Celebrating #NPRPoetryMonth with Franny Choi
We read listener-submitted poems, as NPR's Scott Detrow celebrates National Poetry Month with poet Franny Choi, author of the collection The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On.
Author Interviews
'On Grief' book has its roots in the long-lost diaries of a 9/11 victim
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior about grief.
Mary Louise Kelly on her memoir 'It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs'
NPR's Scott Simon and Mary Louise Kelly talk about her new book, "It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs." The memoir takes looks at the balance of work and motherhood, intention and memory.
The survivor of multiple suicide attempts explains 'How Not to Kill Yourself'
Clancy Martin lives with two incompatible ideas in his head: "I wish I were dead – and I'm glad my suicides failed." He says he wrote his book especially for people struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Father-daughter memoir 'The Kneeling Man' highlights the complex life of a Black spy
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with author Leta McCollough Seletzky about the father-daughter memoir The Kneeling Man, highlighting the complex life of her father's role as a Black spy.
Novel 'Romantic Comedy' explores desirability, entertainment and writing as a cure
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Curtis Sittenfeld about her latest novel, Romantic Comedy, about a woman in her 30s working for this weekly comedy sketch show.
Nicole Chung follows 'All You Can Ever Know' with 2nd memoir 'A Living Remedy'
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nicole Chung about her new memoir: A Living Remedy.
'Armageddon' shows how literal readings of the Bible's end times affect modern times
Bible scholar Bart Ehrman says interpretations of the Book of Revelation have created disastrous problems — from personal psychological damage to consequences for foreign policy and the environment.
A new book about grief has its roots in the long-lost diaries of a 9/11 victim
Bobby McIlvaine was killed on 9/11 at age 26. The Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior, who knew him, read his diaries. They were the basis for a Pulitzer Prize-winning essay that she's turned into a book.
Rachel Eve Moulton on her horror novel 'The Insatiable Volt Sisters'
A Victorian mansion on a Lake Erie island and half-sisters with a terrifying legacy: NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rachel Eve Moulton about her new horror novel, "The Insatiable Volt Sisters."