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The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, a new novel by Mojha Kahf is about a Syrian girl transplanted to the American Midwest in the 1970s. The book delves into clashes among Muslims and bigotry from non-Muslim Americans.

There are two kinds of people in the portion of North Carolina surrounding Durham and Chapel Hill: Duke fans and North Carolina fans. Will Blythe is NOT a Duke fan. He writes about his obsession with a college basketball rivalry in a new book.

Siri Hustvedt's new novel, The Sorrows of an American, begins one winter day when two adult children uncover a mysterious letter among their late father's papers. Hustvedt tells Jacki Lyden that the book draws from her own father's unpublished memoir.

Edward P. Jones won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Known World, a tale of black slave owners in the antebellum South. His latest work is the short story collection All Aunt Hagar's Children. Washington, D.C. — Jones' home town — is a major character in the stories.

In 1932, World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand payment of a bonus. The violence that ensued helped Franklin Roosevelt become president. Paul Dickson is co-author of a book revisiting an overlooked event in U.S. history: the Bonus Army.

Sherman Alexie has written novels and other works of fiction, such as Reservation Blues, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Alexie about his most recent book of short stories, Ten Little Indians.

Isn't an old-school book about blogs sort of self-defeating? Sarah Boxer, editor of the book Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web thinks not. She discusses the anthology and how she got to the essence of blogs without writing a single revealing entry of her own.

DJ Betto Arcos spins soulful songs from a prison in Malawi, dance music from Congo and more.

C. Vivian Stringer, head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team, discusses her 800th career game win, bouncing back from Don Imus' racial slur against her team, and her autobiography Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph.

About a week into the Israel-Hamas war, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman wrote: “I have never been more worried about how this situation could spin out of control..."

Wambach retired from soccer in 2015, and now, as a professional speaker, she shares three books that helped her learn to be a leader — both on the field and off.

A federal appeals court lets stand a judge's dismissal of GOP challenges to thousands of Ohio voter registrations. In one contentious hearing in Akron, Summit County election officials dismissed all 976 challenges brought by state Republicans. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Tourism is a vital industry for our state, and Florida Matters is taking a look at how businesses fared in the wake of red tide, what's new with our theme…

A gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday. WLRN reporter Peter Haden joins NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Children ages 12 to 15 have been approved to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Pierce Freelon, a children's musician, hopes to encourage more kidsto get vaccinated with a new song: "Cootie Shot."

House and Senate Republicans huddled at a retreat in Baltimore this week to figure out their agenda for the year. But that task is complicated by the presidential election and the Donald Trump factor.

Audie Cornish talks to Mike Inchalik about the late John D. Lowry, a technology innovator whose work restored classic films such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind to a pristine state for DVD release. Inchalik was Lowry's business partner and friend for 15 years.

Under a proposal moving through the legislature, the office would be renamed the "Office of Supplier Development." And its focus would shift from supporting women and minority-owned enterprises to Florida-based small businesses and veteran-owned businesses.

"I knew I had wanted to do something with light because I felt like it's just been such a dark year and a half that I wanted to bring light to whatever it was I was doing," Laura Weiss told NPR.

A NASA panel has put out a report on unidentified anomalous phenomena. In Mexico, a ufologist claims to have alien corpses. NPR's A Martinez talks to Ryan Graves of Americans for Safe Aerospace.

At least nine bills introduced in Congress take aim at pharmacy benefit managers, the powerful middlemen that channel prescription drugs to patients. Here's what the fuss is all about.

The renowned chef may be famous for his Michelin-star-winning restaurants, but he also runs a string of gourmet bakeries. He shares some favorite confections for Easter, with recipes for hot cross buns, marshmallow eggs and carrot muffins.

NPR reporters visited the Milan Olympic Village in the days before the opening ceremony to investigate the dining hall dessert situation and other pressing questions.

Judy Jordan is the second poet to read her work as part of All Things Considered's series for National Poetry month. Jordan was born to a family of sharecroppers in North Carolina and her poetry comes from that experience. Her first book won the Walt Whitman prize (4:00) Jordan's book, Carolina Ghost Woods, is published by Louisiana State University Press, ISBN # 0807125563. You can also visit our feature page about Jordan, which provides the text for her poem, as well as extra information about her.

Tomatoes are the highlight of the end of the summer garden and local farmers’ markets.