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Morgan Talty examines Native identity in 'Night of the Living Rez' and 'Fire Exit'
Today's episode features two interviews with author Morgan Talty. First, a conversation with NPR's Melissa Block about his 2022 collection of short stories, Night of the Living Rez, and how he navigates the weight of representation for the Penobscot Nation. Then, NPR's Andrew Limbong asks Talty about his new novel, Fire Exit, which takes place in the same cinematic universe as his former book but follows a white man trying to make sense of his place within an Indigenous community.
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Carys Davies tackles communication, isolation and the Scottish Clearances in 'Clear'
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In the 1840s, a Scottish minister named John Ferguson accepts the task of traveling to a remote island to evict Ivar, the only man who lives there. When Reverend Ferguson falls off a cliff, Ivar brings him back to life - and the two find a common understanding even as they realize they don't speak the same language. That's the basis of Carys Davies' new novel, Clear. In today's episode, NPR's S...
In 'The Extinction of Irena Rey,' translators search for a missing author
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Eight translators from eight countries travel to a Polish forest to begin adapting famed author Irena Rey's newest book into their respective languages. But when Irena Rey disappears, a competitive, ego-fueled search unravels in the surrounding woods and within each person. In today's episode, author Jennifer Croft speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about her new novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey, ...
'Memory Piece' follows female friendships over several decades
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Memory Piece, the latest novel from National Book Award finalist Lisa Ko, kicks off in the 1980s with three teenage girls who find a deep connection to one another. Into the1990s and eventually the 2040s, the book delves into their growth as individuals and friends. In today's episode, Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks with Ko about how art, gentrification and activism plays a role in each wo...
'Hard by a Great Forest' is a novel about returning home decades after fleeing war
มุมมอง 899 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
The story of Saba, the protagonist of Leo Vardiashvili's novel Hard by a Great Forest, is much like the author's own. A young boy flees the Soviet Republic of Georgia with his father and brother as the country is ravaged by a war. Decades later, when his father goes back to their homeland and promptly disappears, Saba must face his family's past - and immense loss - in an effort to find him. In...
'Never Enough' and 'Roctogenarians' examine the culture of success
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Today's episode is all about what it means to "make it" - and why there's no one path to success. First, Jennifer Breheny Wallace speaks with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about her new book Never Enough, which examines "toxic achievement culture" and the high pressure young people are under in regards to grades and college admissions. Then, WBUR's Tiziana Dearing speaks with Mo Rocca about Roct...
'Tehrangeles' follows a family of aspiring Iranian influencers in LA
มุมมอง 11019 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
Once upon a time, author Porochista Khakpour worked as a shop girl in the luxury stores lining Rodeo Drive. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how excited she would get when Iranian-American customers came in - but how poorly those interactions would pan out to be. Her new novel, Tehrangeles, explores the story of one such powerful family in LA on the cusp of getting their own reality TV show. And as ...
In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia
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In the new novel One of Our Kind, Jasmyn Williams moves her family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. But things start to take a turn when Jasmyn realizes not everyone who lives in Liberty is the way she expected them to be. In today's episode, author Nicola Yoon speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about writing in the thriller genre, dismantling the idea that Black people are a mo...
'Dear Sister,' 'A Fatal Inheritance' examine difficult family histories
มุมมอง 15414 วันที่ผ่านมา
Today's episode highlights two books that grapple with hardships - and perseverance - within a family. First, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Michelle Horton about Dear Sister, a memoir chronicling how Horton's sister was arrested for killing her husband, the abuse she'd been suffering at his hands for years, and the family's fight to reduce her prison sentence. Then, NPR's Scott Simon spe...
Chelsea Devantez's memoir finds the humor in dark situations
มุมมอง 12714 วันที่ผ่านมา
Comedian, TV writer and podcast host Chelsea Devantez moved around a lot as a kid. She jokes in today's episode that her mom "loved to get divorced" - but that also led to what she describes as a pretty great co-parenting situation between her mom and godmother for a while. It's one of the many stories in Devantez's new memoir, I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going to Anyway). She spok...
Stephen King finishes a story 45 years in the making in 'You Like It Darker'
มุมมอง 53614 วันที่ผ่านมา
You Like It Darker is a new collection of short stories by Stephen King - and as the author tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, one of those stories spent decades tucked away in a desk drawer before he gave it an ending. In today's episode,the two discuss the bigger questions of destiny and morality in that story and in much of King's work, and why the writer thought several of his best-selling nove...
The autobiography of John Swanson Jacobs offers a new look at slavery and migration
มุมมอง 20914 วันที่ผ่านมา
Harriet Jacobs is one of the best-known female abolitionists and authors who wrote about their experiences of enslavement in the South. But while searching for information about Jacobs' children, literary historian Jonathan Schroeder discovered something else: The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots, the long-lost autobiography of Jacobs' brother, John Swanson Jacobs. In toda...
'The Mango Tree' is a memoir about growing up mixed-race Filipina in south Florida
มุมมอง 8214 วันที่ผ่านมา
The Mango Tree kicks off with a phone call: Journalist Annabelle Tometich is informed her mom has been arrested for shooting a man, with a BB gun, who was trying to take mangoes from her yard. What follows is a memoir about a rich but turbulent upbringing in a half-white, half-Filipino family in Fort Myers, Florida. In today's episode, NPR's Scott Simon asks Tometich about the moment she realiz...
Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'
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Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'
'Malas' is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town
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'Malas' is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town
R.O. Kwon's novel 'Exhibit' grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity
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R.O. Kwon's novel 'Exhibit' grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity
Kathleen Hanna remembers her path to becoming the OG 'Rebel Girl'
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Kathleen Hanna remembers her path to becoming the OG 'Rebel Girl'
Illia Ponomarenko's memoir opens up about covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Illia Ponomarenko's memoir opens up about covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Two books trace the social and historical impacts of food
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Two books trace the social and historical impacts of food
Claire Messud's new novel is a sweeping tale of history, family and social change
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Claire Messud's new novel is a sweeping tale of history, family and social change
Author Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent collaborate on new songbook
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Author Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent collaborate on new songbook
In 'All Fours,' Miranda July tackles love, sex and reinvention in middle age
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In 'All Fours,' Miranda July tackles love, sex and reinvention in middle age
Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book is part memoir, part history of the 1960s
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Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book is part memoir, part history of the 1960s
Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck memoirs look back at their beginnings
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Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck memoirs look back at their beginnings
'The SalviSoul Cookbook' celebrates Salvadoran food and the matriarchs who cook it
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'The SalviSoul Cookbook' celebrates Salvadoran food and the matriarchs who cook it
'The Paris Novel' revels in a good meal, a beautiful dress and a romantic city
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'The Paris Novel' revels in a good meal, a beautiful dress and a romantic city
In 'The White Bonus,' Tracie McMillan analyzes the monetary cost of racism
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In 'The White Bonus,' Tracie McMillan analyzes the monetary cost of racism
'The Alternatives' is a novel about grief, sisterhood and working women
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'The Alternatives' is a novel about grief, sisterhood and working women

