Art Spiegelman on the re-issue of his book 'Breakdowns'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to graphic artist Art Spiegelman about the re-issue of his book "Breakdowns," a collection of his early comics.
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Al Saqi Books, London's first Arabic-language bookstore, is closing down
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Al Saqi Books co-founder Salwa Gaspard and her daughter, Lynn, about the significance of the Arabic-language bookstore and the reasons for its impending closure.
What a classic '50s Western can teach us about the Hollywood Blacklist
Author Glenn Frankel says the 1952 film High Noon was inspired by the toxic political climate of the time. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2017.
Will you read the Jan. 6 report cover-to-cover? These publishers hope so.
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to drop their report on Dec. 21. It's a public document, but book publishers are poised to get the report into your hands.
Maria Ressa's 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' is a memoir and manifesto
In 2013, Ressa laid out her forward-looking vision for the future of public service journalism to me. Her book traces a humbling, harrowing journey from social media advocate to democracy defender.
Novelist Steph Cha on her favorite novel, 'The Long Goodbye' by Raymond Chandler
All Things Considered hosts are asking their favorite writers about their favorite writers. Ailsa Chang talks with novelist Steph Cha about her favorite novel, "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler.
Pioneering writer Octavia Butler on writing Black people and women into sci-fi
Butler's 1979 book, Kindred, is now a series for FX on Hulu. In 1993, the pioneering author, who died in 2006, told Fresh Air she made up her own stories so that she could see herself in them.
Remembering Marijane Meaker, a pioneer of lesbian pulp fiction
Meaker wrote Spring Fire in 1952, and was surprised when it sold 1.5 million copies. She went on to write other lesbian-themed books under pen names. She died Nov. 21. Originally broadcast 2003.
Ashley Hope Pérez: 'Young people have a right' to stories that help them learn
For years, Out of Darkness appeared on reading lists as a recommendation for ambitious young readers ready to face disquieting aspects of the American experience. It began facing bans in 2021.
Banned Books: Author Ashley Hope Pérez on finding humanity in the 'darkness'
Ashley Hope Pérez published Out of Darkness in 2015 to critical acclaim. The novel re-contextualized contemporary issues of race providing a historical framework in a not-so-post-racial America.