NPR’S BOOK OF THE DAY
- 'An American Marriage' author Tayari Jones is out with a new novel 'Kin' March 5, 2026Tayari Jones, author of the 2018 novel An American Marriage, says her next book was supposed to be about gentrification in the American South. But while writing her draft, Jones says she realized the backstory of that project was actually the real story. That’s how her new historical fiction novel Kin was born. The book […]
- Andrew Krivak’s novel 'Mule Boy' takes readers inside a Pennsylvania coal mine March 4, 2026Author Andrew Krivak grew up hearing stories about his grandfather, who died in a coal mine collapse in the early 1900s. These stories inspired Mule Boy, a novel about a 13-year-old who survives a deadly accident at a Pennsylvania mine. The story takes place during a 24-hour period in which the boy, now an old […]
