Author Interviews

Author Naomi Alderman, whose novel The Power won the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, in front of the Women's Prize Library at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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In Naomi Alderman's Podcast, Listeners Walk Into The Story

5:55pm March 26, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

The Walk is an immersive fictional series based in Scotland, in which the listener plays Walker, mistakenly pursued by police. "From the start, there is an imperative to keep moving," Alderman says.

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The life of musician Larry Norman, pictured left, is chronicled in Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock

The 'Father Of Christian Rock' Larry Norman's Battles With Evangelicalism

2:46pm March 26, 2018

Gregory Alan Thornbury's new book Why Should the Devil Have ALl the Good Music? chronicles the life of the father of the Christian rock genre.

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How American Corporations Had A 'Hidden' Civil Rights Movement

2:35pm March 26, 2018

by Dave Davies

Law professor Adam Winkler says that in the past 200 years, businesses have gone to court claiming constitutional rights that were originally intended for people. His new book is We the Corporations.

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Set In 1950s Morocco, 'Tangerine' Is A Dark Tale Of Twisted Love

8:42am March 25, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Christine Mangan about her debut novel, "Tangerine." The plot centers around a vulnerable heiress, her ne'er-do-well husband and an old friend with many secrets.

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How A Famous Fraud Brought A Kind Of Hope In 'I Was Anastasia'

12:02pm March 24, 2018

by Scott Simon

Ariel Lawhon's new novel is a biography of both Russia's Grand Duchess Anastasia and Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Anastasia after the royal family was executed during the Revolution.

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"Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood," By Mari Andrew.

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On The Rocky Road To Adulthood, Illustrator Asks 'Am I There Yet?'

7:27am March 24, 2018

by Scott Simon

Mari Andrew's collection of short essays and cartoons chronicle what life has shown her. "I think when I decided to be a writer, I kind of signed up for a life of interesting experiences," she says.

"All The Names They Used For God," by Anjali Sachdeva.

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In 'All The Names They Used For God,' The Magical Meets The Harrowing

8:47pm March 22, 2018

by Audie Cornish

Author Anjali Sachdeva spins captivating short stories around kernels of the otherworldly. She says it can be a way to overcome the impulse to look away from that which is unsettling or traumatic.

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Jesus is depicted in a wall mosaic inside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, which served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral from A.D. 537 until 1453.

Author Traces Christianity's Path From 'Forbidden Religion' To A 'Triumph'

2:30pm March 20, 2018

by Terry Gross

Religion scholar Bart Ehrman says that the early spread of Christianity transformed the entire history of the West — for better or worse. His new book is The Triumph Of Christianity.

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Jennifer Palmieri waits for Hillary Clinton to speak during a rally in North Carolina in September, 2016.

Jennifer Palmieri: Hillary Ran With 'Half Her Humanity Tied Behind Her Back'

11:37am March 20, 2018

by Sam Sanders

Palmieri is out with a new book, Dear Madam President, and it's both a retrospective on the 2016 election and a compendium of advice for the first woman to make it to the Oval Office.

Attacked By Alt-Right Trolls, A Jewish Journalist Links Trump To The Rise Of Hate

1:47pm March 19, 2018

by Terry Gross

Trump "has made nationalist policy into the policy of the executive branch," says New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman. His new book, (((Semitism))), is about being Jewish in the Trump era.

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