Author Interviews

'Missing Man' Examines Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson's Mission To Iran

7:04am May 03, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to New York Times reporter Barry Meier about his investigation into Robert Levinson's disappearance, chronicled in his book Missing Man: The American Spy Who Vanished in Iran.

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'Becoming Wise' Is A Meditation On Meaning

5:06pm May 01, 2016

On Being host Krista Tippett talks about her new book Becoming Wise, which explores what she has learned from a career discussing faith, science and spirituality.

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Camille Perri Talks Breaking The Rules To Get Ahead In Debut Novel, 'The Assistants'

10:04am May 01, 2016

When the assistant at a multinational corporation skims a tiny fraction of the company's billions, it sets off a chain of unexpected events. Camille Perri tells Rachel Martin about her new novel.

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Don DeLillo has won the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and been nominated for several Pulitzer Prizes. His new book is Zero K.

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'Zero K' Freezes At The Edge Of Immortality

8:23am April 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

In Don DeLillo's new novel, a billionaire secretly funds an enterprise aimed at preserving people through cryogenics — a technology he hopes to use to rejoin his already-frozen wife.

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'Imagine Me Gone' Paints Mental Illness Through Five Fictional Voices

7:58am April 30, 2016

NPR's Scott Simon asks Adam Haslett about his latest novel. Haslett says he "needed that imaginary space to investigate" his family history of mental illness.

One of a multitude of uses for the magical multitasker: blue painter's tape.

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The Art Of MacGyvering For Sleep-Deprived Moms And Dads

6:30pm April 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

New parents need all the help they can get. Author and mom of two Asha Dornfest has compiled a book of 134 handy hacks for parents. That roll of blue painter's tape? A "magical multitasker," she says.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Silicon Valley' And 'Bob's Burgers'

11:14am April 29, 2016

by Linda Holmes

This week, the roundtable discusses the HBO comedy Silicon Valley and Stephen Thompson sits down with Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard.

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Questlove's previous books include Mo' Meta Blues and Soul Train. He also teaches a class about classic albums at New York University.

Questlove On Prince, Doo-Wop And The Food Equivalent Of The 'Mona Lisa'

2:26pm April 27, 2016

In his new book, somethingtofoodabout, The Roots' drummer discusses the artistry involved in creating a great meal. "I'm more obsessed with the journey ... than the destination," Questlove says.

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In high school, Meryl Streep was one of the "cheeries."

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Meryl Streep's First Acting Gig: Becoming Pretty And Popular In High School

10:52am April 26, 2016

by Susan Stamberg

In a new biography called Her Again, author Michael Schulman says that at 14, Streep decided to reinvent herself — and before she was an Oscar winner, she was homecoming queen.

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'Alter Egos' Dissects Hillary Clinton's Tenure As Obama's Secretary Of State

1:51pm April 25, 2016

Mark Landler of The New York Times discusses Clinton and Obama's contrasting views on America's role in the world. Clinton, Landler says, was often the hawk, more willing to intervene with force.

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