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'Ultraviolet' follows a young boy going through puberty and first love
Aida Salazar's new book, Ultraviolet, has a lot in common with Judy Blume's Forever, but from the point of view of an eighth grade boy; it's all about Elio Solis grappling with his changing body, his first girlfriend and his family life. In today's episode, Salazar tells Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes how watching her own son grow up inspired the events of the middle grade book, and they discuss how conversations of consent, masculinity and sex education are just as important for young men as they are for young women.
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In 'Beautiful Days,' Zach Williams ponders parenthood, reality and the uncanny
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Zach Williams' collection of short stories, Beautiful Days, has earned high praise for the unsettling way it examines mundane, everyday life. In today's episode, Williams tells NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer how becoming a dad inspired the anxiety and wonder of parenthood that shows up throughout Beautiful Days, and the two get to talking about why he chose to focus on the "quickness and musicality" of s...
In 'Other Rivers,' Peter Hessler chronicles his return to Chinese classrooms
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Foreign correspondent Peter Hessler taught in China during the country's economic boom in the 1990s, which he wrote about in his book River Town. Now, in Other Rivers, Hessler breaks down what it was like to teach there again more than two decades later. In today's episode, he and NPR international correspondent Emily Feng talk about what changed - and what stayed the same - with a new generati...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer unveils her vision for American democracy in 'True Gretch'
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a new memoir out - it's about the people and experiences that shaped her version of leadership. Whitmer has led her state through a pandemic, natural disasters and the battle over reproductive rights, among many other issues. In today's episode, she speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in B...
'Devil Is Fine' explores race, colonialism and grief through magical realism
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Devil Is Fine, the new novel by John Vercher, follows an unnamed protagonist banging out a book pitch in a fugue state that mirrors what's happening in his own life: after the death of his son, a biracial writer inherits a plantation from the white side of his family, which has the remains of both his slave-owning ancestors and the people they enslaved. In today's episode, Vercher speaks with N...
'At the Edge of Empire' traces China's history through Edward Wong's family
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The central character of New York Times correspondent Ed Wong's memoir, At the Edge of Empire, is not Wong himself - it's his father, who studied in Beijing in the 1950s and staunchly supported the Chinese Communist Revolution. Wong's book traces his father's disillusionment with Mao's government and eventual move to the U.S. In today's episode, he speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about inte...
Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in 'Sex and Vanity' and 'Lies and Weddings'
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Today's episode features two interviews with Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians series. First, former NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro spoke to the writer in 2020 about Sex and Vanity, exploring identity through the lens of a biracial character and setting a new trilogy between Europe and the U.S. Then, Here & Now's Robin Young asks Kwan about his newest novel, Lies and Weddings, and his t...
A new book examines Alexander Hamilton's plan for public debt
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Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, is somewhat of a pop culture phenomenon thanks to a hit musical about his life. But a new book called The Hamilton Scheme dives into a less-known part of Hamilton's legacy - his vision for public debt. In today's interview, author and historian William Hogeland speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why Hamilton considered higher loan...
In 'Do I Know You?,' a science reporter tackles her own face blindness
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When science reporter Sadie Dingfelder mistakes a complete stranger in the supermarket for her own husband, she realizes something's up. The tests and research that follow result in a face blindness diagnosis and her new book, Do I Know You?. In today's episode, she speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the different experiences of consciousness everyone has, and how understanding the brain's c...
Yangsze Choo's 'The Fox Wife' explores gender, murder and folklore in the 1900s
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Yangsze Choo says she doesn't thoroughly plan out her novels - her newest, The Fox Wife, blossomed from that core idea behind the title, of a woman who also happens to be a fox. But beyond that, it's a story about a mother avenging her child, about a murder investigation in early 20th century China, and about family curses. As the author tells NPR's Scott Simon, foxes hold a wide range of intri...
Kara Swisher's memoir 'Burn Book' reflects on a career covering Silicon Valley
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Journalist Kara Swisher, who's been covering the internet and the tech industry for decades, says she's not surprised when people like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk lie to her - but what she says they sometimes don't realize is how much they lie to themselves. Her new memoir, Burn Book, recounts what she's learned in conversation with some of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley. In today's episode,...
Morgan Talty examines Native identity in 'Night of the Living Rez' and 'Fire Exit'
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Today's episode features two interviews with author Morgan Talty. First, a conversation with NPR's Melissa Block about his 2022 collection of short stories, Night of the Living Rez, and how he navigates the weight of representation for the Penobscot Nation. Then, NPR's Andrew Limbong asks Talty about his new novel, Fire Exit, which takes place in the same cinematic universe as his former book b...
Carys Davies tackles communication, isolation and the Scottish Clearances in 'Clear'
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In the 1840s, a Scottish minister named John Ferguson accepts the task of traveling to a remote island to evict Ivar, the only man who lives there. When Reverend Ferguson falls off a cliff, Ivar brings him back to life - and the two find a common understanding even as they realize they don't speak the same language. That's the basis of Carys Davies' new novel, Clear. In today's episode, NPR's S...
In 'The Extinction of Irena Rey,' translators search for a missing author
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Eight translators from eight countries travel to a Polish forest to begin adapting famed author Irena Rey's newest book into their respective languages. But when Irena Rey disappears, a competitive, ego-fueled search unravels in the surrounding woods and within each person. In today's episode, author Jennifer Croft speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about her new novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey, ...
'Memory Piece' follows female friendships over several decades
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'Memory Piece' follows female friendships over several decades
'Hard by a Great Forest' is a novel about returning home decades after fleeing war
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'Hard by a Great Forest' is a novel about returning home decades after fleeing war
'Never Enough' and 'Roctogenarians' examine the culture of success
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'Never Enough' and 'Roctogenarians' examine the culture of success
'Tehrangeles' follows a family of aspiring Iranian influencers in LA
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'Tehrangeles' follows a family of aspiring Iranian influencers in LA
In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia
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In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia
'Dear Sister,' 'A Fatal Inheritance' examine difficult family histories
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'Dear Sister,' 'A Fatal Inheritance' examine difficult family histories
Chelsea Devantez's memoir finds the humor in dark situations
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Chelsea Devantez's memoir finds the humor in dark situations
Stephen King finishes a story 45 years in the making in 'You Like It Darker'
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Stephen King finishes a story 45 years in the making in 'You Like It Darker'
The autobiography of John Swanson Jacobs offers a new look at slavery and migration
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The autobiography of John Swanson Jacobs offers a new look at slavery and migration
'The Mango Tree' is a memoir about growing up mixed-race Filipina in south Florida
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'The Mango Tree' is a memoir about growing up mixed-race Filipina in south Florida
Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'
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Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'
'Malas' is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town
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'Malas' is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town
R.O. Kwon's novel 'Exhibit' grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity
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R.O. Kwon's novel 'Exhibit' grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @brianmarcum8306
    @brianmarcum8306 3 дні тому

