Cover of the new comics anthology Love is Love. IDW hide caption
The Week's Best Stories From NPR Books This week: Meg Wolitzer's latest, Charles Frazier returns to the Civil War, the pressures of being the only black person in the room, a new Macbeth, and marriage-saving tips from a divorce lawyer.
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The Week's Best Stories From NPR Books
This week: Meg Wolitzer, Charles Frazier, Jo Nesbo, Nafissa Thompson-Spires and James Sexton.
In Paterson, Adam Driver's character does the same thing every day. "Routine is very liberating and nurturing for him," says director Jim Jarmusch. Mary Cybulsky/Amazon Studios & Bleecker Street hide caption
The content of monthly book boxes varies, but most come with a book or sometimes even a few, plus book-specific or reading related extras. Mayra Linares/NPR hide caption
"Anger isn't something that is solely a rural, American, white guy emotion," says novelist Nickolas Butler. Below, he and Jennifer Haigh recommend books about a range of American experiences. NPR hide caption
Still Puzzled By The Election? Authors Prescribe Fiction For Better Understanding
Middle Eastern Meatball Soup with Vegetables, one of many recipes featured in Soup for Syria. Interlink Publishing hide caption
Poet Billy Collins sat down with NPR at the Georgetown Public Library in Washington, D.C., to read and discuss his work. Rebecca Harlan/NPR hide caption
Clancy's writing has appeared in The Rumpus, The New York Times and The Paris Review Daily. Ashman Kipervaser/Courtesy of Crown hide caption
When A Professor Laughed At Her Queens Accent, Writer Tara Clancy Doubled Down
Sebastian Bach's new memoir is called 18 and Life on Skid Row. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
