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'Dear Sister,' 'A Fatal Inheritance' examine difficult family histories
Today's episode highlights two books that grapple with hardships – and perseverance — within a family. First, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Michelle Horton about Dear Sister, a memoir chronicl…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Chelsea Devantez's memoir finds the humor in dark situations
Comedian, TV writer and podcast host Chelsea Devantez moved around a lot as a kid. She jokes in today's episode that her mom "loved to get divorced" — but that also led to what she describes as a pre…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Stephen King finishes a story 45 years in the making in 'You Like It Darker'
You Like It Darker is a new collection of short stories by Stephen King — and as the author tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, one of those stories spent decades tucked away in a desk drawer before he ga…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
The autobiography of John Swanson Jacobs offers a new look at slavery and migration
Harriet Jacobs is one of the best-known female abolitionists and authors who wrote about their experiences of enslavement in the South. But while searching for information about Jacobs' children, lit…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
'The Mango Tree' is a memoir about growing up mixed-race Filipina in south Florida
The Mango Tree kicks off with a phone call: Journalist Annabelle Tometich is informed her mom has been arrested for shooting a man, with a BB gun, who was trying to take mangoes from her yard. What f…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón recently edited and introduced You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, a collection of poems by writers like Joy Harjo and Jericho Brown that pays homage to landscapes…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
'Malas' is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town
Marcela Fuentes' debut novel, Malas, is set in a small town nestled on the border between Texas and Mexico. There, two vastly different women begin to uncover decades of secrets, town gossip and brok…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
R.O. Kwon's novel 'Exhibit' grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity
Jin Han, the narrator of R.O. Kwon's Exhibit, is a photographer going through it – both with her work and her husband. When she meets ballerina Lidija Jung, her world is turned upside down. Exhibit b…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Kathleen Hanna remembers her path to becoming the OG 'Rebel Girl'
Before she founded the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s, Kathleen Hanna was a teenager volunteering at a rape and domestic violence shelter in Olympia, Washington. In today's episode, the Bikini Kill…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Illia Ponomarenko's memoir opens up about covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine
There's a lot of tragedy that goes into watching your home erupt into a battlefield. But journalist Illia Ponomarenko says as the Russian military seized city after city in their latest invasion of U…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago