Book: 'The Plateau'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with anthropologist Maggie Paxson about her latest book The Plateau.
Books
Art Heists Recounted In 'Stealing The Show'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to John Barelli, who ran security at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, about his new book, Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts.
Amy Waldman On 'A Door In The Earth'
A young woman reads an inspiring memoir and goes off to Afghanistan to help out. But what good can she possibly do? NPR's Scott Simon talks to Amy Waldman about her new novel, A Door in the Earth.
'Mind Games' Delivers Fast-Paced Tech Thrills
Shana Silver's young adult debut follows a young prodigy at a school for gifted students who discovers that her father's memory-hacking technology is being used for nefarious purposes.
'Palestine + 100' Explores Contested Territory, Past And Future
A new anthology invites Palestinian writers to imagine their homeland in 2048 — 100 years after the creation of Israel. The stories are inventive, dextrous, painful, and even sometimes playful.
These 5 Fire-Breathing Books Will Warm The Hearts Of Dragon Fans
Has the end of Game of Thrones and the long wait for the next Song of Ice and Fire book got you, uh ... dragon? We've rounded up some of this year's best scales-and-wings reads to help fill the void.
Edwidge Danticat: 'Whether Or Not We Belong Is Not Defined By Us'
Most of the characters in Edwidge Danticat's new collection are Haitian American, and Haiti is often in their hearts and on their minds. Danticat says the stories reflect her own immigrant experience.
Coming To Terms With Loss And Grief In Gorgeous 'Everything Inside'
Edwidge Danticat's new story collection explores the ways people deal with death, from a woman whose barely known father is dying to a man facing his last seconds as he falls from a construction site.
Telepathy And Surveillance Converge In 'Overthrow'
Caleb Crain's perceptive novel examines the ways we're all under surveillance by corporations and computers, every move and click tracked, and the ways that intersects with how we watch each other.
Laura Cumming Explores Her Mother's Brief Disappearance In 'Five Days Gone'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Laura Cumming about her new book Five Days Gone, an exploration of her mother's brief disappearance as a child and the web of secrets surrounding it.