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Author Interviews
Author Miranda July poses next to her novel, "All Fours" Elizabeth Weinberg/Amazon hide caption
Serj Tankian, singer for System of a Down Travis Shinn/Hachette Books hide caption
System of a Down's Serj Tankian on his memoir, why a new album hasn't come since 2005
"When I first started being in Bikini Kill, I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Kathleen Hanna says. Rachel Bright/Ecco hide caption
Kathleen Hanna on life as a 'Rebel Girl,' and the joy of expressing anger in public
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses 'The Sympathizer' and his escape from Vietnam
Author Daniel A. Olivas poses next to the cover of his recent book, Chicano Frankenstein Author headshot via publisher hide caption
In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force
Brittney Griner warms up before a game against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center on July 05, 2023. Dustin Satloff/Getty Images hide caption
Griner competes for Team USA on Aug. 8, 2021, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Griner won gold medals in both Tokyo and in Rio de Janeiro. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison
"The primary way plants communicate with each other is through a language, so to speak, of chemical gasses," journalist Zoë Schlanger says. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they're intelligent?
Brittney Griner on the court in September 2023. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
'I did not feel like a human': Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia
In 'The Unexpected,' Emily Oster tackles the emotional toll of difficult pregnancies
Author Ava Chin poses next to the cover of her recent book, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming Author headshot via Tommy Kha hide caption
English actress Judi Dench at a dress rehearsal of 'Hamlet', making her London debut as Ophelia in 1957. Bob Haswell/Getty Images hide caption
Left: An Ebony Fashion Fair Model. Right: A hand holds up a copy of Ebony magazine in front of a Chicago skyline. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)/ (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) hide caption
Novelist John Green says OCD is like an 'invasive weed' inside his mind
Barbara Walters forged a path for women in journalism, but not without paying a price
Keary Hines, Prairie View, Texas. Ivan McClellan hide caption
A photographer documented Black cowboys across the U.S. for a new book
A sample of pages from chapter 9 of the book, which profiles poet and essayist Louise Glück. Penguin Press hide caption
In a collection of 40+ interviews, author Adam Moss tries to find the key to creation
After decades creating and publishing recipes, cookbook author Joan Nathan has released what she said is likely her final book, a cookbook and memoir called "My Life in Recipes." Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption
After years of documenting Jewish food traditions, Joan Nathan focuses on her family's
A voter leaves a voting booth in Concord, N.H., the during primary election on Jan. 23, 2024. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How the Founding Fathers' concept of 'Minority Rule' is alive and well today
Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Kim Newmoney/Penguin Randomhouse hide caption
Amy Tan's bird obsession led to a new book — and keeping mealworms in her fridge
George Takei 'Lost Freedom' some 80 years ago – now he's written that story for kids
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Salman Rushdie (April 8, 2024). Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption