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.
The Week's Best Stories From NPR Books
This week: Meg Wolitzer, Charles Frazier, Jo Nesbo, Nafissa Thompson-Spires and James Sexton.
The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine is based on notes for a story Mark Twain told his young daughters, about magical seeds and talking animals. Erin Stead hide caption
President Barack Obama speaks at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. Speechwriter David Litt, who helped craft the president's comedy routine that night, says, "Some of the joke is always that it's the president telling a joke." Olivier Douliery/Getty Images hide caption
A Former Speechwriter Looks Back On His 'Hopey, Changey' Years With Obama
'Unforgivable Love' Resets Steamy 'Dangerous Liaisons' In 1940s Harlem
Clubgoers amid the light towers on the dance floor at Studio 54 in 1978. Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images hide caption
Finally, A Book Of Poetry For Kids Who Are 'Just No Good At Rhyming'
"It's just truth," Gucci Mane says of his new book. "It's the underdog story because I been jumping hurdles my whole life." Cameron Kirkland/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ellen Pao is a tech investor, co-founder of inclusion nonprofit Project Include, and former Reddit CEO. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Silicon Valley's Ellen Pao Tackles Sex Discrimination, Workplace Diversity In Memoir
'School For Good And Evil' Is A Kids' Fantasy Series For The Fake News Era
Hillary Clinton outside the Fresh Air studio in Philadelphia on Sept. 14. Courtesy of Jessica Kourkounis hide caption
Clinton Won't Rule Out Questioning 2016 Election, But Says No Clear Means To Do So
British writer Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990), in December 1971. Ronald Dumont/Getty Images hide caption
Attica Locke is the author of Black Water Rising, The Cutting Season and Pleasantville, and has written for the Fox drama, Empire. Ulf Andersen/Getty Images hide caption
Author Attica Locke: In America, We Walk 'Side By Side' With Our Past
Katy Tur is now an anchor for MSNBC and a reporter for NBC News. Elena Seibert/Harper Collins hide caption
Reporter Katy Tur Shares Her 'Front-Row' View Of The Trump Campaign
Hillary Rodham Clinton visits the Glazier Arboretum Park where she often likes to hike in Chappaqua, N.Y. Adrienne Grunwald for NPR hide caption