Author Interviews

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'Women Talking' Gives A Human Voice To Horror

9:18am March 31, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Miriam Toews' new novel is based on an awful true story: The drugging and rape of women in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia. Toews says she wanted to show the women as real humans, not isolated cultists.

A part of Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan's first national park, in Bamiyan province.

A Key To Peace In Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist

7:59am March 31, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Alex Dehgan, a former State Department official who ran the Wildlife Conservation Society's Afghanistan program, argues science diplomacy can play a key role in rebuilding the country.

Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

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'Sky Without Stars': Vive La Revolution ... In Space!

7:06am March 31, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell's new novel recasts Les Miserables on a distant — yet French-inflected — planet where a powerful Regime keeps the populace split and oppressed.

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Nora McInerny On 'No Happy Endings'

7:55am March 30, 2019

Nora McInerny is the author of It's Okay to Laugh and host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. NPR's Scott Simon talks with McInerny about her new memoir, No Happy Endings.

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Namwali Serpell On 'The Old Drift'

7:55am March 30, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Namwali Serpell about her debut novel, The Old Drift.

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Mexican-American Author Finds Inspiration In Family, Tragedy And Trump

1:41pm March 29, 2019

by Terry Gross

Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels borrows from the story of his older brother, who died of cancer. He told Fresh Air in 2018 that the book went through a rewrite after the 2016 election.

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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, by Jennifer Eberhardt

Can We Overcome Racial Bias? 'Biased' Author Says To Start By Acknowledging It

8:43pm March 28, 2019

by Ailsa Chang

In her new book, psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt explores how unconscious racial bias shapes human behavior — and suggests that we examine what situations can trigger racial bias.

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Lori Gottlieb writes about her experiences as a psychotherapist in therapy in her new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

A Psychotherapist Goes To Therapy — And Gets A Taste Of Her Own Medicine

4:51pm March 28, 2019

by Terry Gross

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist who started seeing a therapist herself after the man she thought she would marry unexpectedly broke up with her. Her new book is Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

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MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book 'Biased'

4:46pm March 26, 2019

MacArthur Genius recipient Jennifer Eberhardt has a new book, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do.

Women look at tributes left at the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the March 15 massacre at two mosques.

Author Says New Zealand Massacre Points To A Global Resurgence Of 'Extremism'

3:24pm March 25, 2019

by Terry Gross

J.M. Berger, who studies extremist movements, warns that white nationalism is a growing phenomenon worldwide — with many in the movement drawing inspiration from President Trump.

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