Author Interviews

Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in the G-20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.

In New Book, Journalist Alleges Russian Links To Mysterious Deaths Abroad

3:40pm November 19, 2019

by Dave Davies

BuzzFeed News editor Heidi Blake says Russian agents in Britain killed exiled Russian oligarchs, security officials and others critical of the Kremlin. Her new book is From Russia with Blood.

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Senior White House policy adviser Stephen Miller watches President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office. Emails leaked to the Southern Poverty Law Center appear to reveal Miller's familiarity with white nationalist texts and thinkers.

Stephen Miller And 'The Camp Of The Saints,' A White Nationalist Reference

6:23am November 19, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The White House adviser has read the racist 1973 book, according to leaked emails. For far-right activists, the work of fiction has helped to shape real ideology and anti-immigration stances.

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Jenny Slate's new Netflix comedy special is Stage Fright.

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'Sorrow Is Not The Same As Pessimism': Comedian Jenny Slate

7:17pm November 18, 2019

by Audie Cornish

Now that she's released her first Netflix stand-up special (Stage Fright) and her first book (Little Weirds), Slate says she's finally finding her comedic voice in smallness.

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How 1 Study Changed The Field Of Psychiatry Forever

6:07pm November 18, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Susannah Cahalan about her new book, The Great Pretender, which tells the story of a landmark study that transformed the field of mental health.

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Pete Townshend originally wrote the songs on The Who's new album for Roger Daltrey as a solo artist. "I wrote them for Roger because I knew that Roger would sing them best," he says.

Pete Townshend On Creativity, 'The Age Of Anxiety' And The Who's New Record

10:10am November 18, 2019

Townshend talks about his debut novel, how it relates to The Who's rock opera, Tommy, and what he'd say now to his younger self – the one who wrote the lyric "I hope I die before I get old."

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Amélie Wen Zhao On 'Blood Heir'

7:52am November 17, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Amélie Wen Zhao about her new book, Blood Heir, and the social media firestorm that preceded its publication.

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'This Isn't Speech:' Attorney Carrie Goldberg On Revenge Porn

5:23pm November 16, 2019

by Michel Martin

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.

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Nicole Krauss And Zeruya Shalev On Israel, Jewishness And Defying Reader Expectations

10:00am November 16, 2019

by Lily Meyer

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.

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The Aftermath Of An Immigration Raid In 'Separated'

8:02am November 16, 2019

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.

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'Who Is An Evangelical?' Looks At History Of Evangelical Christians And The GOP

4:34pm November 14, 2019

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.

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