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Two books trace the social and historical impacts of food
Today's episode is all about food – but not in the form of recipes. First, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Victor M. Valle speaks to Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about The Poetics of Fire, his new book…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Claire Messud's new novel is a sweeping tale of history, family and social change
Across seven decades, Claire Messud's novel This Strange Eventful History follows generations of a family from a colonized Algeria to far stretches of the world after the country's independence, alwa…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Author Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent collaborate on new songbook
When Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro went on the BBC program Desert Island Discs, he spoke about how much he loves the music of jazz singer Stacey Kent. In today's episode, Ishiguro and Ken…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
In 'All Fours,' Miranda July tackles love, sex and reinvention in middle age
Writer and filmmaker Miranda July says the popular imagination sort of drops off once a woman gets married and has kids. Her new novel All Fours turns that on its head – it's a story about an artist …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book is part memoir, part history of the 1960s
When Dick Goodwin reached his 80s, he asked his wife – historian Doris Kearns Goodwin – to finally open and sift through the hundreds of boxes he'd kept from his time as a presidential aide and speec…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck memoirs look back at their beginnings
Today's episode is about two massive stars: Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck. First, Goldberg speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about her new memoir, Bits and Pieces, which touches on her relationship w…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
'The SalviSoul Cookbook' celebrates Salvadoran food and the matriarchs who cook it
Years ago, Karla Tatiana Vasquez tried to search up a recipe for one of her favorite Salvadoran dishes, Salpicón Salvadoreño. The scarce results not only disappointed Vasquez, but created a new missi…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
'The Paris Novel' revels in a good meal, a beautiful dress and a romantic city
A plane ticket to Paris, a vintage Dior dress and a spectacular first-ever oyster — these three things upend the life of Stella, the sheltered, cautious protagonist at the heart of The Paris Novel, a…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
In 'The White Bonus,' Tracie McMillan analyzes the monetary cost of racism
Racism is a major contributor to economic disparities in the U.S. – but in her new book, The White Bonus, writer Tracie McMillan crunches the numbers to understand just how much money white privilege…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
'The Alternatives' is a novel about grief, sisterhood and working women
Caoilinn Hughes' novel The Alternatives revolves around the four Flattery sisters, each with a more impressive career or degree than the last, all with a profound grief for the parents they lost at a…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago