Censorship Scholar On Book Bans And Critical Race Theory
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Richard Price, author of the Adventures In Censorship blog, about trends in censorship and book banning.
Books
New Graphic Novel 'Celestia' Wanders An Earth That's No Longer Home
Manuele Fior's latest, Celestia, is set on a far-future Earth, wracked by climate change — but the terrors of flood and fire stay under the surface of his dreamy, hazy, philosophical story.
'What Strange Paradise' Focuses On The Human Stories At The Heart Of A Crisis
Omar El-Akkad's new novel is fully aware of the larger forces that lead people to migrate — but it leaves those aside, focusing instead on the smaller human stories at the core of the migrant crisis.
Judy Chicago Reflects On Prolific Artistic Career In New Memoir
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to artist Judy Chicago about her new memoir, The Flowering. Chicago is most known for her multimedia installation, The Dinner Party.
'The Council Of Animals' Holds Humanity's Fate In Its ... Paws
In Nick McDonell's new novel, sentient animals control the fate of the few remaining humans — and must decide to do about the fear that humans will regroup and seize supremacy over the Earth again.
Comic-Con Is Online Only Again This Year. On The Bright Side, No Lines!
No costumed crowds are thronging the streets of San Diego this weekend: For the second year in a row, Comic-Con is online only. But organizers are hoping for a small in-person show in November.
When Your Book Publishes In A Pandemic — Authors Talk About Terrible Timing
A league of unfortunate writers had their books come out in the height of the coronavirus crisis — there are even several online support groups for authors who published mid-pandemic.
The Book 'Glory Days' Describes The 90 Days In 1984 That Shaped How We Watch Sports
Sports writer Jon Wertheim's new book, Glory Days, describes the story of the summer he says changed everything. 90 days in 1984 shaped how we watch sports today.
An Analysis Of New Books About Donald Trump's Presidency
Several books about the Trump administration's final year, some including interviews with the ex-president, are arriving in bookstores. How do they change what we know about the Trump White House?
Fascinating, Mysterious 'Intimacies' Doesn't Let Readers Get Close Enough
Katie Kitamura's new novel follows an unnamed woman working as a translator at The Hague who works with war criminals — but can readers really know a narrator who remains resolutely unknown?