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Journalist Jodi Kantor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks on how to find purpose
Journalist Jodi Kantor and Harvard happiness expert Arthur Brooks are both out with new books about identifying and cultivating meaning in one’s life…
1 month, 1 week ago
In 'The Foursome,' conjoined twins marry two sisters — and that's just the beginning
In 1839, conjoined twins and famous showmen Chang and Eng Bunker — native to Thailand, then called Siam — took a break from touring, settled in North…
1 month, 1 week ago
Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'
In Project Hail Mary, amateur astronaut Ryland Grace must travel light years from Earth to save humanity from a dying Sun. The stakes are high, to sa…
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'The Correspondent' is an epistolary novel, but can letters tell the whole story?
Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent became a runaway hit for its exploration of a life told through letters. When readers meet Sybil Van Antwerp she’s …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
'This is Where the Serpent Lives' is a sprawling debut novel set in modern Pakistan
Author Daniyal Mueenuddin hit the ground running with his debut novel, This is Where the Serpent Lives. Set in modern Pakistan, the story spans gener…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
'Cloudthief' and 'Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep' are novels that center tech
Today’s episode features two novels with tech at the center. Climate journalist Nathaniel Rich’s Cloudthief is the story of a hacker and a journalist…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
In 'Hinterlands,' Hannah Lucinda Smith warns not to overlook conflict at the fringes
Hannah Lucinda Smith is a veteran foreign correspondent. Her new book Hinterlands explores whether hidden conflicts unfolding in little-noticed borde…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Authors Annie Hartnett and Kevin Wilson on writing road trip novels
By chance, authors Annie Hartnett and Kevin Wilson published road trip novels last year within just a few weeks of each other. The Road to Tender Hea…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Political strategist Ben Wikler on how Democrats can regain ground
As Democrats struggle to revive their party, democratic strategist Ben Wikler has advice to share. Wikler was chair of the Democratic Party of Wiscon…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
'Etna' author Paul Yoon on narrating war through a dog's eyes
Etna is a dog living in a fictional, coastal country on a farm with his mom and siblings. Then, one day, he’s scooped up by a mysterious woman who en…
1 month, 3 weeks ago