NPR Topics: Author Interviews

Doctor Works To Get Young Men Out Of 'Wrong Place'

Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
When young African-American men showed up at Boston City Hospital with knife and gunshot wounds, most were thought to be thugs or drug dealers. But Dr. John Rich took time to interview these victims and found out what was really behind their injuries.

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Imagining 'The Next Hundred Million' Americans

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500
The U.S. population is expected to reach 400 million by mid-century. In his book, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, Joel Kotkin argues that future will be green, diverse and suburban. Kotkin explains how the nation's changing demographics will transform American life and communities.

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20 Years Of Defending Death Row Inmates

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0500
Attorney David Dow has spent his career representing inmates who have been sentenced to death. Despite his efforts, many of his clients have been executed — and most of them were guilty. In his new memoir, The Autobiography of an Execution, Dow details what it's like to become emotionally involved with the people living on death row.

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Jenny Sanford Details Tumult In 'Staying True'

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:55:00 -0500
Of the recent political scandals involving infidelity — John Edwards, Elliott Spitzer, James McGreevy — one stands out, not for what the politician did, but for what his wife did not do. Jenny Sanford, wife of Gov. Mark Sanford, did not stand by her man in the cameras' glare. Her new memoir explains why.

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DeLillo's Man In The Desert, Up Against The Wall

Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
The author's latest novel is Point Omega, the story of a man who aided in the planning of the Iraq war. Like many of the books in DeLillo's 40-year career, it connects real-life events with themes of isolation and inevitability.

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