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'WARHOLCAPOTE' is a window into the relationship between two great, tortured minds
Rob Roth's new play in book form, WARHOLCAPOTE, is what he calls a "non-fiction invention," created from found tapes of conversations between artist …
3 years, 6 months ago
Gay sons of immigrants talk about the weight they carry in 'Brown and Gay in LA'
In Brown and Gay in LA, author Anthony Christian Ocampo interviews more than 60 gay sons of immigrant families about the fears that come with living …
3 years, 6 months ago
'Waging a Good War' explains civil rights movement in military strategy terms
Distinguished war correspondent Thomas Ricks analyzes how civil rights movement protesters used military principles and strategies in his new book, W…
3 years, 6 months ago
Two writers on friendships and how they shape us
In this episode, NPR's Scott Simon interviews two writers whose books about friendship reckon with how people, and what we experience with them, make…
3 years, 6 months ago
Dick Ebersol's autobiography 'From Saturday Night to Sunday Night' spans his career
Dick Ebersol was a major player in the world of American entertainment until his retirement over a decade ago. He co-created Saturday Night Live, and…
3 years, 6 months ago
'What If? 2' is Randall Munroe's second round of answers to absurd questions
Randall Munroe's first book of scientific answers to the absurd questions people have was so popular that he wrote another one. In What If? 2, the au…
3 years, 6 months ago
'The Door of No Return' is a story for children about slavery
Kwame Alexander's new novel aimed at teens, The Door of No Return, focuses on the history of slavery. It follows a boy growing up in Ghana in 1860, a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' examines the reign of King Henry VIII through his advisor
In 2009, Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel Wolf Hall. Mantel died in September, and in this episode we hear former NPR…
3 years, 6 months ago
Two authors on writing unlikable characters and the power of storytelling
The two books in today's episode point up how authors write and empathize with characters that aren't exactly likable. First we hear from Anthony Doe…
3 years, 6 months ago
A futuristic novel about the powerful escaping to space echoes today's world
Author Tochi Onyebuchi says that a majority of space stories he's come across favor those in power. Rich and white people get to escape in spaceships…
3 years, 6 months ago