Anne Helen Petersen Talks Millennial Burnout
NPR's Scott Simon talks to former BuzzFeed writer Anne Helen Petersen about her new book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.
Books
'Never Look Back' Updates An Ancient Story Of Love And Loss
Lilliam Rivera's new young adult novel reimagines Orpheus and Eurydice as Afro-Latinx teens in New York, bringing something new to the old tale by giving Eurydice her own baggage and her own story.
Listen, Open Up, Connect: A Mental Health Expert's Advice On Living Through A Crisis
Decades of living with bipolar disorder was "training" for the coronavirus pandemic, says Terri Cheney, whose new book shares lessons for navigating mental illness — and the times we live in.
Here Are The 50 Books Nominated for 2020 National Book Awards
There are writers on the longlist in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and young people's literature. Two debut novels are in the running for the fiction prize.
'Here We Are' Conjures Magic From Ordinary Lives
Graham Smith's new novel seems at first to be a light little story about a seaside love triangle in Brighton, England in the 1950s — but it turns out to be about something far deeper.
'The Last Million' Sheds Light On Middle East History, Newer Refugee Policy Failures
Historian David Nasaw writes with deep, broad knowledge of the hundreds of thousands of refugees filling Europe's roads after WWII, hoping to return to homes that, in many cases, no longer existed.
A Widow Discovers That Her Marriage Wasn't 'Monogamy'
As the central character struggles with grief and shock at her late husband's infidelity, author Sue Miller keeps deftly shifting what readers might anticipate to be the ending of this novel.
Netflix CEO Embraces 'No Rules,' But Work Is Anything But Chill
In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings argues that in order for a creative workplace to succeed, it needs as few policies and rules as possible. Others say the culture is demoralizing.
Collect Data, Influence Votes: 'If Then' Traces The Genesis Of Data-Driven Politics
In If Then, historian Jill Lepore tells the story of Simulmatics. Founded in 1959, the company's "people machine" used a computer program to predict the impact of various political messages.
Grand Jury Issued Criminal Subpoenas In Connection With John Bolton Book
The move signals the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation surrounding the publication of The Room Where It Happened after an unsuccessful effort to block it from being published.