Author Interviews

How private equity firms are widening the income gap in the U.S.

1:35pm April 26, 2023

by Terry Gross

Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson explains how private equity firms buy out companies, then lay off employees and cut costs in order to expand profits. Her new book is These are the Plunderers.

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Dolly Parton talks about her new kids book and why she's drawn to literature

4:54pm April 25, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with singer-songwriter and American icon Dolly Parton about her new kids book Billy the Kid Makes It Big!

Lucinda Williams and her suitcase full of songs

4:26pm April 25, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams about her new memoir Don't Tell Anyone the Secrets I Told You.

Diet culture can hurt kids. This author advises parents to reclaim the word 'fat'

2:26pm April 25, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

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Books

Rainn Wilson urges a spiritual revolution in his new book 'Soul Boom'

6:31am April 25, 2023

In his book Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution, Rainn Wilson, three-time Emmy nominee for his role in The Office, says the U.S. needs an awakening.

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Writer Judy Blume poses for a portrait at Books and Books, her non-profit bookstore in Key West, Fla., on March 26.

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Arts

Judy Blume was banned from the beginning, but says 'It never stopped me from writing'

6:18pm April 24, 2023

by Terry Gross

Known for her books about adolescence and all that comes with it, Judy Blume is widely beloved and widely banned. Her 1970 novel, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. has been adapted for the screen.

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Self-coined 'Financial Hype Woman' Berna Anat spills financial tidbits in a new book

6:11pm April 24, 2023

Author and self-coined "Financial Hype Woman" Berna Anat talks about her new book Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us.

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Stephen Buoro on his comic novel 'The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa'

8:15am April 23, 2023

by Camila Domonoske

A Nigerian teen obsessed with the West comes of age in a dangerous country. NPR's Camila Domonoske talks with Stephen Buoro about his comic novel, "The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa."

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Danny Trejo on his new book, 'Trejo's Cantina'

5:18pm April 22, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Danny Trejo about his new cookbook, Trejo's Cantina: Cocktails, Snacks & Amazing Non-Alcoholic Drinks from the Heart of Hollywood.

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Ramona Ausubel on her novel 'The Last Animal'

8:01am April 22, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon interviews author Ramona Ausubel about her novel, "The Last Animal," about a family finding solace, after tragedy, in a scientific expedition to the Arctic.