In ‘Doubter’s Almanac,’ Troubled Math Genius Tries To Solve The Unsolvable
Author Ethan Canin says two odd talents contributed to his main character becoming a mathematician: He can always tell where he is on Earth and he can draw things perfectly.
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NPR News: ‘Furnace’ Burns With Horror And Wonder
‘Furnace’ Burns With Horror And Wonder
Livia Llewellyn’s new story collection is beautiful and hideous in the same breath, steeped in the traditions of H.P. Lovecraft. Critic Jason Heller calls it «bursting with blood and shadow and dust.»
NPR News: ‘Strange Gods’ Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion
‘Strange Gods’ Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion
Journalist Susan Jacoby tells Fresh Air that more than half of Americans will change religion at least once in their adult life time. Her new book is Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion.
NPR News: Holy Ravioli! Cookbook Reveals The Vatican’s Favorite Recipes
Holy Ravioli! Cookbook Reveals The Vatican’s Favorite Recipes
We all have comfort foods — even Pope Francis and the men who guard him. The Vatican Cookbook is a tour of life and food in the world’s smallest country, as told by members of the Swiss Guard.
NPR News: Welcome To ‘Koreatown,’ A Cookbook To Tempt American Tastebuds
Welcome To ‘Koreatown,’ A Cookbook To Tempt American Tastebuds
From LA to New York, Chef Deuki Hong and writer Matt Rodbard spent two years eating in Korean-American communities. Their new cookbook captures both well-known and obscure flavors of this cuisine.
NPR News: More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined
More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined
On its final voyage, Germany’s Wilhelm Gustloff carried soldiers and thousands of civilians, many of them children. Young adult author Ruta Sepetys revisits the ship’s 1945 sinking in Salt to the Sea.
NPR News: Book Review: ‘The Darkening Trapeze,’ Larry Lewis
Book Review: ‘The Darkening Trapeze,’ Larry Lewis
Tess Taylor reviews a posthumous collection by Larry Levis, The Darkening Trapeze.
NPR News: ‘No Place For Discontent’: A History Of The Family Dinner In America
‘No Place For Discontent’: A History Of The Family Dinner In America
The dining room, with the dining table at its center, didn’t catch on in America before the late 1700s. These rooms — and the family meals held in them — became a place to cultivate social values.
NPR News: Sue Klebold, Mother Of Columbine Shooter, Carries Him ‘Everywhere I Go, Always’
Sue Klebold, Mother Of Columbine Shooter, Carries Him ‘Everywhere I Go, Always’
«I wish that I had … [asked] the kinds of questions that would’ve encouraged him to open up,» Klebold says of her son, Dylan. Her new memoir is A Mother’s Reckoning.
NPR News: Misty Copeland Achieves #SquadGoals In The Documentary ‘A Ballerina’s Tale’
Misty Copeland Achieves #SquadGoals In The Documentary ‘A Ballerina’s Tale’
Misty Copeland talks body image, ballet, and blackness in the new PBS documentary A Ballerina’s Tale.
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