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For her 25th book, Karin Slaughter wanted to capture life in small-town Georgia
Karin Slaughter’s new book opens on a hot summer night in Georgia. It’s Madison Dalrymple’s 15th birthday and she has a big night planned with her be…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Cook Once, Eat Twice’ and ‘Accidentally on Purpose’ are new books from cooking stars
Nadiya Hussain and Kristen Kish are winners of two of the most popular cooking shows on television – and they’re both out with new books about life a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Atlantic’ writer James Parker says his odes are exercises in gratitude and attention
James Parker finds inspiration for odes in small and large things: history, America, brain farts, his flip phone, Pablo Neruda, meditation. The Atlan…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
In ‘The Hounding,’ rumors swirl around five sisters living in 18th-century England
Author Xenobe Purvis says the premise for her new novel is based on a nugget of history. In 1700, a doctor reported that five sisters in Oxfordshire,…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Alexis Okeowo’s ‘Blessings and Disasters’ is an ode to Alabama’s complicated history
Alexis Okeowo grew up in Alabama. But it wasn’t until they left for college that Okeowo realized the strong stereotypes outsiders held about their ho…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
‘Dwelling’ fictionalizes the American housing crisis with elements of fairy tale
In Emily Hunt Kivel’s new novel Dwelling, a mass eviction in New York City throws a young woman’s life into chaos. Suddenly homeless, Evie relocates …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
For the authors of ‘Reading Van Gogh,’ ‘Black in Blues,’ art opened a door to meaning
In today’s episode, the authors of two recently released nonfiction books search for meaning in art. First, Elizabeth Barks Cox’s Reading Van Gogh: A…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
In ‘Human Nature,’ Kate Marvel bridges the gap between climate science and emotions
Kate Marvel is a climate scientist who has testified before Congress and served as lead author of the U.S. National Climate Assessment. But in her ne…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Jason Mott’s new novel ‘People Like Us’ is metafiction that was almost memoir
In 2021, Jason Mott won the National Book Award for Hell of a Book. Now, he’s out with a new novel called People Like Us, in which two Black writers …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
‘Sloppy’ author Rax King says she’s inspired by writers who did their best work sober
Author Rax King says her new book of essays Sloppy is unified by themes of “addiction and bad habits.” King has been sober from alcohol and cocaine f…
10 months, 4 weeks ago