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Novels by Barbara Kingsolver and Daniel Mason excavate history for new meanings
Today's episode is all about two books that find parallels across long stretches of time. First, an interview with Barbara Kingsolver and former NPR …
2 years, 6 months ago
'Lies About Black People' analyzes and debunks harmful stereotypes
In today's episode, Omekongo Dibinga walks Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes through several myths featured in his new book, Lies About Black People. From…
2 years, 6 months ago
'Land of Milk and Honey' paints a dystopian future for fine dining
After climate change has wreaked havoc on the planet – and its flora and fauna – delicious dinners are a memory of the past. But in C Pam Zhang's new…
2 years, 6 months ago
'The Big Myth' breaks down pro-market, anti-government propaganda in the U.S.
The Big Myth, a new book co-written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, details the rise of free market capitalism in the 19th century and its long-…
2 years, 6 months ago
Nathan Hill's 'Wellness' examines marriage, parenthood and polyamory
Nathan Hill's novel Wellness starts with a blossoming romance between two artists in Chicago's underground scene. Twenty years later, they're married…
2 years, 6 months ago
Susan Kuklin and Maia Kobabe's books explore gender identity throughout adolescence
Today's episode features interviews with two authors whose books on trans and queer gender identity are facing challenges in school districts across …
2 years, 6 months ago
Art Spiegelman reissues 'Breakdowns' with new perspective on book bans
Author and cartoonist Art Spiegelman is familiar with the hysteria surrounding certain library books. In today's episode, he tells NPR's Scott Simon …
2 years, 6 months ago
'All Boys Aren't Blue' honors coming of age as a queer Black boy
Author George M. Johnson says they knew their memoir, All Boys Aren't Blue, would be challenged by school boards – but they didn't realize just how m…
2 years, 6 months ago
In 'New Kid,' a Black seventh grader navigates a new school
Jordan Banks, the protagonist of New Kid, is a seventh grade student who loves to draw and hopes to one day become a cartoonist. But the graphic nove…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bans on books like 'Out of Darkness' target authors of color
Professor Ashley Hope Pérez's book Out of Darkness explores school segregation in 20th century Texas through a fictional love story between a young A…
2 years, 6 months ago