2+ week, 4+ day ago  (481+ words) Welcome to Yesteryear Ranch, where our narrator raises her children on a farm in Idaho. She drinks raw milk and eats farm fresh eggs. She has 5 million followers on Instagram. RASCOE: And then one morning, she wakes up cold and…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (235+ words) Don't even think about reading these new books " at least, not unless they shape up real quick and start respecting the venerable genre distinctions of our forebears. The last thing we want to do is. .. - On Air Now Playing Radio…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (415+ words) Author George Saunders thinks a lot about death and the afterlife. It was the focus of his 2017 novel "Lincoln In The Bardo." He vividly remembers the first time the topic entered his mind. He was about 7 years old visiting his…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (586+ words) Want to get drawn into a book from the very first words? Here's Xenobe Purvis reading the opening of her novel, "The Hounding." XENOBE PURVIS: (Reading) The girls, the infernal heat, a fresh dead body, marching up the river path…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (273+ words) Traci Thomas, host and creator of the podcast "The Stacks," joins host Scott Tong with audiobook suggestions of both classic and newer works. Want to join in the fun of a summer book club? This August. .. - On Air Now Playing…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (197+ words) Every week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. Ocean Vuong is a poet and novelist whose latest book is "The Emperor Of Gladness." He talked to Wild Card…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (365+ words) KEN JAWOROWSKI: Thank you so much for having me, Ayesha. RASCOE: Give us a quick sketch of the three protagonists in this book. There's Carla, Liz and Reed. And obviously, without giving anything away, they are each facing some challenges,…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (832+ words) (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PEACE OF MIND") PETER WOLF: (Singing) Out there in the world, can't you feel the changing times? FELIX CONTRERAS, BYLINE: I've been listening to vocalist Peter Wolf since the mid-1970s when he was the front man of The…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (171+ words) And what's a recommendation, if not an invitation for more? So while I have you, watch the movie "Mothering Sunday." It's an adaptation of another Graham Swift book, and it is gorgeous. Happy reading. Happy watching. KAYLANI SAXENA, BYLINE: Hi....

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (219+ words) Let's start with the bad news: For some of us in the U. S. right now, it's HOT out there. And it's possible that at some point, on a trip to your local library or bookstore, you may have to suffer. .. Let's…...