Author Interviews

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The consequences of a smartphone-centered childhood

5:10am March 27, 2024

Smartphones are addictive and contribute to low self-esteem and feelings of isolation among kids. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about his book The Anxious Generation.

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'Worry' is a portrait of sisterly love that is both hilarious and deeply disturbing

5:54pm March 26, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with writer Alexandra Tanner about her debut novel, Worry.

How climate-driven migration could change the face of the U.S.

1:44pm March 26, 2024

by Dave Davies

ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten says millions of Americans are likely to move in the coming decades to escape wildfires, rising seas, oppressive heat and drought. His new book is On the Move.

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The picture 'Book That Almost Rhymed' is an adventure in siblinghood

6:57pm March 24, 2024

A new children's book from Omer Abed and Hatem Aly explores the complicated — and loving — dynamics between older and younger siblings.

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Simone St. James's new thriller puts a newlywed couple at the center of a murder case

7:59am March 24, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Simone St. James about her new book, "Murder Road," and about weaving the supernatural into her fiction.

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John Schu's new memoir 'Louder than Hunger' follows life with an eating disorder

8:04am March 23, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author John Schu about his new, semi-fictional memoir, "Louder than Hunger."

An American reporter offers a first-hand account of Japan's toughest crime bosses

1:24pm March 22, 2024

by Dave Davies

Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir about covering the organized crime beat in Japan is the basis of the Max series Tokyo Vice, now in its second season. Originally broadcast Nov. 9, 2009.

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4 years after the pandemic struck: lessons learned and opportunities missed

12:50pm March 21, 2024

Four years after COVID lockdowns began, two new books explore how 2020 changed us all. NPR's Michel Martin talks to writers Eric Klinenberg and Dr. Cornelia Griggs about their reflections.

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Catherine Coldstream spent 12 years in a Carmelite monastery. Her new memoir is Cloistered.

A former nun explains why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life

1:23pm March 20, 2024

by Terry Gross

After her father died when she was 24, Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery where she lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her new memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun.

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Jennine Capó Crucet aimed to write an elegy of Miami in new 'Scarface'-inspired novel

5:07pm March 19, 2024

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jennine Capó Crucet about her new book, Say Hello to My Little Friend and how she drew inspiration from Scarface, Miami and the Seaquarium's killer whale, Lolita.

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