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NPR: Book Tour Podcast Each week, NPR's Book Tour presents leading contemporary authors of both fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their current work. Login to Add this to your Playlist Format : Arts PodcastDirectory.com's listings of the NPR: Book Tour Podcast Podcasts
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'Rag And Bone': In Search Of The Holy Dead Updated: 2009-04-22 05:16:03 Description: From dismembered toes to leathery tongues, Peter Manseau explores the centuries-old obsession with relics, the body parts of long-dead saints and spiritual leaders....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Witty Tale Of Academia And Angst Updated: 2009-04-15 00:48:42 Description: Emily Fox Gordon skewers the foibles of academic life in It Will Come to Me, a comic novel set on the campus of a large Southern university. The book is the first work of fiction from the acclaimed memoirist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Delusional Odyssey Through New York's Tunnels Updated: 2009-04-07 20:34:41 Description: In John Wray's new novel, Lowboy, a schizophrenic teenager goes off his meds and disappears into the New York subway system. His mission: to save the world by losing his virginity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stories From Two Bright New Literary Voices Updated: 2009-03-31 23:03:18 Description: A recent issue of the literary magazine Granta included moving stories from two new writers: Daniyal Mueenuddin, author of the book In Other Rooms, Other Wonders; and Justin Torres. The writers read from their works....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tracking The Cold War's Legacy In The Middle East Updated: 2009-03-24 18:55:52 Description: In Sowing Crisis, Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi examines how Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continue to undermine stability in the Middle East....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Superhero For A Self-Absorbed Society Updated: 2009-03-17 20:46:32 Description: Once a popular superhero, Captain Freedom's fame is in decline. In G. Xavier Robillard's satire of our celebrity-obsessed pop culture, Freedom does what any self-respecting superhero would do: hires a life coach and starts searching for his roots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Epic Of Ethiopia, Full Of Medical Lore Updated: 2009-03-10 16:33:49 Description: Physician Abraham Verghese's debut novel, Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Epic Of Ethiopia, Full Of Medical Lore Updated: 2009-03-10 22:47:08 Description: Physician Abraham Verghese's debut novel, Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD T.C. Boyle's 'Women' Recasts Frank Lloyd Wright Bio Updated: 2009-03-03 19:14:14 Description: Writer T.C. Boyle explores the scandalous and passionate turns in the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright through the perspective of his wives and mistresses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Man Who Signed His Name 'A. Lincoln' Updated: 2009-02-24 20:53:25 Description: Drawing on recently discovered letters and photographs, historian Ronald C. White offers a new, highly praised biography of America's 16th president....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'So Damn Much Money': The Influence Of Lobbyists Updated: 2009-02-18 23:36:47 Description: When former DNC Chair Robert Strauss said, "There's just so damn much money in it," Robert Kaiser knew he had a title for his book on the multibillion-dollar world of political lobbying....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In A New Memoir, Azar Nafisi Breaks Her Silence Updated: 2009-02-10 12:03:43 Description: Set against the backdrop of a changing Iran, the author's Things I've Been Silent About shares the personal story of her family....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Examining The Fiery Legacy Of Andrew Jackson Updated: 2009-02-03 19:57:23 Description: In American Lion, Jon Meacham delivers a portrait of the war-grizzled seventh president, a fierce populist who reshaped the executive branch....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Final, Epic Work From Roberto Bolano Updated: 2009-01-27 21:24:26 Description: When the Chilean-born, Mexican-reared Bolano died in 2003, he was virtually unknown in the English-speaking world. Six years later, critics are calling him one of the greatest modern writers. Editor Lorin Stein discusses his last novel, 2666....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joseph Priestley And 'The Invention Of Air' Updated: 2009-01-20 16:43:27 Description: Steven Johnson recounts the story of the 18th century radical thinker Joseph Priestley, scientist, theologian and one of America's lesser known Founding Fathers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Politics And Play: America's Rebel Athletes Updated: 2009-01-15 00:43:48 Description: In A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin offers a witty alternative history of America as seen through the games its people played....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Epic Tale Of Opium And Empire Updated: 2009-01-07 20:14:06 Description: In Sea of Poppies, a British trading ship carrying an eclectic group of passengers sets sail on the eve of the First Opium War. The novel, the sixth from Amitav Ghosh, was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Music Lessons From A Master: 'Hallelujah Junction' Updated: 2008-12-31 15:33:39 Description: In a new memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams chronicles his life and offers insights into his acclaimed –- and often controversial — operas and orchestral works....