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Brittney Griner's memoir recounts her detention in Russia and finally 'Coming Home'
In 2022, WNBA star Brittney Griner was detained by Russian authorities, convicted of drug charges and given a nine-year prison sentence. Her new memoir, Coming Home, details the conditions she was he…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
'Lessons for Survival' thinks about parenting through social and environmental crises
As a parent, how do you navigate – and feel hope – raising kids through a pandemic, a climate crisis and with police brutality in the news? That's the question at the center of Emily Raboteau's new b…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Colm Tóibín's long-anticipated sequel to 'Brooklyn' is 'Long Island'
The writer Colm Tóibín says he never meant to write a sequel to his 2009 novel Brooklyn. But an image came to him years later, of his protagonist from that book suddenly finding out her husband has h…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Chanel Miller's new children's book follows lost socks in New York City
Chanel Miller's first book was a critically acclaimed memoir about her sexual assault and the following trial. But she always wanted to write and illustrate books for kids. In today's episode, Miller…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Rachel Khong's new novel explores who gets to be 'Real Americans'
Real Americans, the new novel by Rachel Khong, spans generations and decades within a family to understand the ongoing struggle to make sense of race, class and identity in the United States. Like wi…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
For Mother's Day, two books that tackle motherhood
This weekend is Mother's Day, a good occasion to reflect on the art of parenting. First, comedian Glenn Boozan speaks to Celeste Headlee on Here and Now about her book There Are Moms Way Worse Than Y…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
In 'Soil,' Camille Dungy weaves together gardening, race and motherhood
For poet Camille Dungy, environmental justice, community interdependence and political engagement go hand in hand. She explores those relationships in her book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Ga…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Two mothers clash over integration in 'What's Mine & Yours'
At the center of author Naima Coster's novel What's Mine & Yours are two struggling mothers. Jade is a Black single mother who is trying to provide a better life for her son, and Lacey May is a white…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'
Poet Ocean Vuong's collection,Time Is A Mother, is about his grief after losing family members. Vuong told NPR's Rachel Martin that time is different now that he has lost his mother: "when I look at …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
'The Three Mothers' who paved the way for three extraordinary men
It's almost Mother's Day – so today, we learn about the women who raised some of history's most important men in The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Bal…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago