Author Interviews

A doctor reveals the hidden wonders of the human body

1:33pm March 16, 2022

by Terry Gross

In his new book, The Unseen Body, Dr. Jonathan Reisman offers a guided tour inside the human body, from the remarkable design of our organs to the messages contained in our body fluids.

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Yevgenia Belorusets is a writer and photographer living in Kyiv.

In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced

9:54am March 16, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

Belorusets' book Lucky Breaks, written in the aftermath of Russia's previous assault into Ukraine in 2014, was published in English this month. The author remains in Kyiv producing art as war rages.

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Marie Yovanovitch is sworn in on Nov. 15, 2019, prior to providing testimony as part of the inquiry that led to President Donald Trump's first impeachment. Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine

9:50am March 16, 2022

by Terry Gross

Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Her new memoir is Lessons From the Edge.

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Books

The new novel 'Peach Blossom Spring' asks: Can you belong to more than one home?

4:26pm March 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Melissa Fu about her debut novel Peach Blossom Spring, a multigenerational story of war and migration inspired by her father's life.

Seth Meyers tells the story of his second son's dramatic birth in his Netflix stand-up special Lobby Baby.

Books
Arts

Too scared or not scared enough? Seth Meyers explores our relationship with fear

11:38am March 14, 2022

by Terry Gross

Meyers has satirized issues in the news ever since he became an anchor on SNL's "Weekend Update" segment in 2006. Now he has a new children's book about fear — and how we acknowledge or ignore it.

Blue, written by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and illustrated by Daniel Minter

Books
Arts

A kids' book travels through history to ask: Where does 'Blue' come from?

8:27am March 12, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

The color blue is all around us, but where does it come from? In Blue, written by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and illustrated by Daniel Minter, the answer is as deep as the sea and wide as the sky.

Photos of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims sits at a small memorial near the school on Jan. 14, 2013 in Newtown, Conn.

Sandy Hook ushered in new era of conspiracy and lies, author finds

12:19pm March 09, 2022

by Dave Davies

Following the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, journalist Elizabeth Williamson says, conspiracy theorists tormented the victims' families by accusing them of being actors.

Books

How economic strategies helped to determine the victor in America's Civil War

5:02am March 09, 2022

In Roger Lowenstein's new book Ways and Means, he investigates the financial forces that kept the Union and Confederate fighting forces funded during the Civil War.

Amy Bloom and Brian Ameche married in 2007. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2019.

After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, her husband asked for help to die with dignity

1:20pm March 08, 2022

by Terry Gross

Novelist Amy Bloom talks about how, at her husband's insistence, she traveled with him to Zurich so he could legally terminate his life. Her new memoir is In Love.

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Books

Law professor Kim Wehle's latest book is 'How To Think Like a Lawyer — and Why'

7:42am March 08, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Wehle about her book which offers tips for how you might be able to avoid some big legal bills if you're ever involved in a lawsuit. She lays it out in a five-step process.

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