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Nancy Pelosi opens up about how she wields 'The Art of Power'
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says her new book, The Art of Power, is not a memoir. Instead, she says, it's an inside look at specific moments in American history – like the 2008 financial…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
M.T. Anderson's 'Nicked' follows a heist to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas
National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson has written his first novel for adults. Nicked is set in 1087 and follows a monk and treasure hunter looking to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas – this is ba…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Juli Min's novel 'Shanghailanders' unfolds in reverse
At the start of Juli Min's debut novel, it's 2040 in Shanghai, and a wealthy real estate developer is parting ways with his wife and adult daughters at the airport. But as the story progresses, Shang…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Cory Richards' memoir covers mountains, photography and mental health
Cory Richards made a name for himself taking photographs across the globe for National Geographic. His new memoir, The Color of Everything, grapples with the harsh realities of high-end climbing, fam…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Sarah Perry's 'Enlightenment' ponders faith, astronomy and friendship
Sarah Perry's novel, Enlightenment, recently received a Booker Prize nomination. It follows the relationship between two friends, with a 30 year age difference, as they confront the role of the churc…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Novels by Claire Lombardo and Catherine Newman explore different stages of motherhood
Today's episode highlights two books that deal with what it means to be a mom, a wife and a multi-faceted, complicated woman. First, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Claire Lombardo about her no…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
'The Boiling Moat' plants a military strategy to prevent China's capture of Taiwan
Matt Pottinger used to cover China for Reuters and The Wall Street Journal before working as a deputy national security advisor for the Trump administration. Now, he's edited a new book called The Bo…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Jon M. Chu's memoir 'Viewfinder' traces his journey to making movies
Before he was the director behind films like Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights and Wicked, Jon M. Chu was a teenager in Los Altos, California, playing around with a camera and working at his parents'…
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In 'Liars,' Sarah Manguso explores a marriage falling apart
When author Sarah Manguso was going through a divorce a few years ago, she says she put her rage into writing her novel Liars. It's about the dissolution of a marriage, and a woman reckoning with the…
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Stephen Graham Jones explores a new side of horror in 'I Was a Teenage Slasher'
A small Texas town in the late 1980s, two teenagers on the outside of the social scene, and a curse for revenge. That's the setup for Stephen Graham Jones' new novel, I Was a Teenage Slasher. But as …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago