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'How to Leave the House' follows a quest for a missing package
Natwest, 23, is about to finally leave for university. But a package he's waiting for has gone missing and – fearing humiliation if its contents are …
1 year, 10 months ago
In 'On the Edge,' Nate Silver analyzes professional risk-takers
What do hedge fund managers, poker players and the scientist behind the mRNA vaccine have in common? In his new book, On the Edge: The Art of Risking…
1 year, 10 months ago
'Hurdles in the Dark' is a memoir about a kidnapping, juvenile detention and racing
Elvira K. Gonzalez says there was a lot of beauty to growing up in the culturally rich border town of Laredo, Texas. But there were some challenges, …
1 year, 10 months ago
Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague
From 1911 to 1912, Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka both lived in Prague. A new graphic novel by Ken Krimstein uses both history and artistic imaginat…
1 year, 10 months ago
'Us, After' and 'A Haunted Girl' tackle mental health
Warning: this episode contains mention of suicide and mental illness. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or …
1 year, 10 months ago
Gabino Iglesias' 'House of Bone and Rain' is a tale of vengeance in Puerto Rico
Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Gabino Iglesias, knows what it's like for grief and anger to turn deadly. That's what he explores in his new novel,…
1 year, 10 months ago
'Drawn Testimony' is a courtroom sketch artist's memoir spanning 40 years
Courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg has worked on some of the biggest trials of the last 40 years, drawing the likes of Martha Stewart, Jeffrey Ep…
1 year, 10 months ago
Rufaro Faith Mazarura's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village
The fictional Olympics at the heart of Rufaro Faith Mazarura's novel, Let the Games Begin, kick off in Athens. And in the middle of one of the most i…
1 year, 10 months ago
'We Were Illegal' examines Texas history through multiple generations of one family
After she worked on a book about refugee resettlement in the U.S., writer Jessica Goudeau says she realized she knew very little about how her own fa…
1 year, 10 months ago
Two books revisit the cultural impacts of Tina Turner, Duke Ellington and more
Today's episode highlights two books that revisit the cultural contributions of some pretty big names. First, Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks wit…
1 year, 10 months ago