David Lynch On 'Room To Dream'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks David Lynch about Room to Dream, the director's new memoir.
Books
'Where The Nightmares Go' Maps The Territory Of Fear
C. Robert Cargill's new story collection covers the globe and genres of horror from classic to modern, with ghost stories, thrillers, gore and puzzles that would be right at home on premium cable.
'The Secret Life of Cows' Aims To Show Animals As Thinking, Feeling Beings
Farmer Rosamund Young's book will charm people who want to lap up more evidence that animals have personalities, but may not warm hearts of animal lovers who don't eat meat.
In June, Make Your Escape With These 3 Hot Reads
Summer's getting hotter, so here are three romances guaranteed to raise your temperature and take you on an adventure, from London's West End to Barcelona to a Harvard University classroom.
A Spy Talks About His Time In Al-Qaida
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Aimen Dean about his time with al-Qaida in his new memoir, Nine Lives, My Time as the West's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda.
'Old In Art School': An MFA Inspires A Memoir Of Age
Upon retiring from Princeton University at age 64, historian Nell Irvin Painter decided to pursue a second career in visual art among students a third of her age.
In 'Fight No More,' Life Rushes By, But Sometime's There's Beauty
Lydia Millet's latest is a novel about death, disguised as a short story collection about real estate, alternately wrenching and hilarious, and full of joys on every scale.
Struggling For Words, A Boy And His Grandfather Are 'Drawn Together' At Last
Author Minh Lê had a loving relationship with his grandparents, but he also remembers a lot of "awkward silence." His new book explores barriers of language and culture between generations.
'The Perfect Weapon' Tells The Story Of Growing Cyber War That The U.S. Is Fighting
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Sanger about his new book The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age. It tells the story of the growing cyber war that the U.S. is fighting in secret.
'Light Of The Stars' Looks To Other Planets To Illuminate Climate Change On Earth
Adam Frank's valuable new book looks at the history of our search for other planets — and uses lessons drawn from outer space to shed light on the effect humans are having on our own planet.