Author Interviews

For decades, astronomers believed there was another planet hiding just out of sight behind the sun. It wasn't until Albert Einstein that this belief was finally debunked.

A Star-Crossed 'Scientific Fact': The Story Of Vulcan, Planet That Never Was

3:20pm November 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

For decades, astronomers believed there was another planet in our solar system, tucked just out of sight. Then Albert Einstein figured out it wasn't there. Author Thomas Levenson explains.

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No Meekness Here: Meet Rosa Parks, 'Lifelong Freedom Fighter'

2:13am November 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

As the 60th anniversary of the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott approaches, author Jeanne Theoharis says it's time to let go of the image of Rosa Parks as an unassuming accidental activist.

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'Not Without My Daughter' Subject Grows Up, Tells Her Own Story

7:47am November 29, 2015

"Not Without My Daughter" told the story of an American mother and daughter fleeing Iran. Now that young girl is telling her own story in her memoir, "My Name is Mahtob."

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French Bulldog At Heart Of New Children's Book 'Naughty Mabel'

8:44am November 28, 2015

Mabel is a naughty French bulldog at the center of a new children's book by Nathan Lane and Devlin Elliott. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Lane about his inspiration for the fictional dog.

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How Do We Get To Love At 'First Bite'?

8:00am November 28, 2015

It's the season of food, and British food writer Bee Wilson has a book on how our food tastes are formed. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with her about her new book, "First Bite: How We Learn to Eat."

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From A Weirdo Nerd To A Guy Who Plays One On TV

4:32pm November 27, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the actor Rainn Wilson about his new memoir, The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy.

Sam Phillips, the founder of the label Sun Records, poses with Elvis Presley.

The Man And The Mistakes That 'Invented Rock 'n' Roll'

2:33pm November 23, 2015

In his new book, Sam Phillips, music writer Peter Guralnick profiles the founder of the Sun Records label. Guralnick says Phillips rejected perfection in favor of spontaneity and individuality.

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Putting It All On The Table: Author Recalls A Food-Obsessed Family

5:28pm November 22, 2015

NPR's Michel Martin talks with author Dawn Lerman about her book My Fat Dad, an exploration of the many ways food shapes our connection to family.

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Taye Diggs' Child Served As Inspiration For 'Mixed Me'

5:07pm November 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

Walker, the young son of actors Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, inspired his father to write a book about a day in the life of a mixed-race child.

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks onstage at the 2015 New Yorker Festival last month.

Ta-Nehisi Coates On His Work And The Painful Process Of Getting Conscious

5:40pm November 21, 2015

The writer, whose Between The World And Me was the winner of this year's National Book Award in nonfiction, talks about his process and the classmate and friend to whom he dedicated the award.

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