Books

Kate Pickert Writes About Her Ordeal With Cancer In 'Radical'

7:52am October 08, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Kate Pickert about surviving cancer. Pickert is the author of the new book, Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America.

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Christopher Wylie, a Canadian data scientist, speaks on Aug. 31 at the Antidote festival at the Sydney Opera House about his role in exposing the work of Cambridge Analytica.

In New Book, Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Stops Short Of A Full Mea Culpa

12:01am October 08, 2019

by Andrew Limbong

Before going public, data scientist Christopher Wylie helped the now defunct company figure out how to target people online. In a new memoir, he offers details of the project and the players.

An April 16, 2019 photo shows the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.

'Deep State' Author Says Trump Has Learned Nothing From The Russia Investigation

10:50pm October 07, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

In an interview with NPR, New York Times columnist James B. Stewart says President Trump has surrounded himself with those "who will not stop him from doing what he wants."

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Susan Rice Talks Of Balancing Career And Motherhood, Reflects On Benghazi

10:40pm October 07, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

"What bothers me more than anything is that we lost four Americans," the former U.N. ambassador says of the controversy surrounding Benghazi in an interview about her new memoir Tough Love.

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Screenwriter Nicolás Giacobone On His New Book 'The Crossed-Out Notebook'

5:25pm October 07, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nicolás Giacobone about his book The Crossed-Out Notebook. It's about a screenwriter who is kidnapped by a film director and is kept in a basement where he works.

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Zadie Smith Has Something For Everyone In 'Grand Union'

7:00am October 07, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

Smith's first short story collection is wide-ranging, covering everything from politics to murder to drag queens. Some of the slighter stories feel like footnotes, but many show off Smith at her best.

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'Ninth House' Keeps Watch Over Bloody Mysteries

10:00am October 06, 2019

by Jason Sheehan

Leigh Bardugo's new stand-alone thriller is set at a dark, twisty alternate version of Yale, where the famed secret societies practice world-manipulating magic — with sometimes deadly results.

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You Can Now Read Books On Instagram

8:02am October 06, 2019

Forget Kindles and e-readers. Now you can get great books on Instagram courtesy of the New York Public Library. Manager of Reader Services Lynn Lobash explains this latest outreach to young readers.

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Leigh Bardugo On 'Ninth House'

8:02am October 06, 2019

NPR'S Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Leigh Bardugo about her new novel, Ninth House.

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Finding Love On A Charming 'Royal Holiday' — And Bringing It Back Home

7:00am October 06, 2019

by Denny S. Bryce

Jasmine Guillory's new novel follows 54-year-old Vivian on a vacation across the Atlantic with her daughter. When Vivian meets the man of her dreams in England, can she keep love alive at home?