    This is a good book. NPR is civil and reasonable.

  • @gilly5094
    @gilly5094 4 дні тому

    It’s so predictable that all the books that are currently promoted have a racial/colonisation or gender-related theme…DEI has killed culture. I am tired of being lectured to.

  • @ryanmcc1138
    @ryanmcc1138 5 днів тому

    Jellyfish and shifting planes of reality make me think of Ursula K. Le Guin's Lathe of Heaven.

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 7 днів тому

    It's interesting because I'm conversely not a full blown fantasy fan but I I love magical realism .. It sounds like there's a lot going on here what with jellyfish and time travel but I will read some reviews and check it out!

  • @molliefisher4483
    @molliefisher4483 21 день тому

    I’m absolutely loving this book so far

  • @lisaedwards8505
    @lisaedwards8505 Місяць тому

    I think I need to try again with this book. The first time I tried to read it, I struggled - mostly because I felt like I wasn’t smart enough for it. But I’m so intrigued! I thoroughly enjoyed this interview.

  • @brad-ow6lz
    @brad-ow6lz Місяць тому

    She’s an old leftist communist. Who cares what her love life is like

  • @kenkakuknight
    @kenkakuknight Місяць тому

    I am a vietnamese man who needs to learn how to give the talk to any future half black sons my wife might give me. That thought fills me with dread.

  • @MrSadhon
    @MrSadhon Місяць тому

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  • @fearGodnotgovernment
    @fearGodnotgovernment Місяць тому

    Culver City Mall at Malik Book Store told me today they didn't carry/sell Brittney Griner Book😊 WHERE CAN I BUY BRITTNEY GRINER BOOK??

  • @BENIHANI
    @BENIHANI Місяць тому

    Syrian people and lots of people in the Lavant are white people ethnically speaking. There is nothing unique about her story which sounds like mine! I was told as a student in a California University, "oh, you dont look Arab" It was business as usual. As matter of fact, i wish someone gave me a dollar for each time I experienced settelled racism! Life goes on I consider myself lucky! It is all about self confidence and attitude!

  • @hangthemhigh
    @hangthemhigh Місяць тому

    This hack is still around LOL !

