This 'Devil's Daughter' Has Charm To Spare
Lisa Kleypas mashes up two of her romance sagas — the Regency-era Wallflowers and the Victorian Ravenels — in a delightful story about a sheltered widow and her roguish suitor.
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Sen. Doug Jones Discusses His Memoir 'Bending Toward Justice'
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., about his new memoir, Bending Toward Justice, which recounts his prosecution of the Birmingham church bombing perpetrators.
'Mama's Last Hug' Makes Case That Humans Are Not Alone In Experiencing Emotions
In his new book, primate behavior researcher Frans de Waal writes that "emotions are everywhere in the animal kingdom, from fish to birds to insects and even in brainy mollusks such as the octopus."
'Dead Men's Trousers' Takes The Trainspotting Crew For A Last, Too-Long Ride
Irvine Welsh catches up with Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud — now middle aged and gone their separate ways — for what he says is the last installment in the Trainspotting saga.
Women Show The Faces Of War In 'The Huntress'
Kate Quinn's new thriller puts women's experiences front and center in the story of a former Soviet "Night Witch" pilot chasing down an escaped Nazi known as The Huntress in the years after the war.
'We Set The Dark On Fire' Burns Bright
Tehlor Kay Mejia's debut novel We Set the Dark on Fire is set at a posh girls' school in a dystopian world where the students are being trained for lives as political consorts to powerful men.
A New Novel Reminds Readers, These 'Lost Children' Belong To Us All
Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive centers on a family's tense road trip to the Southwestern U.S. border. Critic Maureen Corrigan says it's an epic and elegant work.
New Americans Grapple With Identity And Country In 'The Good Immigrant'
The debate over immigration has exposed real differences in how Americans understand America. In a new essay collection, 26 writers and artists reflect on a polarized country.
In 'The Good Immigrant,' New Americans Grapple With Their Polarized Country
Co-editor Chimene Suleyman says she doesn't want to wait for other people to decide who's a good immigrant. She wants immigrants to answer that question for themselves.
When 'Everything' Is Changing, Stories Have A Role To Play
The editors of this new anthology — drawn from a story contest run by Arizona State University — argue that stories are as necessary as policy and technology in the fight against climate change.