Writers & Writing

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.

NPR's Mary Louise talks with Chris Chibnall, author of Death at the White Hart.

True crime books, podcasts and documentaries capture audiences everywhere.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Augustine Sedgewick about his new book, "Fatherhood," which illustrates as a collective portrait of emblematic fathers throughout history from Aristotle to Bob Dylan.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with authors Kelly Corrigan and Claire Corrigan Lichty about their new book Marianne the Maker.

Jason Reynolds writes stories that meet kids where they're at, as full, complex people. He talks with Rachel about the value of being a crier, and his restless approach to living life to its fullest.

Donika Kelly wrote part of her new poetry collection, "The Natural Order of Things," during her first year of teaching, at a time when U.S. drone strikes in military conflicts were killing civilians.

Beijing has become determined to maintain China's place as the dominant tech manufacturer.

Mallon has been keeping diaries for most of his life. The Very Heart of It collects entries from the years 1983 to 1994, when he had recently come out as gay and moved to New York City.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Peter Swanson about his new mystery novel, Kill Your Darlings, which explores the reasons behind a poet's act of murder against her own husband.