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In 'Oath and Honor,' Liz Cheney analyzes Trump's effect on the Republican party
When former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney criticized Donald Trump's presidency, she says she didn't know the Republican party would turn on her. …
2 years, 4 months ago
Nathan Thrall's book revisits a tragic bus accident in Jerusalem
Today's episode is a true story that takes place in Jerusalem. In 2012, a bus collided with a semi trailer. Six Palestinian kindergarteners and a te…
2 years, 4 months ago
'The Queen of Dirt Island' captures the bond between women in an Irish family
Donal Ryan's novel, The Queen of Dirt Island, centers its women characters. He tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that making the men peripheral wasn't hi…
2 years, 4 months ago
Two National Book Awards finalists take on climate extremes
Today's episode features interviews with two authors whose works are 2023 National Book Awards finalists — one fiction, one nonfiction. Both broach t…
2 years, 4 months ago
How Indian migrant workers escaped human trafficking in Mississippi
Today's episode is a true story that reads like a novel. In 2006, author and labor organizer Saket Soni received a call from an Indian migrant worker…
2 years, 4 months ago
Patricia Park's new YA novel captures the complexities of race and adolescence
Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim follows a Korean-Argentinian teen's journey to understanding who she is. Through the comfort…
2 years, 4 months ago
Stephen Buoro's comic novel follows a young Nigerian man's obsession with whiteness
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro is one of our favorite books of 2023. It focuses on a 15-year-old boy, Andy Aziza, who l…
2 years, 4 months ago
'Burn It Down' exposes discrimination and toxicity behind the scenes in Hollywood
As Hollywood was warming up for a summer of labor strikes a few months ago, Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan came out with a new book, Burn It Down, that e…
2 years, 4 months ago
'Loot' traces the love, war and art that shaped India's colonial history
In her new novel Loot, Tania James writes of a 17-year-old woodworker who's commissioned to build a tiger automaton for the Indian ruler Tipu Sultan …
2 years, 4 months ago
Two graphic memoirs explore growing up as a minority in the U.S.
Today's episode features interviews with two highly accomplished artists who've written graphic memoirs about the intricacies of growing up as young …
2 years, 4 months ago