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Getting Inside Carl Capotorto's 'Twisted Head' Updated: 2008-12-09 23:46:37 Description: Carl Capotorto's family name translates as "twisted head," which, he says, "is no accident." In his new memoir, The Sopranos actor describes growing up Italian American and gay in the Bronx....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Atwood Explores The 'Shadow Side Of Wealth' Updated: 2008-12-17 00:02:50 Description: In Payback, a timely collection of essays, novelist Margaret Atwood examines the ancient and central role that debt has played in our culture, literature and societies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Vivid Memoir From The Youngest McCourt Updated: 2008-12-23 23:04:45 Description: The McCourt family gained fame through the books of brothers Frank and Malachy. In A Long Stone's Throw, the youngest brother, Alphie, shares a colorful account of his own life in Ireland and America....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listen To The 2008 National Book Award Winners Updated: 2008-11-24 23:09:21 Description: A novel about a notorious Florida outlaw and a history of Thomas Jefferson's hidden slave family were among the winners at the 59th annual awards....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listen To The 2008 National Book Award Winners Updated: 2008-11-26 06:39:05 Description: A novel about a notorious Florida outlaw and a history of Thomas Jefferson's hidden slave family were among the winners at the 59th annual awards....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Toss of a Lemon' Delves Into India's Divided Past Updated: 2008-12-03 00:04:23 Description: Drawing on tales from her grandmother's life, debut novelist Padma Viswanathan depicts the intense social and political changes of the past century in India in The Toss of a Lemon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Ghost Train' Retraces Theroux's Past Journeys Updated: 2008-11-04 22:25:14 Description: More than 30 years after documenting a trip through Europe, the Middle East and Asia in The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux re-creates the voyage in Ghost Train to the Eastern Star....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Challenging The Stereotypes Of Modern Iran Updated: 2008-11-11 20:55:46 Description: In The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, Hooman Majd, an Iranian-American writer and the grandson of an ayatollah, travels behind "Persian walls" to provide a revealing look at modern Iran....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Comic John Hodgman Shares 'More Information' Updated: 2008-11-18 19:23:57 Description: In More Information Than You Require, the follow-up to the best-selling The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman offers another compilation of false facts and trivia....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Part II of Toni Morrison: A Mother, A Stranger, 'A Mercy' Updated: 2008-10-28 13:32:56 Description: In the second of a four-part series, Nobel Laueate and Pulitzer Prize Winner Toni Morrison reads from her new novel, A Mercy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Part 3 of Toni Morrison: A Mother, A Stranger, 'A Mercy' Updated: 2008-10-29 05:23:14 Description: In the third of a four-part series, author Toni Morrison continues reading a pivotal episode of her new novel, A Mercy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Part 4 of Toni Morrison: A Mother, A Stranger, 'A Mercy' Updated: 2008-10-30 06:03:38 Description: Writer Toni Morrison reads the final part of an excerpt from her new novel, A Mercy, and discusses the book with NPR's Lynn Neary....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Junot Diaz Reads From His 'Wondrous' Tale Updated: 2008-10-22 01:13:38 Description: Author Junot Diaz won a Pulitzer Prize this year for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the story of an overweight, lovesick "ghetto nerd."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toni Morrison: A Mother, A Stranger, 'A Mercy' Updated: 2008-10-27 04:03:39 Description: In this special, four-part reading, Toni Morrison presents a pivotal episode from her new novel, A Mercy. The book explores the repercussions of an enslaved mother's desperate act: she casts off her daughter to save her....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Goldengrove' Traces The Contours Of Grief Updated: 2008-10-08 04:53:22 Description: Nico, the 13-year-old narrator of Francine Prose's new novel, struggles to deal with the loss of her older sister. With her parents barely able to cope, Nico must navigate grief and growing up alone....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Crime That Created The Man Of Steel Updated: 2008-10-15 02:54:55 Description: Brad Meltzer's latest thriller, The Book of Lies, melds together two well-known tales of familial tragedy and redemption. Cain and Abel, meet Superman....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ann Patchett's Tale of Two Families Updated: 2008-08-12 14:46:52 Description: Set over a period of 24 hours, Run explores themes of family, race and identity. The book is Patchett's first novel since the acclaimed Bel Canto....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Age Of American Self-Loathing Updated: 2008-08-20 02:51:17 Description: NPR's Dick Meyer contends that, despite living in a time of relative peace and prosperity, Americans are "morally and existentially tired." In his new book, Why We Hate Us, Meyer diagnoses the problem....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Writer Ethan Canin Tackles The American Dream Updated: 2008-08-27 01:55:07 Description: America America is an ambitious, old-fashioned novel about politics, power and class in a small, upstate New York town. The Nixon-era tale is Canin's sixth book....