Author Interviews

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., (center) attends a luncheon with other GOP senators and President Trump on July 19 at the White House.

Sen. Jeff Flake: 'As Conservatives, Our First Obligation Is To Be Honest'

12:45pm July 31, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

A new book by the Republican from Arizona details where he thinks the GOP has gone wrong. Flake wrote the book in secret because he didn't want his advisers to try to talk him out of it.

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New Memoir Unpacks The Life And Tragic Death Of 'The Hot One'

4:00am July 30, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Carolyn Murnick and Ashley Ellerin were childhood best friends — but as sometimes happens, they grew older and drifted apart. Then, in 2001, Ellerin was brutally murdered in her Hollywood Hills home.

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Questions For Jody Houser, Writer Of High-Flying 'Faith'

10:00am July 29, 2017

by Petra Mayer

Faith "Zephyr" Herbert is one of Valiant Comics breakout stars. The plus-sized superheroine fights crime in the streets of Los Angeles — and now, she's up against an AI trying to damage time itself.

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An Empty Nester's Transformation In 'Mrs. Fletcher'

8:14am July 29, 2017

In Tom Perrotta's new novel, Mrs. Fletcher, the title character is a single empty nester looking to reinvent herself. Perrotta tells NPR's Don Gonyea about Eve Fletcher's transformation.

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Getting Kids Interested In Poetry

7:45am July 27, 2017

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own.

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Looking Back At The Most Powerful Earthquake Ever To Strike North America

1:45pm July 26, 2017

Science writer Henry Fountain says the deadly quake that shook Alaska in 1964 was so loud some thought it was the beginning of World War III. His new book is The Great Quake.

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A Veteran TV News Anchor Pens A Prescient Novel In 'Amanda Wakes Up'

8:05am July 23, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Alisyn Camerota's book is about a political newcomer fresh from Hollywood facing off against a female senator. But 2016 similarities aside, the CNN anchor says she wrote it long before the election.

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Samantha Hunt On Her Short Stories In 'The Dark Dark'

8:08am July 22, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks with acclaimed novelist Samantha Hunt about her first book of short stories, The Dark Dark, which explores the fantastical and the sorrowful in everyday life.

Bao Phi hopes his poetry book Thousand Star Hotel and his children's book A Different Pond can fill the hole in Asian-American literature that he saw when he was a kid.

The Poet Bao Phi, On Creating A 'Guidebook' For Young Asian-Americans

11:18am July 20, 2017

by Kat Chow

When Bao Phi was a child, there was little literature about Vietnamese refugees in the U.S. Phi hopes to change that with his new poetry book Thousand Star Hotel and a forthcoming children's book.

Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. The illustration above is from Presto and Zesto in Limboland, a book he completed with his friend Arthur Yorinks more than 20 years ago. Sendak died in 2012.

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Collaborator Says Sendak Would Be 'Jumping For Joy' Over New Publication

11:08pm July 19, 2017

by Robert Siegel

More than 20 years ago, Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks collaborated on a book called Presto and Zesto in Limboland. But they were both busy with other projects, and never bothered to publish it.

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