Queer rock icon Melissa Etheridge opens up in new memoir, 'Talking To My Angels'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with musician Melissa Etheridge about her new memoir Talking to My Angels.
Author Interviews
'New Yorker' culture critic says music and mixtapes helped make sense of himself
Hua Hsu won the Pulitzer Prize for Stay True, his memoir about identity, musical obsessions and the sudden tragic murder of a close friend. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2022.
Adeena Sussman's new cookbook includes Shabbat recipes from around the world
NPR's Daniel Estrin visits cookbook author Adeena Sussman to talk about her latest book, Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours.
Historical fiction 'The Fraud' is about a man's testimony of outrageous, obvious lies
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Zadie Smith about her first work of historical fiction The Fraud, about the trial of a man who says one provably false thing after another.
Comic Maria Bamford is down to 'Join Your Cult'
Bamford has been part of five different 12-step programs, including groups for overeaters and sex and love addicts. In her new memoir, she jokes about anxiety, depression and the desire to fit in.
In 'The Fraud,' Zadie Smith seeks to 'do absolute justice to the truth'
The historical fiction novel centers on a real-life Victorian Era trial. Smith says she doesn't look back on the past with a sense of superiority: In her view, human life is "a continued struggle."
Black women recorded famous rock 'n' rolls songs but few remember their names
NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Emily Sieu Liebowitz and Laura Flam, the authors of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow. It's a collection of interviews of more than 100 members of girl groups in the 1960s.
How the NBA became home of trendsetters in fashion
How did the NBA become home of so much style, and so many hot looks? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Mitchell Jackson about "Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion."
Before summer ends, let's squeeze in one last trip to 'Our Pool'
Our Pool is a joyful, colorful, picture book ode to the neighborhood pool — the lockers, the sunscreen, the cannonballs. Author Lucy Ruth Cummins was inspired by trips to the local pool with her son.
Ariel Dorfman on his novel 'The Suicide Museum'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Ariel Dorfman about his latest novel, "The Suicide Museum." The book takes a fictional look into the very real death of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.