  • @patrickkelly1195
    @patrickkelly1195 Місяць тому

    This book has been widely criticised by climate scientists for inaccuracies. I found Hannah's case for optimism from our dire predicament quite strenuous and unconvincing, and she constructed a lot of straw men in the book in order to make her points. Her use of data in her book was selective to say the least. I also noted a number of inaccuracies (or at least significant divergencies from my own understanding of our predicament). She has also struggled to justify a lot of the positions she adopted in her own book. The section on de-growth was particularly ill informed, and the idea that renewables can replace fossil fuels, simply fanciful. I also struggled with her 'war' metaphor in the book, which I found bizarre. Her claim to absolute apolitical objectivity also, clearly indefensible. I don't concur with Hannah's definition of a 'doomer'. I regard myself as a doomer in that I think I have a realistic understanding of our predicament and tend not to seek solace in cognitive dissonance or denial. I try to be a grown up and face the grim reality of our predicament. That doesn't mean that I will ever give up hope in our ability to address some of the worst impacts of climate change - far from it - but I do push back against baseless optimism, which I regard as dangerous. Panic is an important human emotion as it can help us to conjure up the motivation and will to act on our worst fears. Buffering people from panic is unhelpful. In respect of the climate crisis, too much panic is not our problem, not enough panic is our problem. It's a shame, because I so want to encounter a positive narrative on the climate crisis in which I can believe. Hope is so difficult to come by, that I really willed Hannah to provide a convincing space for hope, but alas, I struggled to find it in her book. In order to make her somewhat plaintive case for optimism, Hannah found herself contorting and making use of accounting tricks and statistical sleight of hand. These strategies needed to be exposed. They are the same strategies used by climate deniers to such great effect. I think Bill Gates, and perhaps Elon Musk, had much more influence on this book than Hannah would ever admit. The book is a techno-optimist, neoliberal manifesto and highly ideological and, despite Hannah's assertions to the contrary, very political. She seems to be suggesting that there is a 'business as usual' route to addressing climate change and the book repeats the myth that 'we have the technology in place to solve this' - an assertion that, for me, has never stood up to scrutiny. I found it a troubling book.

  • @d33tler
    @d33tler Місяць тому

    Typical idiotic NPR interviewers.

  • @TheWhitehiker
    @TheWhitehiker Місяць тому

    What about black advantage? 60 years of affirmative action and other government largess. Anyway, no viewers here, so the woke moment fails.

    • @nathandaniels8459
      @nathandaniels8459 Місяць тому

      If you will, please thoroughly explain exactly what's the Black advantage. ... you mentioned 60 years of affirmative action. Please explain exactly what you think, and believe what affirmative action is.

    • @TheWhitehiker
      @TheWhitehiker Місяць тому

      @@nathandaniels8459 Please!

    • @paytonbf1
      @paytonbf1 27 днів тому

      Affirmative Action has never benefited black people, only white women have benefited from affirmative action. Today, DEI, which is also supposed to bridge the opportunity and wealth gap, has received backlash from white people. And as a black person, no matter how hard you work or how many degrees or credentials that you obtained, you're still looked at as being unqualified. This country has a serious race problem!

    • @nathandaniels8459
      @nathandaniels8459 26 днів тому

      @TheWhitehiker ... 🦗🦗🦗

    • @TheWhitehiker
      @TheWhitehiker 25 днів тому

      @@nathandaniels8459 Dont know what your little images mean, but try reading Thomas Sewell for starters. Then go to numerous scholars, black and white.

  • @WilkenWilkins
    @WilkenWilkins Місяць тому

    Forget book of the day… BOOK OF THE CENTURY!!!!!

  • @ald62
    @ald62 2 місяці тому

    Extraordinary read of courage, survival and faith. ❤

  • @Absof--k-nlutly
    @Absof--k-nlutly 2 місяці тому

    B.S. She's made NO Bones about it. She has said she doesn't like this country. She can go back to HERs , RUSSIA. Good Riddance 😂

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 2 місяці тому

    If somebody dropped a baby on my front door I would have called Child Protective Services, and had a good story to tell at the dinner table but then it wouldn't make for a very exciting sequel !

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    @moumitasaha9341 2 місяці тому

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  • @casey2806
    @casey2806 2 місяці тому

    He has no idea. David Wallace-Wells should listen to what people like Nate Haggens, William Rees, and Daniel Schmachtenberger have to say.

  • @oprrrah3498
    @oprrrah3498 2 місяці тому

    Garbage. Absolute garbage

  • @CeeGeeZ
    @CeeGeeZ 2 місяці тому

    What was this interviewer's preparation/qualification background? ....

  • @gracelewis6071
    @gracelewis6071 2 місяці тому

    1:12 to skip the ad

  • @patriciatyrcha3059
    @patriciatyrcha3059 2 місяці тому

    Love the substance (succinct and informative), so I've subscribed... So many ads in such a short video - but I know public radio is hurting for funding... so I'll deal with it.

