Author Interviews

Artem Chapeye, a writer fighting in Ukrainian army, on his love story for his country

4:20pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Artem Chapeye, author of the book The Ukraine, who is currently serving as a private in the army fighting for Ukraine.

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'The Candy House' cautions: Be careful of things that at first appear inviting

5:05am April 08, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jennifer Egan about her latest novel, The Candy House.

April is National Poetry Month. In step with NPR tradition, we're asking readers to help celebrate. We supply the hashtag — you fill our feeds with your mini works of art.

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It's National Poetry Month. Send us your mini poems

4:59pm April 05, 2022

April is National Poetry Month. In step with NPR tradition, we're asking readers to help us celebrate. We supply the hashtag — you fill our feeds with your mini works of art.

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'Young Mungo' tells the love story of 2 boys — one Protestant, the other Catholic

4:23pm April 05, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Douglas Stuart about his latest book Young Mungo, centers on a romance between two teenage boys: one Protestant, one Catholic.

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Poet Ocean Vuong sifts through the aftershock of grief in 'Time Is a Mother'

1:40pm April 05, 2022

by Tonya Mosley

Vuong's new collection of poetry was inspired by his mother's death from breast cancer. His 2019 novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, followed a boy who, like Vuong, is an immigrant from Vietnam.

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Poet Ocean Vuong writes about loss and grief, but also discovery.

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Ocean Vuong's new poems examine the 'big, big yesterday' since his mother was alive

2:33pm April 04, 2022

Ocean Vuong's second poetry collection, Time is a Mother, grapples with time and its impermanence following his mother's death in 2019.

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Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' depicts the human toll of the Chinese Exclusion Act

8:49am April 03, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jenny Tinghui Zhang about her new novel "Four Treasures of the Sky." Set in the late 1800s, it's about a Chinese girl who is kidnapped and brought to the U.S.

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In new novel, Elizabeth Zott is a chemist with a cooking show, thanks to gender roles

8:24am April 02, 2022

by Scott Simon

A no-nonsense chemist becomes a TV cooking-show sensation in the new novel "Lessons in Chemistry." Scott Simon talks with author Bonnie Garmus about her book.

I Color Myself Different, written by Colin Kaepernick and illustrated by Eric Wilkerson

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Colin Kaepernick says 'I Color Myself Different' in his first children's book

8:00am April 02, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

Colin Kaepernick's kindergarten teacher gave his class an assignment: Draw a picture of your family. When he colored his family yellow and himself brown, it became a pivotal moment for his identity.

Grant Ginder melds political and family dysfunction in 'Let's Not Do That Again'

4:27pm April 01, 2022

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with Grant Ginder about his new novel, Let's Not Do That Again, drawing inspiration from his time as a speechwriter and exploring political dynamics in families.