Searching For The Golden Snitch At First European Quidditch Games
NPR's Melissa Block talks to tournament director Karen Kumaki about the inaugural Quidditch European Games, taking place this weekend in Sarteano, Italy.
Books
'Crooked' Nixon Knew: There Are Worse Things Than Nukes
Austin Grossman's new novel is half Lovecraftian horror, half thoughtful character study of a President Nixon who's in charge of an alternate America built not on democracy, but on dark magic.
'Jane Eyre' Retelling Swaps English Countryside For Bustling City Streets
Patricia Park's novel, Re Jane, is a retelling of Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre set in modern-day New York and South Korea. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Jean Kwok about Park's novel.
'Sandman Slim' Is Urban Fantasy With Brains, Guts And A Blackened Heart
This trip in the NPR Books Time Machine, we're rewinding Richard Kadrey's hard-boiled supernatural noir series about a half-angel, half-human man who fights crime and occasionally saves the world.
A Tale Of Tarot And Boy Wizards Takes A Disturbing Turn In 'Child Eater'
Rachel Pollack's The Child Eater is a winning mix of contemporary horror and medieval high fantasy, stringing together the stories of two boys from two vastly different worlds.
A Rage For The Ages: The Unforgettable 'Pine Tar Game'
In the 1983 game, the Yankees were holding a trump card: an obscure rule that turned the Royals' game-winning home run into a game-loser, inspiring one of the most epic tantrums in baseball history.
50 Years Ago, Bob Dylan Electrified A Decade With One Concert
It's been 50 years since Bob Dylan strolled on stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar, and infuriated his flock. Historian Elijah Wald says there's much more to the story.
In This Twist On Tricky Dick's History, A President's Secrets Can Save Us
In Crooked, novelist Austin Grossman excuses Richard Nixon's rocky political career in the weirdest ways possible — by reimagining the former president as a warrior against supernatural forces.
From The Ivy League To 'The X-Files': David Duchovny's Big Break
Before he became Fox Mulder, Duchovny was working on his Ph.D. in literature at Yale. He was going to be a poet — or maybe a novelist — or maybe a playwright ...
In 'Wondering Who You Are,' A Man Wakes Up And Doesn't Know His Wife
Sonya Lea and her husband Richard Bandy had been married for more than 20 years when he had to have an operation for a rare cancer. Since then, he's been piecing together the puzzle of his past.