With the DNC underway, a historian explains how 'The Stadium' became a public square "We fight our political battles in stadiums," historian Frank Andre Guridy says. "They become ideal places to stake your claims on what you want the United States to be." His new book is The Stadium. Tonya Mosley
How the first Black woman to get a pilot's license motivated Carole Hopson NRP's Michel Martin talks to author Carole Hopson, who's written a book about Bessie Coleman, who in 1921 became the first Black woman to get a pilot's license. The book is called: "A Pair of Wings." Michel Martin
In 'Third Millennium Thinking,' experts teach how to think like a scientist Life is full of decisions. “Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Knowledge” outlines methods of making choices rationally using scientific methods.
'A Wilder Shore' charts the course of a famous bohemian marriage Camille Peri's lively and substantive dual biography of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson offers a glimpse of their unconventional marriage — and an inspiration for living fearlessly. Maureen Corrigan
'The Boys in the Boat' is narrative gold This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Daniel James Brown's "The Boys in the Boat" about the University of Washington crew team's quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Katie Campbell
Comic novel 'How to Leave The House' follows a young man on a day-long hero's quest NPR's David Folkenflik talks with British author Nathan Newman about their novel, "How to Leave The House." It covers a day-in-the life of a young adult who's finally moving out of his mom's house. David Folkenflik
Appalachian authors are coming together to counter the narrative in JD Vance's book Some Appalachian writers are keen to counter Senator JD Vance's representation of their region in his memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," which is back on the bestseller list.
A new graphic novel depicts the time Einstein and Kafka met in Prague NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and cartoonist Ken Krimstein about his new graphic novel, "Einstein in Kafkaland." It visualizes the time Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague and met. Scott Simon
'Hillbilly Elegy' is back in the spotlight. These Appalachians write a different tale NPR spoke with Appalachian fiction and nonfiction writers about this moment and how they are building a tapestry of what they know as home. Clayton Kincade
Author Paul Tremblay talks about his new book 'Horror Movie' The book centers around the making of a low-budget horror film that goes catastrophically wrong and how that incident continues to reverberate when a remake is planned.
