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of an elite minority — and that their decisions continue to impact American democracy today...

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246297603/ari-berman-minority-rule-electoral-college

Novelist Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles centers on an array of birds that visit her yard, as Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World recalls lessons from birds that galvanized her teac...

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1245849320/amy-tan-the-backyard-bird-chronicles-trish-okane-birding-to-change-the-world

In The Backyard Bird Chronicles, author Amy Tan charts her foray into birdwatching and the natural wonders of the world.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246277603/amy-tan-backyard-bird-chronicles

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with author Alicia D. Williams about her latest book, Mid-Air. Written in verse, it's the story of a 13-year-old boy coming to terms with the loss of his best friend.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1246236293/alicia-d-williams-on-mid-air

Chanel Miller talks about her new book for children, "Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All." Set in New York City, it's about a little girl and her friend who reunite people with their lost socks.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1246163931/chanel-millers-new-childrens-novel-follows-lost-socks-in-new-york-city

Marjane Satrapi, author of "Persepolis," collaborates with others on a new graphic novel about Iran's "Women, Life, Freedom" protest movement.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1246163917/persepolis-author-releases-a-new-graphic-novel-on-irans-womens-protests

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks to Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes, whose new novel explores the bonds of sisterhood and the ways those bonds can be tested.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1246134786/writer-caoilinn-hughes-on-the-alternatives

In "Henry Henry," Shakespeare's Prince Hal gets a modern, queer recast. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Allen Bratton about his debut novel.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1246083012/allen-brattons-henry-henry-gives-the-shakespearan-character-a-modern-twist