Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir about covering the organized crime beat in Japan is the basis of the Max series Tokyo Vice, now in its second season. Originally broadcast Nov. 9, 2009.
Four years after COVID lockdowns began, two new books explore how 2020 changed us all. NPR's Michel Martin talks to writers Eric Klinenberg and Dr. Cornelia Griggs about their reflections.
After her father died when she was 24, Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery where she lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her new memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jennine Capó Crucet about her new book, Say Hello to My Little Friend and how she drew inspiration from Scarface, Miami and the Seaquarium's killer whale, Lolita.
In 2018, Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. Her new memoir is One Way Back.
In an interview with NPR, Ford says it was only a couple of years ago that she felt ready to revisit how her life was upended by Brett Kavanaugh's rise to a position on the U.S. Supreme Court.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Charles Spencer, historian and Princess Diana's brother, about his memoir, "A Very Private School." It relates disturbing stories about his time in boarding school.