Fresh Air

The guest announced she had authored a new memoir titled Take Care of Them Like My Own, recounting her journey from pediatric surgeon to healthjustice activist.

He introduced his new paperback biography of brain surgery, describing how it covers the past, present, and future of the field.

The host explained that Buckley wrote her first book after discovering a family trunk of artifacts, and that the book helped her recognize her Black heritage and identity.

The interview noted that Buckley followed her first book with a second family memoir titled The Black Calhouns from Civil War to Civil Rights.

Buckley told the host that the term "black bourgeoisie" came from E.Franklin Frazier's book The Black Bourgeoisie, which she used as a reference point for her own work.

Chris Nushawati wrote The Future Was Now, a book chronicling the eightweek scifi summer of 1982 and its impact on Hollywood.

Chris Nushawati was credited as the author of Caddy Shack, a published work mentioned alongside his other titles.

Chris Nushawati also authored The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story, which was listed among his published works.

The host noted that Filkins covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the NewYorkTimes and authored the book The Forever War.

Filkins reported that the deputy secretary general of Hezbollah authored the movement's official history, a book called Hezbollah, The Story From Within, which outlines the group's aim to impose an Iranianstyle Islamic Republic in Lebanon.

Mengestu's novel was described as an idiosyncratic Americanimmigrant story that follows a network of immigrant taxi drivers.

The 2007 debut novel by Mengestu was referenced as the author's earlier work that gave him a strong voice for immigrant narratives.

It was presented as a potent read about a sophisticated, interconnected network of modern autocracies and how dictators cooperate through finance, technology and propaganda.

It was listed among her major works, covering the crushing of Eastern Europe between 1944 and 1956.

The book was introduced as Ann Applebaum's new work on how modern autocracies operate globally.

Auslander's new memoir examined the weight of his lifelong selfcontempt and how he tried to rewrite his story.

His first memoir recounted his childhood in an ultraorthodox Jewish community and his estrangement from that world.

Auslander described the collection of stories that includes Fah, noting it is a single volume called You Suck.

Shelley Duvall said she brought an antique illustrated copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales to the Malta set, intending to read it between takes. She mentioned only reading the Frog Prince story while planning her TV series.

Dr. Ruth explained that her parents owned a copy of Van der Waal's The Ideal Marriage, which she recalled seeing as a child and used to learn about sexuality.