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What does it feel like to truly own something? Children's book author and illustrator Jon Klassen is trying to give young children that feeling with a trilogy of board books. The first is Your Truck.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Gabriel Tallent about his new novel Cruxand why not taking risks doesn't always guarantee a safety net.
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On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her longtime best friend died unexpectedly. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed multiple times while being interviewed on stage. -
The Seattle Children's Theatre is the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year. -
Journalist and author Josiah Hesse was raised an evangelical Christian in Mason City, Iowa. But he eventually left the church and the state. -
Álvaro Lafuente's calming voice and steady rhythms feel like a lullaby with a fiesta tilt. At the Desk, the Spanish singer transports us to a club in Barcelona or a beach on Costa Brava. -
NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist and author Danny Funt about his new book, "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling."
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Heather McGhee, author of 2021's The Sum of Us, discusses the economic cost of racism, the importance of community organizing and the "zero-sum lie" that progress for some means loss for others.
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Two Indian-American girls plot to kill their abusive uncle in 'How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder.' NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author Nina McConigley about her debut novel.
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A tour of a once-grand English manor, set to become a hotel, where abandoned objects tell of a family's decline: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Angela Tomaski about her novel, "The Infamous Gilberts."
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Adrian Quesada's album "Boleros Psicodélicos II" came out June 2025. -
Bob Weir, the founding member of and guitarist for the Grateful Dead, was a pioneer in how rhythm guitar is played in rock music.