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Poking Fun At The 'Stuff White People Like' Updated: 2008-09-03 06:25:54 Description: In a new book based on his popular blog, Christian Lander tracks the trends and tendencies of white people, from fair-trade organic coffee to vintage T-shirts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Breena Clarke Stitches A Slavery-Era Saga Updated: 2008-09-10 04:45:35 Description: In her second novel, Stand the Storm, Breena Clarke provides a glimpse into a little-known side of the nation's capital and one of its most iconic enclaves....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Being Young And Arab In Post-Sept. 11 America Updated: 2008-09-17 03:03:20 Description: In his new book, How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? Moustafa Bayoumi profiles seven young Brooklyn residents of Arab and Muslim heritage, detailing the obstacles they've faced since Sept. 11....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beauty, The Beast And A Dantean Journey Updated: 2008-09-23 19:13:21 Description: Andrew Davidson's debut novel, The Gargoyle, tells the love story of a burn victim and a mysterious sculptress who claims they first met 700 years earlier....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Imagining The Life Of The President's Wife Updated: 2008-10-01 00:44:05 Description: American Wife follows the life of a demure school librarian who becomes first lady of the United States. The novel, inspired by the life of Laura Bush, is the third from Curtis Sittenfeld....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alexandra Fuller Remembers a Wyoming 'Legend' Updated: 2008-06-03 19:57:55 Description: "Born with horses and oil in his blood," Colton H. Bryant was a sweet-natured Wyoming kid who died in an accident while working oon an oil rig in 2006. In a new book, Alexandra Fuller narrates the short life of a modern American cowboy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Updated: 2008-06-09 23:48:47 Description: In 1985, a single bottle of wine purported to be from Thomas Jefferson's own cellar was sold at auction for $156,000. Benjamin Wallace traces the mystery surrounding the bottle in The Billionaire's Vinegar....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan Choi Draws 'Interest' from Headlines Updated: 2008-03-19 20:18:10 Description: Susan Choi examines the "theatrical" component of innocence in her new book, A Person of Interest. It's a psychological thriller that chronicles a reclusive math professor's "improper" reaction to the murder of a popular colleague....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Suri Channels Conflicted Female Voice in 'Shiva' Updated: 2008-03-27 18:24:33 Description: Set in a newly independent — and bitterly divided — India, Manil Suri's The Age of Shiva is a story of a woman's journey in love, motherhood and family. Suri makes an imaginative leap into the intense voice of a female narrator caught bet...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dan Ariely Takes on 'Irrational' Economic Impulses Updated: 2008-04-01 15:23:41 Description: Classic economic models assume that people act in their own best interests, but economist Dan Ariely begs to differ. Ariely's new book, Predictably Irrational examines real-life decision making in an effort to determine why we waste money, underestim...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Turkish Immersion in 'The Bastard of Istanbul' Updated: 2008-04-14 01:01:38 Description: Though she has been charged with — and acquitted of — the crime of "insulting Turkishness," Elif Shafak's new novel, The Bastard Of Istanbul is steeped in the sights, colors and smells of Turkey's capital. It also grapples with the dark l...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD America and the 'New Global Order' Updated: 2008-04-15 16:57:18 Description: Parag Khanna discusses America in the 21st century and our place in The Second World....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding the Essence of Humanity in 'the Skies' Updated: 2008-04-22 20:39:14 Description: Jonathan Rosen's new book, The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature is a meditation upon the history of birdwatching — and the future of the natural world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ricard Price Cracks a Hardboiled, 'Lush Life' Updated: 2008-04-29 03:44:41 Description: Richard Price's new book, Lush Life, takes a hardboiled look at Manhattan hipsters, and the lawlessness lurking behind the veneer of trendy New York neighborhoods like the Lower East Side....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Strained Connections in 'Unaccustomed Earth' Updated: 2008-05-06 02:19:41 Description: Jhumpa Lahiri offers a new collection of stories exploring the rich terrain of Bengali-American life. The book is the third from the Pulitzer Prize winner....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Journalist Jonathan Steele Examines Missteps in Iraq Updated: 2008-05-12 22:34:17 Description: In Defeat, reporter Jonathan Steele contends that the Bush administration, by failing to balance military strategy with cultural sensitivities, was fighting an unwinnable battle from the day they invaded Iraq....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Master Storyteller With More tales To Tell Updated: 2008-05-19 21:34:20 Description: Our Story Begins is Tobias Wolff's first short story collection in more than a decade. Featuring 21 previously published classics along with 10 new stories, it's part "greatest hits" and part revelation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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