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News Articles: Author Interviews

Adam Silvera speaks onstage at the 2020 Audie Awards Gala at Guastavino's in New York City on March 2, 2020.

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  • Books

'The First to Die At The End' could be the newest Adam Silvera YA blockbuster

YA phenom Adam Silvera has a new novel out Oct. 4. It's a prequel to his blockbuster They Both Die At the End, which is still on The New York Times bestsellers list after more than two years.

October 05, 2022
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  • Brandon Gates
McKinsey & Company management consulting firm operates in more than 60 countries.

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  • Business

How McKinsey cashed in by consulting for both companies and their regulators

When McKinsey Comes to Town authors Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe say the consulting firm helped companies boost tobacco and opioid sales — while at the same time working for the FDA.

October 03, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Davies
Jacques Pépin, pictured in his home in Connecticut in August, has a new book called <em>Art of the Chicken.</em>

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  • Author Interviews

America's most famous French chef on the 'Art of the Chicken' and a life well lived

Jacques Pépin has cooked for France's president and was a friend of Julia Child. His new memoir — complete with paintings, recipes and stories — is dedicated to his love of all things chicken.

October 01, 2022
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban and
  • Scott Simon
GPB  NPR

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  • Space

'Mercury Rising' explores treacherous U.S. attempts to control space

Historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the space program, when Cold War fears ruled and no one knew if John Glenn would survive America's first orbital flight. Originally broadcast June 2021.

September 30, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Davies
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Remembering Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the 'Wolf Hall' saga

The British writer, who died Sept. 22, wrote a trilogy of critically acclaimed historical novels on the life of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry VIII's most trusted advisors. Originally broadcast in '12.

September 28, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

A novelist's time in the MMA cage informed his book on memory loss and identity

John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, is about a veteran MMA fighter struggling to remember everyday things. Originally broadcast June 2022.

September 26, 2022
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  • Dave Davies

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  • Book News & Features

40 years after she took the stage, 'Angelina Ballerina' is still dancing

Angelina is a determined little mouse in a pink tutu who dreams of becoming a ballerina. Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig revisit their beloved character, the star of more than 25 picture books.

September 25, 2022
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  • Samantha Balaban
GPB  NPR

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  • Animals

Monkey thieves, drunk elephants — Mary Roach reveals a weird world of animal 'crime'

Roach researched animal misbehaviors for her book, Fuzz. She says animals tend to ignore the rules we try to impose on them — and they often have the last laugh. Originally broadcast Sept. 14, 2021.

September 23, 2022
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  • Dave Davies
Edward Enninful became the editor-in-chief of <em>British Vogue</em> in 2017. His new memoir is <em>A Visible Man.</em>

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  • Author Interviews

'British Vogue' editor-in-chief wants his magazine to reflect the world he sees

Edward Enninful grew up in Ghana, assisting his mother in her dressmaking shop. "For me, fashion was always such an inclusive, beautiful thing," he says. His memoir is A Visible Man.

September 21, 2022
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  • Tonya Mosley

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  • Author Interviews

Q&A: Author Boyah J. Farah reflects on being Black in America

In his memoir, America Made Me a Black Man, Farah tells of what American blackness has meant to him, from his childhood in Somalia to his adolescence in the Northeast — to his return to Somalia.

September 16, 2022
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By:
  • Leah Donnella
Lisa McNair holds her memoir <em>Dear Denise: Letters to the Sister I Never Knew</em>, recounting growing up in Birmingham, Ala., after her sister Denise and three other Black girls were murdered in the Ku Klux Klan bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.

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  • National

Her sister was killed in the Birmingham church bombing. A new book tells their story

In a new memoir, Lisa McNair recounts growing up in Birmingham, Ala., after her sister Denise and three other Black girls were murdered in the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott and
  • Taylor Jennings-Brown

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  • Author Interviews

Nina Totenberg looks back on her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The NPR legal affairs correspondent met the future SCOTUS justice in the early '70s, when Totenberg interviewed Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a story about a decision pertaining to women's rights.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
We see rituals in almost every part of our lives, from celebrations to methods of alleviating stress.

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  • Science

Your everyday rituals do impact your life — just not how you might expect

In his new book, scientist and author Dimitris Xygalatas explores how performing all kinds of rituals will have tangible impacts on our everyday lives

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Lauren Hodges,
  • and 1 more
President Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices and nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Journalist David Enrich says many of those picks were influenced by lawyers from the firm of Jones Day.

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  • Politics

How lawyers from one giant DC firm influenced Trump's Supreme Court picks

Servants of the Damned author David Enrich says lawyers from the firm of Jones Day were deeply embedded in the Trump White House — and helped create policy designed to limit the federal government.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall speaks at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in 2019.

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  • Author Interviews

Cynt Marshall, the NBA's first Black female CEO, recounts her journey in a new memoir

You've Been Chosen is a look at the personal and professional events that have shaped who Marshall is today, from adopting kids to surviving cancer to rising through the corporate ranks.

September 13, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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