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'The Inheritors' delves into the lasting effects of the Apartheid in South Africa

9:09am July 17, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Eve Fairbanks about her book: "The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning." It focuses on the lives of three ordinary people.

This library director resigned after continuous dramatics over featured books

9:04am July 17, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Janette McMahon about why she resigned from her position as director of a public library in Vinton, Iowa.

Book covers: The Art of Pantry Cooking; Colu Cooks; Fix Me a Plate; Gullah Geechee Home Cooking; I Am From Here; Korean American; Mi Cocina; Milk Street; Turkey and the Wolf; The Wok

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Ten of the top cookbooks of 2022, so far

5:22pm July 16, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Whether you're looking for exciting dishes to serve at a summer cookout, or something to help you get out of a cooking rut, NPR's Books We Love project has suggestions for you.

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Ron Shelton remembers his movie 'Bull Durham' in new memoir 'The Church of Baseball'

9:38am July 16, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with Ron Shelton, who wrote and directed "Bull Durham." Shelton's new memoir about the movie is called "The Church of Baseball."

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'Upgrade' takes a unique, fun path to the end

3:41pm July 14, 2022

by Jason Sheehan

Blake Crouch spins out grounded, accessible tales with an admirable internal precision no matter the genre. His newest, Upgrade, is no different.

This author's 'Normal Family' includes a sperm donor dad and 35 siblings

12:54pm July 14, 2022

by Terry Gross

Chrysta Bilton's mother was a lesbian who asked a man she'd just met to be her sperm donor. It was only much later that Bilton learned the same man had donated sperm to countless other women.

UC Berkeley Professor Richard Taruskin, whose 4000-page book The Oxford History of Western Music set a benchmark for writing about the history of classical music.

Remembering Richard Taruskin, a writer who made you care about 1,000 years of music

11:36am July 14, 2022

by Tom Huizenga

Hear the towering – and polarizing – author in conversation about his 4,000-page book, The Oxford History of Western Music.

Encore: In 'She Memes Well,' Quinta Brunson describes the path to her comedy career

4:35pm July 13, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor and stand up comedian Quinta Brunson about her first book, an essay collection called She Memes Well.

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Elisa Albert's newest book explores the dark side of the fertility industrial complex

5:00am July 13, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Elisa Albert about her new novel, "Human Blues."

Carmen Rita Wong reckons with her identity after learning a secret hidden for decades

4:29pm July 12, 2022

Carmen Rita Wong's mother was Dominican and father was Chinese, or so she thought. In her memoir, Why Didn't You Tell Me, she reckons with the truth that was kept from her for 31 years.