In a first-best world, we'd all save enough money and there'd be no scammers. In a second-best world, we'd all know how to ...

November 9, 2024 • Award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin has long admired James Baldwin, ever since he read "Go Tell It on the Mountain" as a teenager, and has now written a book about him ...

A new book explores a hundred years of busking history through interviews ... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WISH I COULD SING") ...

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts.

Bobby Allison, whose life was full of tragedy even as he became one of the most celebrated NASCAR drivers of all time, died ...

Cut to 2023, a decade after her first book, "Foreign," was published, Jha gave us "The Laughter." The novel follows a white male college professor who develops a dangerous obsession with his new ...

In a cookbook forged during the war with Russia, a Ukrainian celebrity chef uses cuisine to "continue the story of Ukraine." ...

It's a big week for doom scrolling and channel-surfing. Here are suggestions for binge-watching: Lioness, Tulsa King, Shrinking and Somebody Somewhere.

DETROW: Ann Patchett talked to Rachel on NPR's Wild Card podcast, where well-known guests answer big questions about their life drawn from a deck of cards. She reflected on her childhood and how her ...

Mattel is pulling its Wicked dolls from some store shelves because of a misprint directing shoppers to a pornographic site.

When people can't sleep, they tend to take extreme measures to correct the issue. But that only makes sleep problems worse, ...

The acclaimed radio essay series, "Turning the Tables," has inspired a new book. JPR's Vanessa Finney talks with two ...