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  • @molliefisher4483
    @molliefisher4483 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m absolutely loving this book so far

  • @lisaedwards8505
    @lisaedwards8505 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think I need to try again with this book. The first time I tried to read it, I struggled - mostly because I felt like I wasn’t smart enough for it. But I’m so intrigued! I thoroughly enjoyed this interview.

  • @brad-ow6lz
    @brad-ow6lz 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    She’s an old leftist communist. Who cares what her love life is like

  • @kenkakuknight
    @kenkakuknight 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am a vietnamese man who needs to learn how to give the talk to any future half black sons my wife might give me. That thought fills me with dread.

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    @MrSadhon 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

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  • @fearGodnotgovernment
    @fearGodnotgovernment 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Culver City Mall at Malik Book Store told me today they didn't carry/sell Brittney Griner Book😊 WHERE CAN I BUY BRITTNEY GRINER BOOK??

  • @BENIHANI
    @BENIHANI 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Syrian people and lots of people in the Lavant are white people ethnically speaking. There is nothing unique about her story which sounds like mine! I was told as a student in a California University, "oh, you dont look Arab" It was business as usual. As matter of fact, i wish someone gave me a dollar for each time I experienced settelled racism! Life goes on I consider myself lucky! It is all about self confidence and attitude!

  • @hangthemhigh
    @hangthemhigh หลายเดือนก่อน

    This hack is still around LOL !

