Author's memoir details her struggle to accept she's a sociopath
Author Patric Gagne speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about her memoir, Sociopath, and the misunderstood diagnosis bearing the same name.
Author Interviews
Amor Towles checked in to the Beverly Hills Hotel to edit new novella
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Amor Towles about his new short story collection Table for Two and how his novella picked up Eve's story where he left off in Rules of Civility.
Pulitzer prize finalist Lydia Millet publishes her first nonfiction book
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with climate change advocate and novelist Lydia Millet about her first nonfiction book: We Loved It All: A Memory of Life.
A conversation with the author of 'There's always this year'
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Hanif Abdurraqib about the new book There's Always This Year. It's a mix of memoir, essays, and poems, looking at the role basketball played in Abdurraqib's life.
How Rae Wynn-Grant defied expectations and became an ecologist and host of a nature show
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rae Wynn-Grant about her journey to becoming an ecologist. Grant writes about it in her memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World."
Carys Davies' 'Clear' follows a reverend's journey to evict an island's lone tenant
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carys Davies about her new novel, "Clear." The novel is set in Scotland during the 1840s, when tenant farmers were moved off the land and to cities and the coast.
Don Winslow ends trilogy, and his writing career, with final novel 'City in Ruins'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to best-selling suspense author Don Winslow about what he says is his final novel, "City in Ruins."
Garrard Conley's novel "All the World Beside" combines faith and love
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Garrard Conley about his new novel All the World Beside.
'Women Behind the Wheel' explains how cars became a gendered technology
Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they are about performing domestic duties; there was even a minivan prototype with a washer/dryer inside.
This book explores the legacy of Pete Rose and sports gambling
Author Keith O'Brien talks about his new book Charlie Hustle: The Rise And Fall Of Pete Rose and how betting on baseball cost the legacy of one of its biggest stars.