Author Interviews
These Days, Anne Rice Prefers Angels
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Fiction
Callie Neylan/NPRWhat We're Reading: Nov. 24 - 30, 2009
()This week, Michael Crichton's last book, ever, sails the seas of pirate adventure. In story collections: Alice Munro's strong and subtly mysterious women; Ha Jin's immigrants caught between two worlds. And a space-program history finds surprising drama in the unmanned voyages.
Excerpt: 'American Fantastic Tales'
This collection — edited by Peter Straub — draws from 300 years of American horror and fantasy.
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- Hardcover Fiction:
#1 'The Lacuna' - Hardcover Nonfiction:
#1 'Open' - Paperback Fiction:
#1 'Olive Kitteridge' - Paperback Nonfiction:
#1 'Three Cups of Tea'
Books
Story Specialists: Doctors Who Write()
November 17, 2009 The history of literature is filled with authors who also performed surgery or scribbled prescriptions. Lynn Neary speaks with two doctors who are also fiction writers — Abraham Verghese and Terrence Holt — about the link between medicine and writing literature.
What We're Reading
What We're Reading, Nov. 17 - 23, 2009()
November 17, 2009 This week's staff picks: Biographies from bad-boy Andre Agassi and 'Rogue' politician Sarah Palin. Stephen King returns to form in a new novel, Zadie Smith fascinates in collected essays, and science writer Nicholas Wade argues that God is just an evolutionary adaptation.
A Haunting American Dream Set In 'Luna Park'()
November 16, 2009 Writer Kevin Baker says he never thought he'd be "hip enough" to venture into graphic novels. But with illustrator Danijel Zezelj, he has created Luna Park — a ghostly graphic novel set in the decaying amusement parks of Coney Island. It profiles a Russian immigrant plagued by nightmares of the Chechen War.
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers For Nov.12, 2009()
November 13, 2009 Topping the list: Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna, Kathryn Stockett's The Help and Dan Brown's Lost Symbol. And making their list debut: John Grisham's Ford County and Kurt Vonnegut's Look at the Birdie.
Author Interviews
From Kingsolver, The Fiction Of A Split Psyche()
November 9, 2009 Writer Barbara Kingsolver is fascinated by the tension inherent in living on the border between two cultures. Her latest novel, The Lacuna, tells the story of a young man born of a Mexican mother and an American father.
Interviews
Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious'()
November 6, 2009 The gritty realism of the film Precious is even more intense in the novel Push, upon which the film is based. Author Sapphire discusses the inspiration for her work — and her initial reluctance to allow her work to become a film.
