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News Articles: Author Interviews

<em>Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day</em>, written by Judith Viorst with illustrations by Ray Cruz, was published 50 years ago.

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  • Books

For 50 years, Alexander's been having terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days

Judith Viorst's best-selling kids' book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was published 50 years ago. At 91, Viorst reflects on the book's legacy with the real Alexander.

June 01, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Business

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Davies
Sedaris likens this photo, taken in the Los Angeles County Library Children's Department before they opened, to a <em>Playboy </em>magazine author photo.

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  • Author Interviews

David Sedaris reflects on the driving force of his life: His war with his dad

"My father was not a good person, but he was a great character," Sedaris says. The humorist writes about his efforts to make peace with his memories of his late father in Happy-Go-Lucky.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Eliot Schrefer's book, <em>Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality</em>, is designed to be teenager friendly. It's filled with comics and humor and accessible science on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world.

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  • Author Interviews

What 'Queer Ducks' can teach teenagers about sexuality in the animal kingdom

The new book, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), is designed to be teenager friendly. It's filled with comics and humor and accessible science on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world.

May 29, 2022
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer,
  • Megan Lim,
  • and 1 more
Diana Goetsch writes about her later-in-life transition in the memoir, <em>This Body I Wore.</em>

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  • Author Interviews

At 58, poet Diana Goetsch finally feels right in her own skin

Goetsch grew up in a time when she didn't have the language to help her understand what it meant to be trans. She chronicles her later-in-life transition in the memoir is This Body I Wore.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Elif Batuman

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  • Author Interviews

Elif Batuman's sequel 'Either/Or' follows a young woman's sexual awakening

Either/Or is Batuman's sequel to her bestselling Pulitzer finalist novel The Idiot.

May 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jeevika Verma,
  • Reena Advani,
  • and 1 more
A Day For Sandcastles

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  • Book News & Features

A kids' story unfolds without words in 'A Day For Sandcastles'

Three siblings spend a summer day at the beach building sandcastles and watching them get demolished in a wordless picture book written by JonArno Lawson and illustrated by Qin Leng.

May 22, 2022
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  • Samantha Balaban

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  • Author Interviews

'Mirror Made of Rain' looks at how patterns of self-destruction are inherited

Naheed Phiroze Patel's debut novel Mirror Made of Rain is out in the U.S. this week.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Jeevika Verma,
  • Reena Advani,
  • and 1 more
A mural of George Floyd at the intersection where he was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • Race

Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Adrian Florido,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
A mural of George Floyd at the intersection where he was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • Race

Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Adrian Florido,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
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  • On Aging

After a stroke blinded one eye, Frank Bruni focused on the future

The New York Times columnist says the stroke forced him to choose: He could focus on what had been lost, or on what remained. His memoir is The Beauty of Dusk. Originally broadcast March 22, 2022.

May 17, 2022
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Children's Health

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

A new book argues that greater public support for parents is critical for the brain development of America's kids.

May 17, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky

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  • Children's Health

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

A new book argues that greater public support for parents is critical for the brain development of America's kids.

May 17, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Angela Davis is escorted by two FBI agents after her arrest in New York on Oct. 13, 1970. She was taken from FBI headquarters to the Women's House of Detention.

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  • Author Interviews

This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity

In his book The Women's House of Detention, Hugh Ryan writes about the New York City prison and the role it played in the gay rights movement of the '60s, including the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

May 16, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Mark Esper has written a book about the challenges he faced as Defense secretary in the Trump administration.

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  • Author Interviews

Former Pentagon chief Esper says Trump asked about shooting protesters

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Esper about his forthcoming book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times."

May 09, 2022
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Tinbete Ermyas
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