Arts & Life One woman's summer of pleasure in Paris NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Glynnis Macnicol about her new memoir, I’m Mostly Here To Enjoy Myself. Mary Louise Kelly Erika Ryan Courtney Dorning
Arts & Life Questlove on hip-hop, history and the first time he heard 'Rapper's Delight' The Roots bandleader says hearing The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit felt like a paradigm shift: "Suddenly they start talking in rhythmic poetry and we didn't know what to make of it." Terry Gross
Books 'Ultraviolet' tackles the challenge of being a tween boy in the 21st century Young Adult author Aida Salazar set out to find books to help her tween son understand himself and the world he was growing up in but found her options nearly nonexistent.
Arts & Life An arresting memoir of 'Consent' asks: Does a marriage's end excuse its beginning? Jill Ciment was 17 in 1970 when she got involved with the 47-year-old teacher who would become her husband. Now widowed, she reconsiders the relationship — and its "poisonous" beginnings. Maureen Corrigan
Arts & Life Actor Griffin Dunne revisits his Hollywood childhood in 'The Friday Afternoon Club' In a new memoir, Dunne writes about growing up in a family of storytellers, his complicated relationship with fame and the trauma the family experienced after the 1982 murder of his sister, Dominique. Tonya Mosley
Arts & Life What’s a book ban anyway? Depends on who you ask The term "book ban" is used a lot in media and elsewhere when addressing the rise in challenges to certain books being allowed in schools and public libraries. But is it more political hyperbole or a censorship alarm bell? Elizabeth Blair
Arts & Life A young girl grapples with life post World War I in 'Gretel and the Great War' NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Adam Ehrlich Sachs about his new novel "Gretel and the Great War." The book follows a young girl in Vienna at the end of World War I.
Arts & Life A surprising genre of romance novels is gaining popularity Love is on the ice — and off the ice! And maybe a loose tooth to go along with it. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter Rachel Kurzius about the popularity of hockey romance novels. Scott Simon
Books 'Orphan Bachelors' memoir explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act Fae Myenne Ng wrote about her family and the elderly men who populated San Francisco's Chinatown when she was growing up. All were impacted by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Arts & Life MSNBC host Ali Velshi chronicles his ancestors’ migrations across three continents In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi traces his family’s journey, from India to South Africa — where his grandfather crossed paths with Mahatma Gandhi — to Kenya, Canada and the U.S. Dave Davies
