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Shirley Jackson’s biographer on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary
With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror authors of the 20th century. In 2012, Rut…
8 months, 1 week ago
Princeton professor Susan Wolfson on why we love 'Frankenstein' two centuries later
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1818, permeated our cultural imagination in a way few stories have. With a new film adaptation directed by Gu…
8 months, 1 week ago
'Interview with the Vampire' author Anne Rice takes NPR on a tour of her haunted home
Novelist Anne Rice was known for her supernatural tales about vampires, witches, and ghosts. In 1976, she gained notoriety for Interview with the Vam…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Revisiting Anne Rice’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re watching or reading… a lot about vampires? With the 20th anniversary of the Twilight book series upon us, plu…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
'Paper Girl' and 'Joyride' are memoirs by journalists who get close to their subjects
Today’s episode features new memoirs by journalists who aren’t afraid to connect deeply with their subjects. First, in Paper Girl, Beth Macy travels …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
This Palestinian journalist kept a diary as Israeli forces invaded – now it’s a book
As Israeli forces invaded Gaza in 2023, Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad kept a diary. Her writing is a record of the 45 days she spent reportin…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A new James Baldwin biography asks how the writer’s lovers might’ve shaped him
The scholar Nicholas Boggs has a new perspective on James Baldwin. The new biography Baldwin: A Love Story considers how the writer and Civil Rights …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir recounts abuse by Epstein, Maxwell and others
Today’s episode centers an important voice in the still-unfolding story of Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia Roberts Giuffre survived abuse at the hands of E…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ken Liu’s latest novel ‘All That We See or Seem’ is speculative fiction about AI
Ken Liu is a big name in science fiction. His latest novel All That We See or Seem takes place in a world that’s not too different from ours. But in …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Books We’ve Loved: Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, a blueprint to the modern romance
This year, readers around the world are celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. On the inaugural episode of Books We’ve Loved, hosts Andrew Limbong…
8 months, 3 weeks ago