Author interview: 'Jim Crow's Pink Slip'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with educator Leslie Fenwick about her book Jim Crow's Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership.
Books
What 'Queer Ducks' can teach teenagers about sexuality in the animal kingdom
The new book, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), is designed to be teenager friendly. It's filled with comics and humor and accessible science on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world.
'City of Orange' is a post-apocalyptic tale starting with memory loss
The double threat of climate change and the global pandemic has made post-apocalyptic fiction an undeniably thriving and popular genre. Author David Yoon has one of the latest entrants.
How an expert on online disinformation and harassment became the target of both
Nina Jankowicz was tapped to head the Biden administration's new Disinformation Governance Board but resigned after being deluged with online threats. Her new book is How to Be a Woman Online.
Author examines the behavioral patterns of people who carried out mass shootings
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Mark Follman about the behavioral patterns of mass shooters. Follman is the author of: Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America.
At 58, poet Diana Goetsch finally feels right in her own skin
Goetsch grew up in a time when she didn't have the language to help her understand what it meant to be trans. She chronicles her later-in-life transition in the memoir is This Body I Wore.
Animal sexuality may not be as binary as we're led to believe, according to new book
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eliot Schrefer, author of Queer Ducks (And Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. It's about how "natural sex" may not be as binary as some think.
Elif Batuman's sequel 'Either/Or' follows a young woman's sexual awakening
Either/Or is Batuman's sequel to her bestselling Pulitzer finalist novel The Idiot.
Ben Bernanke's Lessons From 'The Great Inflation'
In a new book, Ben Bernanke explains how and why the U.S. Federal Reserve has evolved to play such an important role in the economy.
A burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' goes up for auction
Organizers say proceeds from the auction will be donated to PEN, which advocates for free expression around the world.