Amélie Wen Zhao On 'Blood Heir'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Amélie Wen Zhao about her new book, Blood Heir, and the social media firestorm that preceded its publication.
Author Interviews
'This Isn't Speech:' Attorney Carrie Goldberg On Revenge Porn
Attorney and author Carrie Goldberg was the target of revenge porn from an ex-boyfriend, and now she's built a practice helping people in similar situations. Her new book is Nobody's Victim.
Nicole Krauss And Zeruya Shalev On Israel, Jewishness And Defying Reader Expectations
Nicole Krauss and Zeruya Shalev are friends — and authors whose work is deeply bound up in their Jewish and Israeli identities. But both struggle with the pressure to represent those identities.
The Aftermath Of An Immigration Raid In 'Separated'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with William Lopez about his new book, Separated, which documents the effects of a 2013 immigration raid on a community.
'Who Is An Evangelical?' Looks At History Of Evangelical Christians And The GOP
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Thomas Kidd, a professor of history at Baylor University, about the history of the relationship between evangelicals and political power.
Novelist Doctor Skewers Corporate Medicine In 'Man's 4th Best Hospital'
Samuel Shem's 1978 novel, The House of God, was a sardonic look at U.S. medicine through a young doctor's eyes. Shem's new fiction checks in with the same crew in the age of medicine by smartphone.
Flea Talks About His Wild Childhood In 1970s Hollywood In 'Acid For The Children'
Flea, the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is out with a new book, Acid for the Children. But the book is not a typical rockstar memoir — it's about his wild childhood in 1970s Hollywood.
How Internet Trolls And Online Extremists Are 'Hijacking' American Politics
New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz spent years with far-right online extremists, embedding with them and watching them spread false news by exploiting social media. His new book is Antisocial.
Foster Mother Writes About Migrant Child's 3,000-Mile Journey
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Gena Thomas about how she helped a five-year-old girl from Honduras reunite with her mother. Thomas is the author of: Separated by the Border.
Opioid Addiction In Jails: An Anthropologist's Perspective
In Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis, a Rikers Island doctor says drug treatment in U.S. jails and prisons is often shaped by societal prejudice, not science.