De'Shawn Charles Winslow on his new novel 'Decent People'
NPR's Scott Simon asks De'Shawn Charles Winslow about his new novel "Decent People," which is set in the same fictional North Carolina town as his widely praised debut.
Books
'Inside the Curve' attempts to offer an overview of COVID's full impact everywhere
Visually striking — NatGeo and superb photography have always walked hand-in-hand — and incredibly complete, deep and nuanced, this is a book that comes close to the impossible.
Remembering Russell Banks, a novelist who depicted working-class life
Banks, who died Jan. 7, wrote about ordinary people coping with difficulties in contemporary society. His books included The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction. Originally broadcast in 1989 and '95.
Revisiting Larry Sultan's 'Pictures from Home,' a photo memoir of post-WWII life
The new Broadway show, Pictures from Home, draws on the late photographer's memoir about his childhood in the baby boom generation in Southern California. Originally broadcast in 1989.
The struggle and the joy that inspired a new album from country singer Margo Price
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with musician Margo Price about the inspiration for her new album, Strays. Price also has a memoir out called: Maybe We'll Make It.
'Sam,' the latest novel from Allegra Goodman, is small, but not simple
The novel follows a white working-class girl from age 7 through her late teens, navigating a world tightly circumscribed by class and culture.
Author Kai Thomas on the Underground Railroad's unexplored history in Canada
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Kai Thomas about his debut novel IN THE UPPER COUNTRY and exploring the Underground Railroad's little-known history in a community of free Black people in Canada.
Anti-fatness keeps fat people on the margins, says Aubrey Gordon
In her new book You Just Need To Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People, Aubrey Gordon tackles the biases and myths that she says keep fat people on the margins of society.
'Still Pictures' offers one more glimpse of writer Janet Malcolm
The New Yorker writer's posthumously published quasi-memoir is succinct and thought-provoking — and manages to capture so much of what made her so unfailingly interesting.
What if you could buy wishes? An Egyptian fantasy comic does some wishful thinking
Artist and author Deena Mohamed created a graphic novel about how wishes would — or wouldn't — work in modern-day Egypt. Her much-praised book is now out in English. It's ... a wish come true!