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'Your Driver is Waiting' takes a modern spin on 'Taxi Driver'
Who would Travis Bickle– the protagonist of the 1976 film Taxi Driver – be today? That question sparked the new novel by Priya Guns, Your Driver Is W…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sparked by the pandemic, Katherine May searches for 'Enchantment' in nature
Katherine May, like so many other people, found herself submerged in anxiety and restlessness during COVID-19 lockdowns. But as cities reopened, she …
3 years, 1 month ago
In 'What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,' a family struggles with a child's disappearance
Ruthy Ramirez, the 13-year-old middle child of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island, vanished without a trace. But more than a decade later, as the…
3 years, 1 month ago
Margaret Atwood ponders aging, fantasy and George Orwell in 'Old Babes in the Wood'
Margaret Atwood has been writing for a long time – and as she tells NPR's Leila Fadel, the world looks very different today than it did when she star…
3 years, 1 month ago
Two memoirs tell life-altering stories through illustrations
Today's episode focuses on two pretty different graphic memoirs. First, artist Kendra Neely – who survived the 2015 shooting at Umpqua Community Coll…
3 years, 1 month ago
'A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs' is a memoir of the Uyghur experience
Describing home for journalist Gulchehra Hoja is complicated. She's from western China, in the Xinjiang province. But as she tells NPR's Steve Inskee…
3 years, 1 month ago
'All the Beauty in the World' is a museum guard's view on healing through art
Patrick Bringley worked in events planning at The New Yorker – until his older brother got diagnosed with cancer and passed away. That loss led to a …
3 years, 1 month ago
Beth Moore says misogyny pushed her to leave the Southern Baptist Convention
Beth Moore was raised in the Southern Baptist Convention. As an adult, she went on to become an evangelist, teaching Bible studies to women in arenas…
3 years, 1 month ago
In 'Dyscalculia,' Camonghne Felix reckons with heartbreak as a form of trauma
The critically acclaimed poet Camonghne Felix says that people going through breakups are not often treated with the same grace or generosity as thos…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Malcolm Harris take a closer look at wealth and capitalism
Today's episode features interviews with two people who've given a lot of thought to capitalism's role in modern society. First, Sen. Bernie Sanders …
3 years, 1 month ago