Fresh Air

On Monday's show, writer Clay Risen describes a political movement which destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, civil servants, and artists whose beliefs or associations were deemed unAmerican. His book, Red Scare, is about postWorld WarII America, but he says there's a through line connecting that era to our current political moment.

Joining us today to talk about the life and legacy of the notorious B.I.G is journalist Justin Tinsley. He's the author of the book, It Was All a Dream, Biggie and the World That Made Him.

In the book, Tinsley explores Biggie's life in the context of not only rap, but the wider cultural and political forces that shaped him, including immigration, Reagan era politics, the war on drugs, and mass incarceration.

He wrote the book, It Was All a Dream, Biggie and the World That Made Him.

Justin Tinsley is the author of It Was All a Dream, Biggie and the World That Made Him.

Justin Tinsley, thank you so much for this conversation. ... Justin Tinsley is the author of It Was All a Dream, Biggie and the World That Made Him.

I want to reread Robert Louis Stevenson's three great works of fiction, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

One of the most exquisitely cynical lines in 20th century literature comes in the Italian novel The Leopard.

Your most famous story, the Santaland Diaries, is collected in this new Christmas collection, Holidays on Ice.

Sedaris first read his Santaland Diaries on NPR's Morning Edition in 1992 and later read extended versions of the lightly fictionalized essay both on This American Life and here on Fresh Air.

Her latest memoir, Free, My Search for Meaning, goes beyond the events of her trial and imprisonment and explores the realities of reintegrating into society and rebuilding a life.

She's written a new memoir titled Free, My Search for Meaning.

Amanda Knox's new memoir is Free. My search for meaning.

In her new book, The Second Coming, Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future, Sherman explores why Gen Z, that's people ages 13 to 28, are having less sex than previous generations.

Our guest today is Carter Sherman, a journalist... Her new book, The Second Coming, explores how Gen Z is redefining sex, intimacy, and power in the aftermath of abstinenceonly education, rising conservatism, and a hyperconnected digital world.

Carter Sherman, thank you so much for this book and for this conversation. Her new book is The Second Coming.

From Dickie Greenleaf and the talented Mr. Ripley, to Closer, Cold Mountain, and the Sherlock Holmes films.

His new book of poems, Forest of Noise, has just been published.

His new book of poems is called Forest of Noise.

He read from his new collection Forest of Noise.

Forest of Noise was mentioned again as his new book of poems.

I read that Mr. Mandela, who was in prison for 27 years, ... one of the things that kept him going was autobiography of Malcolm X. I was told to Alex Haley.

Like his 1998 bestseller, Confederates in the Attic, Spying on the South presciently explored the great divide in America between red states and blue.

His forthcoming book, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, The United States, Central America and the Making of a Crisis will be out in January.

He's the author of a previous book titled American Kleptocracy.

She was a writer and season three of TV's Fargo the season where you and McGregor played a dual role so she's got some instant cred and she's working from a well received source material James L. Swanson's Edgar award winning 2007 book Man Hunt the 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer.

Byron has written extensively about the Middle East and terrorism, including the book A High Price, The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism.

You know everybody has been asking how could Israel have missed what was going on, because you are the author of the book, A High Price, The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism.

He's an expert on the Middle East and terrorism, and his books include A High Price, The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism.

He is the author of several books, including A High Price, The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism.

She's a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Thick and other essays.

In 1985, he took a leave of absence from the Post to research and write his first book, Season on the Brink, about his year shadowing the volatile Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight. It became a bestseller, as did his book, A Good Walk Spoiled, a behind-the-scenes look at the pro golf tour.

His novel Strip Tease was made into a film starring Demi Moore, and his 1986 book Tourist Season was described as the first book about sex, murder, and corruption on the professional bass fishing circuit.

Stephen King has done Green Mile and The Body and Shawshank Redemption.

the only thing that I ever had to hide was a hardcover copy of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants because it was my sister's book. And so I just remember loving reading those books and then hiding it under my bed.