'One Life': Soccer Player Megan Rapinoe On Sports, Being Gay And Taking A Stand
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with American soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe about her new memoir, One Life.
Books
From Stinky Cheese To Cat Pee, Author Takes A 'Nose Dive' Into The Science Of Smell
Harold McGee talks about how our sense of smell affects taste, why things smell the way they do and the ways different chemicals combine to create surprising (and sometimes distasteful) odors.
The Dalai Lama Offers A Warning On Climate Change
NPR's Noel King speaks with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, about his vision for addressing climate change. He has co-authored a book about climate change called: Our Only Home.
Rediscovering 'Cher Ami' And The Lost Battalion: Questions For Kathleen Rooney
Kathleen Rooney's new novel follows an unlikely subject: Cher Ami, the once-famous homing pigeon who helped save a trapped battalion during World War I, and the officer who owed his life to her.
Author Details 'Living With Death' In Her 20s And Scrambling For Life-Saving Care
Katherine Standefer was uninsured and working as a hiking guide when diagnosed with a genetic heart condition. She chronicles her experience with an implanted heart device in Lightning Flowers.
Author And Journalist Tom Ricks: Founding Fathers Expected Today's Political State
"I think Madison, especially, would be very proud to see that when America deeply disagrees, as it does now, that things grind to a halt," Ricks, author of a new book, First Principles, tells NPR.
Exclusive: Brit Bennett, Yaa Gyasi Among Contenders For Aspen Words Literary Prize
Aspen Words — part of the Aspen Institute — has announced the longlist for this year's Aspen Words Literary Prize. The $35,000 award recognizes fiction that "illuminates a vital contemporary issue."
Each Story In Danielle Evans' New Collection Is About Getting To The Truth
NPR's Noel King speaks with Danielle Evans about her book of short stories — The Office of Historical Corrections — which is out Tuesday.
In 'Wintering,' Katherine May Encourages 'The Active Acceptance Of Sadness'
The British author writes beautifully of her own recent bout with a personal winter, a period when she felt low and overwhelmed — and aims to help others to embrace their winters.
'I Was Drafted Into Music,' Says Poet Valzhyna Mort
NPR's Noel King speaks with Valzhyna Mort about her poetry amid the political crisis in Belarus. Her new book of poems is called Music for the Dead and Resurrected.