All Author Q&As
For 鈥楾he Bookshop鈥� author, bookstores were 鈥榮ites of resistance鈥�In the 1960s and 鈥�70s, small bookshops provided spaces where ideas and activism could flourish. Today, while indie bookstores can be considered 鈥渆ndangered species,鈥� their vitality as community gathering places is thriving.
鈥楢 landless Indian鈥� discovers a sense of home and identityIn the memoir 鈥淏ecoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian鈥檚 Journey Home,鈥� Chris La Tray weaves together personal and tribal history.
How France became a global basketball powerhouseIn a Q&A, author Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff explains how the basketball rivalry between France and the U.S. shaped play in both countries.聽
Ann Powers was writing Joni Mitchell鈥檚 life story. She found her own.With her new biography about Joni Mitchell, NPR music critic Ann Powers says she wanted to challenge the idea that there鈥檚 only one definitive story of a life.聽
Walls haven鈥檛 stopped immigration. Is society ready to explore open borders?Immigration policy failures led John Washington, who reports on the U.S. border, to write 鈥淭he Case for Open Borders.鈥澛犅�
How a spirit of gentleness can lead to public service 鈥� and better politicsPublic service means genuinely wanting good for others, says聽Michael Wear, author of 鈥淭he Spirit of Our Politics.鈥澛�
Do diverse police departments use less force? She trained with cops to find out.After a year training at police academies, sociologist Samantha J. Simon finds that it鈥檚 going to take more than diversity initiatives to change police culture.
Doris Kearns Goodwin recalls 1960s idealism in 鈥楢n Unfinished Love Story鈥�Doris Kearns Goodwin had a front-row seat to the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Helping him write his memoirs set her on the path of becoming a presidential historian.聽聽
Poet Natasha Trethewey delves into memory in 鈥楾he House of Being鈥�Natasha Trethewey grew up in the 1960s and 鈥�70s as a biracial child in the American South. In an interview, she talks about the gift of metaphor and about the imagery that stokes her poems.聽 聽聽
The case for getting and staying married, by author Brad WilcoxSociologist聽Brad Wilcox discusses his research on declining U.S. marriage rates in a Q&A about his new book,聽鈥淕et Married.鈥�
Milton Friedman left a complex legacy, says his biographerThe conservative economist stayed true to individual choice as his standard, says biographer Jennifer Burns. He championed privatization and free markets.聽
How mistrust explains all those frustrating things about US politicsU.S. politics isn鈥檛 working how it used to. The system seems brittle and unresponsive. Making a difference starts with understanding mistrust.聽聽
What happens when achievement turns toxic 鈥� and how to fix itCollege prep increases the pressure on teens to succeed. Author Jennifer Breheny Wallace offers tips for turning down the heat.
Humans and the moon: A closer look at an evolving relationshipA science journalist offers perspective on how humans can wisely steward the new phase of lunar exploration.聽
Amy Palanjian on feeding kids and laughing more at the dinner tableFrom planning meals to managing different tastes, feeding kids is a monumental challenge for many families. A new book, "Dinnertime SOS," tries to ease the load.聽
To explain Jerusalem鈥檚 conflicts, she wrote a young adult novelJournalist Ruth Marks Eglash talks about her debut novel, 鈥淧arallel Lines,鈥� a poignant account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict told through the eyes of three teenage girls.聽
How the Cultural Revolution shapes Chinese families decades laterIn her book 鈥淩ed Memory,鈥� journalist聽Tania Branigan offers a candid look at China鈥檚 Cultural Revolution and illuminates the relevance of that decade of chaos in deciphering China today.
Making 鈥楴ecessary Trouble鈥�: A historian rises above her rootsDrew Gilpin Faust, former Harvard University president, discusses her memoir 鈥淣ecessary Trouble,鈥� about her rebellion against sexist and racist strictures of 1950s Virginia.聽
The 鈥榓nti-grit memoir鈥�: Eddie Ndopu re-imagines disability activismDisability scholar and activist聽Eddie Ndopu discusses how his successes 鈥� and challenges 鈥� made him push for a more disability-inclusive world.
With Appalachian noir, David Joy unmasks race and history in the SouthIn a Q&A, David Joy talks about his novel 鈥淭hose We Thought We Knew鈥� and what it means to love and critique Appalachia at the same time.聽聽
