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"A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book."
—Thomas Merton (1915-68) American religious writer The Seven Story Mountain, No Man Is an Island
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A Literary Tale of Chechnya, The Horror and Whimsy
Sat, 25 May 2013 17:31:30 -0400
In his debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, author Anthony Marra takes readers to Chechnya. Set amid daily violence, Marra follows a landscape where people disappear, informers betray and those with humanity endure great hardships.
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Three-Minute Fiction Readings: 'Geometry' And 'Snowflake'
Sat, 25 May 2013 07:08:00 -0400
NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.
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'Steal The Menu': A Chronicle Of A Career In Food Coverage
Sat, 25 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
When Raymond Sokolov began writing about food, it was considered a specialty portfolio. Today, celebrity chefs abound in the U.S. and Britain, with cookbooks, TV shows and groupies. Host Scott Simon speaks with Sokolov about his new book, Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food.
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Gateway Arch 'Biography' Reveals Complex History Of An American Icon
Sat, 25 May 2013 05:55:37 -0400
The gleaming stainless steel arch in St. Louis is, officially, a monument to westward expansion. But in The Gateway Arch: A Biography, Tracy Campbell argues that the monument's meaning is more complicated. He tells NPR about the controversies, the clout and the costs behind the 630-foot structure.
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Prepare For Takeoff With 'Cockpit Confidential'
Sat, 25 May 2013 05:55:00 -0400
In his new book, pilot and columnist Patrick Smith explains why you have to turn off your cellphone for takeoff and landing, and why your ideas about autopilot are probably all wrong. He wants people to "re-appreciate the act of air travel. It's not as horrible as everybody thinks it is."
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Snowflake
Sat, 25 May 2013 07:05:00 -0400
She found the photograph early in the day, while she was cleaning for spring, pulling a winter's collection of domestic detritus out from under the bed. Ticket stubs, grimy grocery notes, coffee-stained lined paper, and dead pens. Their life: movies, food, and books.
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A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'
Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:00 -0400
In 2003, Richard Rubin set out to talk to every American veteran of World War I he could find. With help from the French, he tracked down dozens of centenarian vets and recorded their stories in a new book called The Last of the Doughboys.
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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of May 23, 2013
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400
The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.
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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of May 23, 2013
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400
Symbologist Robert Langdon faces a Dante-themed riddle in Dan Brown's Inferno. It debuts at No. 1.
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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of May 23, 2013
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400
The Guns at Last Light concludes Rick Atkinson's World War II trilogy. It debuts at No. 4.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of May 23, 2013
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400
At No. 13, a pilot fights to survive after a devastating pandemic in Peter Heller's The Dog Stars.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of May 23, 2013
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400
An expanded edition of Wreck This Journal encourages creative destruction. It debuts at No. 14.
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Book News: Judge's Comments Bruising To Apple's Price-Fixing Case
Fri, 24 May 2013 07:29:00 -0400
Also: Mary Karr on addiction and David Foster Wallace; Maria Semple calls Jonathan Franzen her "big daddy."
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June Kids' Book Club Pick: 'The One And Only Ivan'
Thu, 23 May 2013 15:19:00 -0400
In June, NPR's Backseat Book Club will read Katherine Applegate's tale of Ivan, a gorilla who lives in a shopping mall. Ivan enjoys watching TV and painting, but a newcomer to the mall — a baby elephant — forces Ivan to face his own past.
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'Lunch Lady' Author Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes
Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:00 -0400
Can you imagine your own superhero? That's the question author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka posed to kids on a recent afternoon at a school in Washington, D.C. Krosoczka also described how he overcame a difficult childhood to become the author of the beloved Lunch Lady series.
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