Elena Burnett

Record high oil prices, war with Iran, and controversial immigration policies are just some of the issues for voters. NPR's Domenico Montanaro talks about covering this year's complex midterms.

Ahead of Mother's Day, we brought together two novelists -- and friends -- Tayari Jones and Meg Wolitzer, to talk about what they love about reading and writing about mothers.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with James Wolff, the pseudonym of a former British intelligence officer who now writes about them in spy novels. His latest book is Spies and Other Gods.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sir Ian McKellen about playing a sour painter in The Christophers and why the 86-year-old actor hopes to never retire.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson about her new book, Project Maven, and the secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat of New Jersey, about Stand — his new book on American civic ideals — and his political future.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tanya Bush about her new cookbook. She writes about a tumultuous year in her life filled with challenges and self discovery -- through baking.

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with Sadeqa Johnson about her new novel THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN and discovering the story of mixed-race children who were left in German orphanages following World War II.

We're continuing to celebrate Black History Month by looking back at 2016, a year that brought big moments in the culture.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author George Saunders on his latest novel Vigil, and why he finds himself revisiting death in his work.