In 'Filterworld,' only you can save yourself from bad taste
Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, and what we can do about it.
Books
How Margaret Mead's research into utopias helped usher in the psychedelic era
In Tripping on Utopia, historian Benjamin Breen writes about Mead's early research into psychedelic substances — and how it led to secret CIA experiments using psychedelics for interrogation.
Hisham Matar tells a story of friendship and revolution in new novel, 'My Friends'
British Libyan writer Hisham Matar returns with a story of friendship and revolution called My Friends, a meditation on how political upheaval shapes the most intimate and private relationships.
The 15-year-old granddaughter of MLK Jr. wants to start a revolution around service
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, about her new children's book, We Dream A World.
Q&A: Author Muhammad Zaman on why health care is an impossible dream for 'unpersons'
In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman tells how about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless.
Michele Norris shows how brevity conveys powerful truths about Americans' identities
The Race Card Project invited people to tell stories about race in six words. Many are in Michele Norris' book: Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity.
Jenny Kiefer on her new horror novel 'This Wretched Valley'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author Jenny Kiefer about her new horror novel, "This Wretched Valley."
Director Jeymes Samuel on 'Book of Clarence', a Biblical Epic through a Black lens
A hustler presents himself as a messiah in director Jeymes Samuel's new movie, "The Book of Clarence." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about making a Biblical epic with a Black point of view.
Mop-mop-swoosh-plop it's rug-washing day in 'Bábo'
Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.
The impact of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' on Savannah over 30 years
It's been 30 years since one book elevated Savannah, Ga., to a literary tourist destination. We check in on the impact of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.