  • @teresajohansen2589
    @teresajohansen2589 3 місяці тому

    I love Liz Cheney and if she ran I would vote for her

  • @teresajohansen2589
    @teresajohansen2589 3 місяці тому

    I love Liz Cheney, Cassidy Hutchinson, Adam Kinzinger, Johnathan Karl, and the rest of the J6 Committee

  • @joshuafrescas5899
    @joshuafrescas5899 3 місяці тому

    I read this one and finished last week. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes westerns and surrealism

  • @justinjackson3996
    @justinjackson3996 3 місяці тому

    P R O M O S M

  • @user-mk7df1xo8o
    @user-mk7df1xo8o 3 місяці тому

    My moms grandma and her 2 cousins got out of Austria made their way to Hamburg and were on one of the last 2 ships leaving. They ended up in Mexico.

  • @1mrcomix8
    @1mrcomix8 3 місяці тому

    Just finished reading this amazing 400 page book this morning. Highest recommendations, I mean this seriously in saying it's a modern day Maus in magnitude and in terms of family connections.

  • @comradelulz7455
    @comradelulz7455 3 місяці тому

    wasn’t 2034 even a video game? also i wonder how 2034 held up now that it’s just 10 years away

  • @abdeenabdeen1303
    @abdeenabdeen1303 3 місяці тому

    where can I get the book?

  • @stephenstaedtler6902
    @stephenstaedtler6902 3 місяці тому

    A disgraceful iiar she is.

  • @hasana.2968
    @hasana.2968 4 місяці тому

    Compare it with book „ next 500 Years“. Huge difference !

  • @aymenmisawi1978
    @aymenmisawi1978 4 місяці тому

    OMG! Are you kidding me!! You're excusing the U.S. mistake for invading Iraq, destroying the whole country, and killing hundreds of thousands of people due to the war, the majority of them were civilians of women, children & elderly, and millions of injured, in addition to armed Iraqis & American soldiers; then Iran grabbed hold of Iraq! After all, there was a miscommunication/misunderstanding... ouch! A bad excuse is worse than none!! But is ignorance an adequate excuse for sin?! I'm honest to God with you; nobody can understand you because you're so moody, "Your way or the highway!". Today's world deals with America on the principle that "if you can't beat it, join it!". Hey!!! Please listen to your hearts, save America! I'm ready to volunteer for free in an attempt to do something good for America & my son. Good luck ahead?!

  • @patdwyer5204
    @patdwyer5204 4 місяці тому

    Thank you.

  • @r0seg0lden._15
    @r0seg0lden._15 4 місяці тому

    Underrated creative expression of discovery and recollection. I loved the book.

  • @Countrygirl8019
    @Countrygirl8019 4 місяці тому

  • @geoffreyclark7513
    @geoffreyclark7513 4 місяці тому

    Don't feel sorrow for what could have been, feel joy that you found yourself when so many haven't. Or wouldn't.

  • @TexasMan77
    @TexasMan77 4 місяці тому

    Incredible book, I’m halfway done. All of you need to read it.

  • @Tad-For-Global-Peace
    @Tad-For-Global-Peace 4 місяці тому

    Ty. This is very important. Antigovernment channels couched in normal other types of channels is everywhere. Seemingly helpful tips on computer security, or pro women advise, or tips of social security and Medicare or boy friends etc

  • @michaelogah5297
    @michaelogah5297 4 місяці тому

    Breathtaking novel. I’m reading it right now

  • @damilolaolaitan-rafiu
    @damilolaolaitan-rafiu 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for posting this. I'm happy to be the first to post.

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 4 місяці тому

    For all the publicity why t's it not on Amazon. ?

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance 4 місяці тому

    I love shapeshifting novels and it sounds like Yanysze knows her quarry and as well versed in Chinese lore !

  • @user-bl6pv1pp7z
    @user-bl6pv1pp7z 5 місяців тому

    Which approach can be used to critically analyse Nayeri's book ?

  • @bitarazmi
    @bitarazmi 5 місяців тому

    I'm really satisfied with seeing an author from my country. Wish you all the best, I'm hope I can read this book as soon as possible. ❤❤

  • @WarrenHolly
    @WarrenHolly 5 місяців тому

    There is 2 Ga. State legislatures who are trying to change Ga's RICO laws in trump's favor and make them retroactive. The religious right want to destabilize this country and install a theocracy beginning on January 2025. They are actually accepting applications online as we speak.😏

  • @PhilOliver214
    @PhilOliver214 5 місяців тому

    Wonderful homage to Ann Druyan and Voyager's Golden Record… and how well Harvey captures the “cosmic perspective” (and its fragility) from low earth orbit.