Adrian Tomine's New Memoir: 'The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Cartoonist'
Cartoonist Adrian Tomine's new memoir highlights the many sad and lonely moments he's had on book tour.
Books
Barbara Demick's 'Eat The Buddha' Profiles A Little-Known Tibetan Town
The Chinese have been trying to quash Tibetan independence for decades. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Barbara Demick about her new book, Eat the Buddha, which examines repression in one small town.
Cartoonist Adrian Tomine's Self-Deprecating, Self-Aware Humor Shines In Memoir
In framing Tomine's life trajectory via professional and personal setbacks and moments of mortification, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist becomes mesmerizing, funny, and deeply honest.
'Pew': Catherine Lacey's Fable About How A Nameless Character Changes A Small Town
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Catherine Lacey about her new book. Pew is a novel about an unnamed character with no identifiable characteristics and the character's impact on a small town.
Trump's Niece Describes A Toxic Family Dynamic Where Kindness Was Weakness
Mary Trump was devastated when her uncle was elected president. Her book, Too Much and Never Enough, describes Donald Trump as a "belligerent" youth who hasn't changed since he was a teen.
Think Fantasy Is Kid Stuff? Try 'Trouble The Saints'
Alaya Dawn Johnson's new novel is set in New York on the eve of World War II, in a world where a few lucky (well, not that lucky) people are gifted with "saints' hands," that give them strange skills.
Eddie Glaude Jr. On His New Book And What America Can Learn From James Baldwin
NPR's Noel King speaks with Eddie Glaude Jr. about his book Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.
One Direction's Big Bang
Ten years ago today, July 23, One Direction created the universe. Read an excerpt from Maria Sherman's new book on boy bands, Larger Than Life, about 1D's formation and meteoric rise.
Zadie Smith Hopscotches From The Personal To The Political In 'Intimations'
Smith began Intimations: Six Essays at the onset of the pandemic and finished it shortly after George Floyd's killing. Although only 100 pages, there's something worth quoting on virtually every page.
Exhausting Effect Of FOIA Requests Evident In 'Baseless'
Nicholson Baker's book misses the mark in an aim to take readers on a quest to discover if the U.S. used biological weapons developed in the '50s — and to examine the failings of public records law.