  • @patrickkelly1195
    @patrickkelly1195 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This book has been widely criticised by climate scientists for inaccuracies. I found Hannah's case for optimism from our dire predicament quite strenuous and unconvincing, and she constructed a lot of straw men in the book in order to make her points. Her use of data in her book was selective to say the least. I also noted a number of inaccuracies (or at least significant divergencies from my own understanding of our predicament). She has also struggled to justify a lot of the positions she adopted in her own book. The section on de-growth was particularly ill informed, and the idea that renewables can replace fossil fuels, simply fanciful. I also struggled with her 'war' metaphor in the book, which I found bizarre. Her claim to absolute apolitical objectivity also, clearly indefensible. I don't concur with Hannah's definition of a 'doomer'. I regard myself as a doomer in that I think I have a realistic understanding of our predicament and tend not to seek solace in cognitive dissonance or denial. I try to be a grown up and face the grim reality of our predicament. That doesn't mean that I will ever give up hope in our ability to address some of the worst impacts of climate change - far from it - but I do push back against baseless optimism, which I regard as dangerous. Panic is an important human emotion as it can help us to conjure up the motivation and will to act on our worst fears. Buffering people from panic is unhelpful. In respect of the climate crisis, too much panic is not our problem, not enough panic is our problem. It's a shame, because I so want to encounter a positive narrative on the climate crisis in which I can believe. Hope is so difficult to come by, that I really willed Hannah to provide a convincing space for hope, but alas, I struggled to find it in her book. In order to make her somewhat plaintive case for optimism, Hannah found herself contorting and making use of accounting tricks and statistical sleight of hand. These strategies needed to be exposed. They are the same strategies used by climate deniers to such great effect. I think Bill Gates, and perhaps Elon Musk, had much more influence on this book than Hannah would ever admit. The book is a techno-optimist, neoliberal manifesto and highly ideological and, despite Hannah's assertions to the contrary, very political. She seems to be suggesting that there is a 'business as usual' route to addressing climate change and the book repeats the myth that 'we have the technology in place to solve this' - an assertion that, for me, has never stood up to scrutiny. I found it a troubling book.

  • @d33tler
    @d33tler หลายเดือนก่อน

    Typical idiotic NPR interviewers.

  • @TheWhitehiker
    @TheWhitehiker หลายเดือนก่อน

    What about black advantage? 60 years of affirmative action and other government largess. Anyway, no viewers here, so the woke moment fails.

    • @nathandaniels8459
      @nathandaniels8459 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If you will, please thoroughly explain exactly what's the Black advantage. ... you mentioned 60 years of affirmative action. Please explain exactly what you think, and believe what affirmative action is.

    • @TheWhitehiker
      @TheWhitehiker 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@nathandaniels8459 Please!

    • @paytonbf1
      @paytonbf1 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Affirmative Action has never benefited black people, only white women have benefited from affirmative action. Today, DEI, which is also supposed to bridge the opportunity and wealth gap, has received backlash from white people. And as a black person, no matter how hard you work or how many degrees or credentials that you obtained, you're still looked at as being unqualified. This country has a serious race problem!

    • @nathandaniels8459
      @nathandaniels8459 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @TheWhitehiker ... 🦗🦗🦗

    • @TheWhitehiker
      @TheWhitehiker 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@nathandaniels8459 Dont know what your little images mean, but try reading Thomas Sewell for starters. Then go to numerous scholars, black and white.

  • @WilkenWilkins
    @WilkenWilkins หลายเดือนก่อน

    Forget book of the day… BOOK OF THE CENTURY!!!!!

  • @ald62
    @ald62 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Extraordinary read of courage, survival and faith. ❤

  • @Absof--k-nlutly
    @Absof--k-nlutly หลายเดือนก่อน

    B.S. She's made NO Bones about it. She has said she doesn't like this country. She can go back to HERs , RUSSIA. Good Riddance 😂

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance หลายเดือนก่อน

    If somebody dropped a baby on my front door I would have called Child Protective Services, and had a good story to tell at the dinner table but then it wouldn't make for a very exciting sequel !

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  • @casey2806
    @casey2806 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He has no idea. David Wallace-Wells should listen to what people like Nate Haggens, William Rees, and Daniel Schmachtenberger have to say.

  • @oprrrah3498
    @oprrrah3498 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Garbage. Absolute garbage

  • @CeeGeeZ
    @CeeGeeZ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What was this interviewer's preparation/qualification background? ....

  • @gracelewis6071
    @gracelewis6071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:12 to skip the ad

  • @patriciatyrcha3059
    @patriciatyrcha3059 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the substance (succinct and informative), so I've subscribed... So many ads in such a short video - but I know public radio is hurting for funding... so I'll deal with it.

