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'Others Were Emeralds' is a coming-of-age story confronting racism in Australia
In today's episode, Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes and author Lang Leav bond over growing up in Australia, and navigating racism and anti-immigrant sen…
3 years ago
Sandeep Jauhar's memoir explains how Alzheimer's works – and how it affected his dad
As a physician, Sandeep Jauhar had a certain understanding of Alzheimer's. Then, when the disease was impacting his own father, more and more questio…
3 years ago
Anne Enright's 'The Wren, The Wren' is a family story about poetry and betrayal
Phil McDaragh is a great Irish poet; he was also a lousy husband and father, abandoning his family to pursue his writing. In Anne Enright's new novel…
3 years ago
'Foreign Bodies' traces the history of pandemics and vaccine hesitancy
Historian Simon Schama's new book, Foreign Bodies:Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations, recounts the pain and panic caused by smallpox, cho…
3 years ago
Two books examine the lives of Afghans in the aftermath of American withdrawal
Today's episode is all about the lives of women in Afghanistan, before and after the U.S. armed forces occupied the country. First, Here & Now's Scot…
3 years ago
Why Matthew McConaughey wrote a children's book about the "paradox of living"
Matthew McConaughey has a new children's book out, full of couplets with a pretty mature message. Just Because is all about the contradictions in lif…
3 years ago
'Roaming' is a graphic novel about friendship and travel
It's one thing to be friends with someone, but going on a trip together? Totally different story. A new graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Ta…
3 years ago
In 'Jews in the Garden,' a Holocaust survivor tries to uncover uncomfortable truths
As The Public's Radio Lynn Arditi says in today's episode, much has been written about the Polish resistance movement during World War II. But in her…
3 years ago
Héctor Tobar examines Latino identity in 'Our Migrant Souls'
When Héctor Tobar was born to Guatemalan parents in Los Angeles in the 1960s, his race was described as "caucasian" on his birth certificate. In his …
3 years ago
Lauren Groff talks captivity narratives, climate change and 'The Vaster Wilds'
Today's episode is an in-length conversation with National Book Award finalist Lauren Groff. She met up with NPR's Andrew Limbong at a library at Joh…
3 years ago