Some Timely Advice On Mental Decluttering From Author Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight has written a series of books offering advice on what she calls mental decluttering. It's a step she took when she pared her life to the essentials.
Books
Time Magazine's Molly Ball On Her New Book, 'Pelosi'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Time Magazine national political correspondent Molly Ball about her new book Pelosi, profiling the Democratic leader.
A Flying Photographer Looks Down On Earth In Awe And Sorrow
In his new book, The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene, George Steinmetz offers a bird's eye view of the mark humans have made on the global landscape.
Love Of Literature — And Algeria — Illuminates 'Our Riches'
Kaouther Adimi's novel tells the real-life story of Edmond Charlot, the Algerian bookseller and publisher who witnessed his country's independence struggle — and famously discovered Albert Camus.
A Big, Complicated Family — And Their Mistakes — In 'All Adults Here'
Emma Straub's new novel is about a woman who realizes, at age 68, that there are a lot of things she wishes she'd done differently in her life — and the choices and mistakes that shape her family.
'Give Them The Damn Information': Questions For George M. Johnson
Journalist and activist George M. Johnson's new memoir All Boys Aren't Blue is an unflinching account of growing up black and queer — from kindergarten bullies to unexpected college brotherhood.
Poet Mark Doty Pays Tribute To Walt Whitman In His New Book
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with American poet Mark Doty about his new book, What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life.
Officer Clemmons, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Policeman Pal, Tells His Story
Dr. François S. Clemmons' ambition and artistry, pain and struggle informed the person behind his character, Officer Clemmons. His memoir is often disarming in its intimacy and honesty.
'A Community Of Desperation' Finding Sympathy And Solidarity In Dorothea Lange
The American photographer intimately documented the upheavals of the Great Depression. Now, amid the upheavals of the coronavirus, Lange's portraits of humanity and adversity still have a lot to say.
Will Your Kids Love Your Favorite Childhood Reads? Let's Find Out
With few new books coming in, our kids' books columnist turns to the favorite reads of her childhood — beginning with the 19th-century classic Five Little Peppers and How They Grew.