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In the wake of a sexual assault, astronaut Amanda Nguyen turned to activism
In 2013, Amanda Nguyen was a Harvard senior interested in pursuing a career at NASA or the CIA. But she says those plans were temporarily derailed wh…
1 year, 3 months ago
In 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' John Green turns his attention to a deadly disease
Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases in human history – and it still kills more than a million people every year. In a new book, The Fault in O…
1 year, 3 months ago
Authors of two new novels draw inspiration from history in wildly different ways
Today on the show, we hear from authors who were inspired by history in wildly different ways. First, when Emma Donoghue encountered a famous photo o…
1 year, 3 months ago
To confront radical change, 'Slate' writer Scaachi Koul wrote a new book of essays
Three years ago, Scaachi Koul went through a divorce, a process that she says was "disorienting." But divorce, the Slate writer says, also offered a …
1 year, 3 months ago
A new book from Emily Feng asks what it means to be Chinese in Xi Jinping's China
NPR reporter Emily Feng lived in, and reported from, Beijing for years. But in 2022, the Chinese government told Feng, who was born in the United Sta…
1 year, 3 months ago
In 'Long Island,' one woman returns to Ireland after discovering her husband's affair
At the beginning of Long Island, an Irish-American woman named Eilis opens the front door of her New York home and is greeted by news of her husband'…
1 year, 3 months ago
Christine Wenc's 'Funny Because It's True' calls 'The Onion' "the original fake news"
The satirical news magazine The Onion has been putting out ironic and often absurd headlines for more than 40 years. Christine Wenc was part of the p…
1 year, 3 months ago
John Himmelman, Reginald Dwayne Betts take a populist approach to poetry in new books
The authors of two new poetry collections aspire to reach broad audiences with their work. First, John Himmelman says he wanted to tell stories with …
1 year, 3 months ago
In 'Beartooth,' brothers embark on an illicit journey into Yellowstone National Park
In Callan Wink's new novel Beartooth, two brothers live at the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Their father has recently died of cancer, leaving b…
1 year, 3 months ago
Chuck Schumer's 'Antisemitism in America' warns of a resurgence in antisemitic views
Sen. Chuck Schumer received major backlash from his party after supporting a Republican spending bill earlier this month – and some Democrats have ca…
1 year, 3 months ago