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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…
3 years, 2 months ago
NPR's Ari Shapiro looks back on reporting, singing and touring in new memoir
Ari Shapiro's voice might be familiar to listeners for a number of reasons. He's one of the hosts of All Things Considered; he also sings and tours w…
3 years, 2 months ago
Two nonfiction books examine grief and its impact on memory
Today's episode covers two very different stories involving personal loss and what comes after. First, author Laura Braitman tells NPR's Sacha Pfeiff…
3 years, 2 months ago
'Decent People' is a murder mystery grappling with race in the segregated South
In a small North Carolina town in 1976, three siblings are shot to death. That's the mystery at the center of De'Shawn Charles Winslow's new book, De…
3 years, 2 months ago
Author Azar Nafisi says books can help you really live
Author Azar Nafisi has written a love letter to literature and reading in Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times. She…
3 years, 2 months ago
In 'Romantic Comedy,' Curtis Sittenfeld flips the gendered tropes
From Notting Hill to the real-life relationships of several SNL writers with Hollywood starlets – to even the new Barbie movie tagline ("She's everyt…
3 years, 2 months ago
'The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi' calls a mother and former pirate back to the sea
Amina Al-Sirafi, the protagonist of Shannon Chakraborty's new novel, commanded the Indian Ocean as one of its most notorious pirates during the 12th …
3 years, 2 months ago
Two novels find siblings confronting the evils around them
Today's episode is all about the complexities of sibling relationships, especially when the family is surrounded by hostile circumstances. First, NPR…
3 years, 2 months ago
In 'Empireland,' Sathnam Sanghera takes a closer look at the UK's imperialist history
Sathnam Sanghera's new book, Empireland, focuses on how British imperialism shaped the trajectory of that country's history. But as he emphasizes in …
3 years, 2 months ago
Colleen Oakley's new roadtrip novel takes inspiration from 'Thelma and Louise'
Tanner and Louise have a 63 year age difference and pretty opposite personalities: Tanner is a former college athlete, hitting what she thinks is roc…
3 years, 2 months ago