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Ann Patchett’s 'Whistler' and 'Tom Lake' are novels written with love in mind
Novelist Ann Patchett has written about things as wild as hostage takeovers, fairy tales, and betrayed magicians’ assistants. But her new novel Whist…
4 weeks ago
'A Pair of Aces' is about two women who face down the mob in 1930s New York
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have just published new historical fiction. Their novel A Pair of Aces is about two women in 1930s New…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
In 'Keeper of My Kin,' Ada Ferrer struggles with being her mother's "chosen one"
At the start of the Cuban Revolution, Adela Ferrer’s husband made an impossible decision. Her husband had fled Havana for New York, and she planned t…
1 month ago
Maggie O'Farrell's novel 'Land' takes readers to a famine-ravaged yet resilient Ireland
What happened to those who remained in Ireland after the Great Famine of 1865? It’s a question that fascinated Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet, as…
1 month ago
In 'View From the East Wing,' Jill Biden reflects on the debate that changed history
The first and only 2024 Biden-Trump presidential debate was not a night easily forgotten. Joe Biden’s stumbling performance and Kamala Harris’ result…
1 month ago
Two new books ask: What would you do if you encountered alien life?
Today on the show: Fictional and nonfictional takes on extraterrestrial life. Steven Rowley’s new novel Take Me With You is about a man whose husband…
1 month ago
'Big Fan' investigates fandom from darts and football to Taylor Swift
Sportswriter Joe Posnanski and TV writer Michael Schur say their new book is for everyone who has risked their emotional health over a sports team. B…
1 month ago
Ben Crump says 'Worse Than a Lie' is a legal thriller wrapped in Black culture
In his debut novel, the civil rights attorney Ben Crump imagines a horrific crime that feels all too real. In Worse Than a Lie, a Black ex-police off…
1 month, 1 week ago
In 'Mother Tongue,' author Sara Nović examines deaf history, and writes her own
Acclaimed author Sara Nović lost her hearing at age 12. Since then, she’s learned ASL, written the best-selling novel True Biz, mothered two children…
1 month, 1 week ago
ABC News' Martha Raddatz on 'The Hero Next Door,' her collection of veterans’ stories
Martha Raddatz has reported on the U.S. military for more than 30 years. Now she’s out with a new book: The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and…
1 month, 1 week ago