Eric Idle, a founding member of Monty Python, bought a shack in France in 1971. Decades later, the shack is a "shackeau," he says. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Idle about his book "Idle in Provence."
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For "Nickled and Dimed," author Barbara Ehrenreich
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Steinem died on Wednesday at the age of 92.
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Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft use devices, training and conferences for teachers and students to embed in schools. The New York Times' Natasha Singer discusses the impact in Coding Kids.
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A food journalist says her latest book of recipes and life advice she learned while cooking with grandmothers is more important than any family heirloom.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with journalist and author Rozina Ali about her new book, "Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America."
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"Survivor," a novel taken out of print at the request of author Octavia Butler, returned to print this week.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with award-winning author Marlon James about his new book, The Disappearers, the story of a brutal attack on a group of gay men in Jamaica and its aftermath.
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Three Pulitzer winners, a Booker Prize winner, two Booker longlisted authors this year, and a number whose works have been adapted for the screen are among the authors with new books out this month. -
Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