  • @teresajohansen2589
    @teresajohansen2589 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Liz Cheney and if she ran I would vote for her

  • @teresajohansen2589
    @teresajohansen2589 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Liz Cheney, Cassidy Hutchinson, Adam Kinzinger, Johnathan Karl, and the rest of the J6 Committee

  • @joshuafrescas5899
    @joshuafrescas5899 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I read this one and finished last week. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes westerns and surrealism

  • @justinjackson3996
    @justinjackson3996 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    P R O M O S M

  • @user-mk7df1xo8o
    @user-mk7df1xo8o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My moms grandma and her 2 cousins got out of Austria made their way to Hamburg and were on one of the last 2 ships leaving. They ended up in Mexico.

  • @1mrcomix8
    @1mrcomix8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just finished reading this amazing 400 page book this morning. Highest recommendations, I mean this seriously in saying it's a modern day Maus in magnitude and in terms of family connections.

  • @comradelulz7455
    @comradelulz7455 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wasn’t 2034 even a video game? also i wonder how 2034 held up now that it’s just 10 years away

  • @abdeenabdeen1303
    @abdeenabdeen1303 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    where can I get the book?

    • @carriemarie7535
      @carriemarie7535 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Barnes & Noble 📚

    • @CeeGeeZ
      @CeeGeeZ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Amazon"?

  • @stephenstaedtler6902
    @stephenstaedtler6902 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A disgraceful iiar she is.

  • @hasana.2968
    @hasana.2968 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Compare it with book „ next 500 Years“. Huge difference !

  • @aymenmisawi1978
    @aymenmisawi1978 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMG! Are you kidding me!! You're excusing the U.S. mistake for invading Iraq, destroying the whole country, and killing hundreds of thousands of people due to the war, the majority of them were civilians of women, children & elderly, and millions of injured, in addition to armed Iraqis & American soldiers; then Iran grabbed hold of Iraq! After all, there was a miscommunication/misunderstanding... ouch! A bad excuse is worse than none!! But is ignorance an adequate excuse for sin?! I'm honest to God with you; nobody can understand you because you're so moody, "Your way or the highway!". Today's world deals with America on the principle that "if you can't beat it, join it!". Hey!!! Please listen to your hearts, save America! I'm ready to volunteer for free in an attempt to do something good for America & my son. Good luck ahead?!

  • @patdwyer5204
    @patdwyer5204 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you.

  • @r0seg0lden._15
    @r0seg0lden._15 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Underrated creative expression of discovery and recollection. I loved the book.

  • @Countrygirl8019
    @Countrygirl8019 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @geoffreyclark7513
    @geoffreyclark7513 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't feel sorrow for what could have been, feel joy that you found yourself when so many haven't. Or wouldn't.

  • @TexasMan77
    @TexasMan77 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible book, I’m halfway done. All of you need to read it.

  • @Tad-zh4wr
    @Tad-zh4wr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ty. This is very important. Antigovernment channels couched in normal other types of channels is everywhere. Seemingly helpful tips on computer security, or pro women advise, or tips of social security and Medicare or boy friends etc

  • @michaelogah5297
    @michaelogah5297 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Breathtaking novel. I’m reading it right now

  • @damilolaolaitan-rafiu
    @damilolaolaitan-rafiu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for posting this. I'm happy to be the first to post.

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For all the publicity why t's it not on Amazon. ?

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love shapeshifting novels and it sounds like Yanysze knows her quarry and as well versed in Chinese lore !

  • @user-bl6pv1pp7z
    @user-bl6pv1pp7z 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which approach can be used to critically analyse Nayeri's book ?

  • @bitarazmi
    @bitarazmi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm really satisfied with seeing an author from my country. Wish you all the best, I'm hope I can read this book as soon as possible. ❤❤

  • @WarrenHolly
    @WarrenHolly 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is 2 Ga. State legislatures who are trying to change Ga's RICO laws in trump's favor and make them retroactive. The religious right want to destabilize this country and install a theocracy beginning on January 2025. They are actually accepting applications online as we speak.😏

  • @PhilOliver214
    @PhilOliver214 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful homage to Ann Druyan and Voyager's Golden Record… and how well Harvey captures the “cosmic perspective” (and its fragility) from low earth orbit.

  • @karenbryan132
    @karenbryan132 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here's mine, Michele: "White, privileged, and I know it."

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope her legendary grandfather didn't suffer too much because even when the brain is unscathed, the face is usually left severely disfigured with a victim often unable to see or speak coherently . Even though I don't usually read westerns I love magical realism and will be sure to check this out !

  • @benjaminfranklin8412
    @benjaminfranklin8412 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Heaven forbid he not feel happy competing against other males. Oh, the vapers!

  • @benjaminfranklin8412
    @benjaminfranklin8412 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Caster apparently fits easily in the male box. Look it up.