'This Mournable Body': A Novel About Life In Independent Zimbabwe
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga about her book This Mournable Body, which was shortlisted for a Booker Prize last week.
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'White House, Inc.' Author: Trump's Businesses Offer 'A Million Potential Conflicts'
Dan Alexander of Forbes examines the president's sprawling business interests in a new book. He says Trump has broken a number of pledges he made about how he would conduct business while in office.
'Conditional Citizens' Examines What It Means To Be An American
Laila Lalami's new book is Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. She says conditional citizens — of which she's one — are people sometimes embraced by America, other times rejected.
McMaster: Goal Of Changing Putin Is A 'Delusion' Suffered By 3 Presidents
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster told NPR that President Trump isn't the first U.S. president to suffer under a misapprehension about what's possible in dealings with Moscow.
In A 'Coast-To-Coast Roast,' Colin Quinn Finds Humor In The State We're In
As a veteran stand-up comedian, Quinn has spent decades on the road, performing in 47 out of the 50 states he now affectionately eviscerates in his new book, Overstated.
Bishop Michael Curry Preaches The Power Of Love To Find 'Hope In Troubling Times'
The head of the Episcopal Church gave an impassioned sermon at the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Now, Curry expands on his message of love in a new book, Love is the Way.
"The Bodega Boys" Desus And Mero Offer Life Advice In New Book
NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with the team of Desus and Mero about their new advice book, God-Level Knowledge Darts.
Anne Helen Petersen Talks Millennial Burnout
NPR's Scott Simon talks to former BuzzFeed writer Anne Helen Petersen about her new book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.
Listen, Open Up, Connect: A Mental Health Expert's Advice On Living Through A Crisis
Decades of living with bipolar disorder was "training" for the coronavirus pandemic, says Terri Cheney, whose new book shares lessons for navigating mental illness — and the times we live in.
Netflix CEO Embraces 'No Rules,' But Work Is Anything But Chill
In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings argues that in order for a creative workplace to succeed, it needs as few policies and rules as possible. Others say the culture is demoralizing.