'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. Her new memoir is Paper Girl. Dave Davies
A new memoir charts the decline and resilience of an Ohio town In her new memoir, author and journalist Beth Macy returns to her hometown of Urbana, Ill., to learn how it changed from a stable working- and middle-class community to a town struggling with poverty. Jeanette Woods
'What we need right now is tenderness,' former poet laureate Ada Limón says Limón's work documents everything from kingfisher birds to the cosmos itself. "I'm embracing my strangeness," she says of her poetry. Her new collection is Startlement. Tonya Mosley
Journalist Tom Johnson reflects on personal and professional struggles and triumphs NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to journalist Tom Johnson about his career and experiences in battling depression, which he describes in his new memoir, Driven. Ashley Brown
Will Hamas accept Trump's peace plan? Former Mossad chief says it should NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen about his new book, The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War. Erika Ryan
'I can't stop DJing,' Mark Ronson says — never mind the back pain Ronson's memoir, Night People, is a love letter to late-night 1990s New York City. Ronson would go on to produce music for Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and other pop superstars. Tonya Mosley
The new spy thriller 'The Persian' is built on real tradecraft Former CIA analyst David McCloskey keeps writing spy thrillers and the plots keep coming true. His latest book, The Persian, opens with an Israeli surprise attack on Iran. Mary Louise Kelly
'Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave' is a journey to cemeteries across 4 continents NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Argentine novelist, Mariana Enriquez, about her new nonfiction book, "Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave." It chronicles her visits to cemeteries across four continents. Ayesha Rascoe
What's long COVID like? Novelist says it gave her 'Brian fog' — That's not a typo NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Patricia Lockwood about her latest novel Will There Ever Be Another You. She spent years fighting long COVID and her book captures that sense of disorientation. Linah Mohammad
Samin Nosrat once shunned recipes. Now she's sharing them The Salt Fat Acid Heat cookbook author once worried that recipes were too constraining. But she now sees them as a tool for creating community and sharing food. Nosrat's new book is Good Things. Sam Briger