NPR's Juana Summers talks to author Rosie Storey about an exploration of love, loss, and lies in the new novel Dandelion is Dead.
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Poet Amanda Gorman wrote a poem for Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer this week. Gorman reads her poem and speaks on its meaning.
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Moore says writing is mostly labor, but "2% of the time, usually at the very beginning of a book and the very end of a book, it feels like flying." She's the author of Long Bright River.
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NPR's Sacha Pfieffer speaks to comedian Chris Duffy about his new book, "Humor Me." In it, he explores how laughing can be therapeutic and argues that humor can be taught, lost and regained.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlotta Walls LaNier about her new children's picture book, "Carlotta's Special Dress," recounting her story as the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Daniyal Mueenuddin about his debut novel, "This is Where the Serpent Lives." It's a sprawling story winding through families, decades, crimes, and power in modern Pakistan.
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Journalist Eric Lichtblau says President Trump's incendiary rhetoric has stoked a "new age of hate." His book centers on a murder committed by a young neo-Nazi in Orange County, Calif.
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What does history tell us about U.S. actions in Venezuela? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Stephen Kinzer, author of the book, "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq."
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Jacob Soboroff was raised in the Pacific Palisades and reported live from the area as it was devastated by fire in 2025. In Firestorm, Soboroff offers a minute-by-minute account of the catastrophe.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist Mark Medley about his new book, "Live to see the Day," an exploration of people motivated by nearly impossible goals.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben about their thriller, Gone Before Goodbye.