Author Interviews

Richard Haass Sees A 'World In Disarray' As Trump Prepares To Take Office

8:14am January 07, 2017

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations discusses his book, A World in Disarray, and what U.S. foreign policy could look like under Donald Trump.

A Memoir Of Taking Christianity 'To The Extreme'

8:13am January 07, 2017

Comedy writer Maggie Rowe was 19 when she checked herself into an evangelical psychiatric facility. She says she had a fear of sin and eternal damnation. That's the focus of her memoir Sin Bravely.

Roxane Gay is also the author of Bad Feminist, An Untamed State and Ayiti. She recently wrote World of Wakanda #1, a Black Panther prequel.

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Roxane Gay On Good Men, Bad Men And 'Difficult Women'

5:26pm January 04, 2017

by NPR Staff

Gay's new short story collection explores women's lives and issues of race, class and sex. But she says the book could easily have been called Difficult Men.

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A Diplomat Reflects On Moderate Islam In 'Letters To A Young Muslim'

1:58pm January 04, 2017

Omar Saif Ghobash was 6 when an assassin killed his father, who was a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates. His new book is a collection of letters to his sons, urging them to reject extremism.

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'Selection Day' Tells Tale Of Cricket Playing Brothers In Mumbai

4:40pm January 03, 2017

The author Aravind Adiga has never glossed over the challenges facing people in India. His latest book, Selection Day, is about two brothers who grow up in a Mumbai slum being told that their only way out is through cricket.

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'Midnight Without A Moon' Fictionalizes Civil Rights Moment Through Eyes Of A Teen

9:11am January 01, 2017

One of the most tragic moments in civil rights history, the murder of Emmett Till, unfolds from the viewpoint of a young girl in Linda Williams Jackson's new YA novel. She talks to NPR's Ailsa Chang.

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'Lost Journalism' Revisits The Golden Age Of Ring Lardner

7:41am December 31, 2016

by NPR Staff

Ron Rapoport, himself the recipient of the Ring Lardner Award for sportswriting, has collected the legendary columnist's work in a new book. Lardner wrote about sport, but also his family and travels.

The U.S. And Its Long History With The 'Middle Kingdom'

5:51pm December 28, 2016

by Robert Siegel

Journalist John Pomfret has written extensively about U.S.-China relations throughout history. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Pomfret about his book, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom.

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In 'The Princess Diarist' Carrie Fisher Drew From Personal Journals

4:10pm December 27, 2016

The actor best known for Princess Leia in the Star Wars film saga died Tuesday. Her recent book showed her to be very open about the crazy ups and downs in her life as she navigated show business.

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Author Interview: 'The Private Life Of Mrs. Sharma'

8:56am December 25, 2016

Renuka Sharma is a dutiful wife and a devoted mother. Life is going as planned until she meets a man at the metro station, and begins an affair. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Ratika Kapur about her book.