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Morgan Talty examines Native identity in 'Night of the Living Rez' and 'Fire Exit'
Today's episode features two interviews with author Morgan Talty. First, a conversation with NPR's Melissa Block about his 2022 collection of short stories, Night of the Living Rez, and how he naviga…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Carys Davies tackles communication, isolation and the Scottish Clearances in 'Clear'
In the 1840s, a Scottish minister named John Ferguson accepts the task of traveling to a remote island to evict Ivar, the only man who lives there. When Reverend Ferguson falls off a cliff, Ivar brin…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
In 'The Extinction of Irena Rey,' translators search for a missing author
Eight translators from eight countries travel to a Polish forest to begin adapting famed author Irena Rey's newest book into their respective languages. But when Irena Rey disappears, a competitive, …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
'Memory Piece' follows female friendships over several decades
Memory Piece, the latest novel from National Book Award finalist Lisa Ko, kicks off in the 1980s with three teenage girls who find a deep connection to one another. Into the1990s and eventually the 2…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
'Hard by a Great Forest' is a novel about returning home decades after fleeing war
The story of Saba, the protagonist of Leo Vardiashvili's novel Hard by a Great Forest, is much like the author's own. A young boy flees the Soviet Republic of Georgia with his father and brother as t…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
'Never Enough' and 'Roctogenarians' examine the culture of success
Today's episode is all about what it means to "make it" – and why there's no one path to success. First, Jennifer Breheny Wallace speaks with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about her new book Never Eno…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
'Tehrangeles' follows a family of aspiring Iranian influencers in LA
Once upon a time, author Porochista Khakpour worked as a shop girl in the luxury stores lining Rodeo Drive. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how excited she would get when Iranian-American customers came …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Glynnis MacNicol's memoir brings readers to a summer of pleasure in Paris
After riding out the first year of the pandemic alone in her small studio apartment in New York City, Glynnis MacNicol saw an opportunity and ran with it. Once vaccines had rolled out in 2021, she bo…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia
In the new novel One of Our Kind, Jasmyn Williams moves her family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. But things start to take a turn when Jasmyn realizes not everyone who lives in L…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Questlove maps a cultural revolution in 'Hip-Hop is History'
At the height of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef a few weeks back, Questlove took to Instagram to say, amongst other things, that "hip-hop is truly dead." In today's episode, he tells NPR's Rodney …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago