Author Interviews

ABC's Jonathan Karl Writes About 'Front Row At The Trump Show'

5:55am March 26, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ABC's White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl about his book: Front Row at the Trump Show. Karl was a cub reporter for the New York Post when he first met Donald Trump.

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A reporter wearing a latex glove raises his hand to ask President Trump a question during a coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 16.

'All Of This Panic Could Have Been Prevented': Author Max Brooks On COVID-19

6:13pm March 24, 2020

by Terry Gross

The World War Z novelist has done extensive research into real disaster preparedness. "There is no excuse not to mobilize the full forces of the federal government right now," he says.

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In 'Wine Girl,' Taking On The Old Boys Of The Wine World

2:31pm March 24, 2020

by Rachel Martin

Victoria James loves wine; she became a sommelier at 21 — but she discovered that the world of wine was an old boys' club that didn't welcome women. Her new memoir chronicles her fight to fit in.

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People of Japanese descent wait in line for their assigned homes at an internment camp reception center in Manzanar, Calif., the same camp in which John Tateishi was detained as a child.

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The Unlikely Story Behind Japanese Americans' Campaign For Reparations

8:25am March 24, 2020

by Isabella Rosario

In his new book Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations, John Tateishi recounts the fight for justice in the wake of World War II internment camps.

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Encore: Ross Gay Writes 'The Book Of Delights'

9:52pm March 23, 2020

Ross Gay spent a year writing daily essays about things that delight him. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gay about some of the essays included in his new book, The Book of Delights.

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Poetry Month: Reginald Dwayne Betts

6:07pm March 22, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin kicks off our annual poetry month celebration early this year with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts.

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"I'm so sick of self-improvement ..." says author Glennon Doyle. "Stop trying to be a good this, a good that ... and just be who you are." Doyle says her new book Untamed is about "self returning."

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'There's No Map': Glennon Doyle On Living An 'Untamed' Life

10:41am March 22, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In her new book, author and blogger Glennon Doyle details how she broke away from an unsatisfying marriage and found her truest self — and she encourages all women to honor their inner voices.

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'Decoding Boys' Author On Raising Sons

5:56pm March 21, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Cara Natterson about her new book, Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons.

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The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel

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In 'The Glass Hotel,' Emily St. John Mandel Asks: How Many Chances Do We Get?

9:50am March 21, 2020

by Scott Simon

In her first novel since the hit pandemic tale Station Eleven, Mandel introduces a troubled brother and sister who get involved with a crooked hotel magnate, changing their lives in unexpected ways.

Taking That First Step: Questions For Gene Luen Yang

7:00am March 21, 2020

by Petra Mayer

Yang's new graphic novel Dragon Hoops chronicles the year he spent following a high school basketball team in their quest for a title; he says he admires the courage it took to step onto the court.