Author Interviews

NPR All Things Considered host Juana Summers (left) speaks with former First Lady Michelle Obama about her new book, The Light We Carry.

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Watch: Michelle Obama tells young people to be 'rageful' — but have a plan

6:21pm November 15, 2022

In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama opens up about generational life lessons - both personal and public - and how "going high" is more than just a motto.

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Misty Copeland has been a principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre since 2015. She took a break from performing due to COVID-19 and the birth of her son in spring 2022, but she hopes to be back on stage in 2023.

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'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet

2:43pm November 14, 2022

by Terry Gross

For years Copeland was told that her skin color, her body and her hair didn't conform to what ballerinas were supposed to look like. Her memoir is The Wind at My Back.

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'Tracers in the Dark' explores the growth of illicit commerce with cryptocurrency

7:45am November 14, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Andy Greenberg about crytocurrency crime. Greenberg is the author of the new book, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.

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Rapper Fat Joe on his new memoir 'The Book of José'

8:01am November 13, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Fat Joe about his new memoir, "The Book of José," which traces the rapper's rise from the rough and tumble streets of the Bronx to his success in the music world.

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Swedish author Johanne Lykke Holm on her new novel 'Strega'

9:46am November 12, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Swedish author Johanne Lykke Holm about her new novel, "Strega".

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U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins on 'Music Tables', his new collection of short poems

9:46am November 12, 2022

by Scott Simon

Short poems take center stage in former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins' new collection, "Music Tables." NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the poet about his work and finding beauty in a couple of lines.

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Writer Nick Hornby on his new book, "Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius"

4:21pm November 11, 2022

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with writer Nick Hornby about his new book, "Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius."

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Remembering author Kurt Vonnegut, who would have turned 100 on Friday

5:07am November 11, 2022

On what would've been Kurt Vonnegut's 100th birthday, Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep shares a memorable interview he did with the writer in 2006. Vonnegut died in 2007.

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Author Andrew Weiss on his graphic novel, "Accidental Czar"

4:25pm November 08, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Andrew Weiss about his graphic novel, "Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin," which details Putin's rise from KGB officer to president.

Members of the all-Black aviation squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen line up Jan. 23, 1942.

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'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad

11:37am November 08, 2022

by Dave Davies

Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.

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