Putting It All On The Table: Author Recalls A Food-Obsessed Family
NPR's Michel Martin talks with author Dawn Lerman about her book My Fat Dad, an exploration of the many ways food shapes our connection to family.
Books
Taye Diggs' Child Served As Inspiration For 'Mixed Me'
Walker, the young son of actors Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, inspired his father to write a book about a day in the life of a mixed-race child.
'Black Dragon River' Charts History Along The Amur
Dominic Ziegler's thrillingly thorough geo-history follows the Amur River from its origin on the Mongolian steppes, along the Trans-Siberian Railway and through centuries of Eurasian history.
Ta-Nehisi Coates On His Work And The Painful Process Of Getting Conscious
The writer, whose Between The World And Me was the winner of this year's National Book Award in nonfiction, talks about his process and the classmate and friend to whom he dedicated the award.
Carly Simon: 'I'm Constantly Reemerging In My Life'
The woman behind "You're So Vain" has stories for days about love and music. On the occasion of a new memoir, she joins NPR's Scott Simon to unfold a few of them.
In 'The Nordic Cookbook,' An In-Depth Take On Region's Diverse Cuisine
Looking for a recipe for pickled herring or blood pancakes cooked in reindeer fat? Chef Magnus Nilsson's The Nordic Cookbook has these recipes and nearly 700 others.
Mastery And Mystery Mix It Up In 'Prado'
Javier Sierra's new The Master of the Prado follows a graduate student — also named Javier — who gets caught up in a web of arcane theories about the paintings in the famous Madrid museum.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Master Of None' And 'Challenger Deep'
A newly minted National Book Award winner and a new Netflix series have us fully occupied this week, but we've also got plenty making us happy.
'Paris Is A Party': Responding To Tragedy, France Turns To Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway's memoir A Moveable Feast is being celebrated for what it, in turn, celebrates: Paris as an exciting place of ideas, a nexus of people who love life and the arts.
Sooty 'Lungdon' Is A Breathlessly Exciting Finale
Edward Carey wraps up his Iremonger trilogy with a bang, as the mysterious family of the title marches on its alternative version of London; it's that rare third book that sticks the landing.