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'Wuhan' analyzes China's management and response to the COVID-19 pandemic
It's been four years since the world went into lockdown mode as COVID-19 rapidly spread across the globe. But a new book by political scientist Dali …
2 years ago
'Whalefall' by Daniel Kraus is a thriller about diving, loss and new beginnings
Jay, the 17-year-old at the heart of Daniel Kraus' novel Whalefall, has an hour of oxygen left on his tank. He's been diving in the ocean off the coa…
2 years ago
'Climate Capitalism' projects an optimistic future for environmental policy
Early in today's episode, Here & Now's Scott Tong poses what a lot of activists and listeners might think — that the two words titling Akshat Rathi's…
2 years ago
Don Paterson and Michael Ondaatje's new books meditate on poetry, time and memory
Today's episode features interviews with two poets whose new works look back in time, either in their own lives or those of their subjects. First, Do…
2 years 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 Re…
2 years ago
Charles Spencer's memoir 'A Very Private School' opens up about boarding school abuse
A new memoir by historian Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer and brother of Princess Diana, details a difficult childhood marked by alleged physical a…
2 years ago
'Say Hello to My Little Friend' explores manhood, 'Scarface' and Miami stereotypes
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In 'The Exvangelicals,' Sarah McCammon analyzes loving and leaving the church
NPR's Sarah McCammon grew up in the white evangelical church — and though she left the tradition as an adult, she's continued to cover its ties to Tr…
2 years ago
Percival Everett centers a new voice in 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn'
Percival Everett is a prolific author – his 2001 book Erasure was recently adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction. But his latest book,…
2 years, 1 month ago
'Feeding Ghosts' is a graphic memoir grappling with generational trauma
Tessa Hulls' grandmother, Sun Yi, was a dissident journalist in Shanghai who faced intense political persecution during the Chinese Communist Revolut…
2 years, 1 month ago