Author Interviews

Reporters Say Members Of Congress Are 'Obsessed' With Getting Re-Elected

2:26pm April 09, 2019

by Terry Gross

Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer, who cover Congress for Politico, discuss the power dynamics of Capitol Hill during the Trump Presidency. Their new book is The Hill To Die On.

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Protesters gather outside the White House June 1, 2017, to protest President Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord.

'Losing Earth' Explores How Oil Industry Played Politics With The Planet's Fate

11:24am April 09, 2019

by Terry Gross

Journalist Nathaniel Rich says the oil industry helped create a partisan debate around climate change in the 1980s by paying scientists to write op-eds questioning climate science.

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After The Genocide, Author Witnessed How Rwandans Defined Forgiveness

6:38am April 09, 2019

How have Rwandans navigated forgiveness in the 25 years since the genocide in that country? Rachel Martin talks to journalist and author Philip Gourevitch, who has been documenting that process.

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Mary Laura Philpott Discusses Her New Memoir 'I Miss You When I Blink'

5:24pm April 08, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to author Mary Laura Philpott about her new book of essays I Miss You When I Blink.

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Robert Caro's 'Working' Details His Life On The Job

5:11am April 08, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Caro about his book: Working, which is an uncharacteristically short memoir. Caro says he was a fast-writing newspaperman until he recalled a professor's advice.

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A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine

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Questions For Arkady Martine, Author Of 'A Memory Called Empire'

12:00pm April 07, 2019

by Petra Mayer

City planner and Byzantine historian Arkady Martine puts her academic experience to work in a new novel about an ambassador from a small space station who comes to the court of a devouring empire.

Onwuachi cooks in the kitchen of his D.C. restaurant, Kith and Kin. His food encompasses a range of African, Caribbean, African-American and other influences.

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Chef's Memoir Tackles What It's Like To Be Young, Gifted And Black In Fine Dining

8:32am April 07, 2019

Kwame Onwuachi's new memoir, Notes From A Young Black Chef, isn't just about his rise from poverty to celebrated restaurateur. It's also a meditation on being a black man in a rarefied world.

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Salvador Dalí's idea for a Marx Brothers movie was never made — but it's been resurrected as a graphic novel.

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Salvador Dalí Meets The Marx Brothers In 'Giraffes On Horseback Salad'

8:05am April 07, 2019

by Peter Breslow

Salvador Dalí's friendship with Harpo Marx led him to write a Marx Brothers movie treatment, Giraffes on Horseback Salad. Studio head Louis B. Mayer killed it, but it lives again as a graphic novel.

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck by Ann Beattie

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Novel Material: Ann Beattie, Voice Of The Boomers, Turns Her Focus To Millennials

8:33am April 06, 2019

by Lynn Neary

"I never really think that I'm defining a generation," Beattie says. "What I am doing is talking about individual psychology." Her latest novel is called A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.

Danny Goldberg and Kurt Cobain attend the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, at the height of Nirvana's fame.

Reflecting On Kurt Cobain's 'Crystalline Understanding' 25 Years Later

10:50am April 05, 2019

Nirvana's Kurt Cobain died 25 years ago Friday. The band's former manager Danny Goldberg discusses his memories of Cobain and his new book, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain.

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