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Mary McCarthy's classic 1957 memoir, Memories of a Catholic Girlhood.

Questlove talks about his new book, Hip Hop is History, a detailed look at hip hop over the decades from his perspective as a performer and historian of the genre.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz based on the best-selling novel.

His new book is Small Acts of Courage, a Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy.

Velshi's book is a compelling narrative about a family in the Indian diaspora and a reflection on the meaning of citizenship in its many forms.

His new memoir is Small Acts of Courage, A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy.

His new memoir is Small Acts of Courage, a Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy.

He has a new collection of personal essays titled, Ghost Dogs on Killers and Kin.

He has a new collection of essays called Ghost Dogs on Killers and Kin.

Sure. Well, I can play you one thing from Suzuki Book 5, which is how... Everybody who plays Suzuki Book 5 will play this piece.

Rachel Summerstein has written a new book titled Invisible Labor, the untold story of the cesarean section, which explores the history and controversy surrounding the operation.

Rachel Summerstein's new book is called Invisible Labor, the untold story of the cesarean section.

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There's a wonderful new book called Barons about the food industry written by Austin Freerich.

I happened to hear somebody reviewing a book written by a pig farmer, Dick King Smith, in England called The Sheep Pig, and the way this was someone on the BBC radio. I immediately went and bought the book and read it and recognized that indeed this was a classic Joseph Campbell hero myth.

As we learn in a new memoir, Michael McDonald's entire career has been somewhat of a musical nod to both the past and the future.

The name of his memoir is titled What a Fool Believes, named after the Doobie Brothers' 1979 Grammywinning song.

He's written a new memoir titled What a Fool Believes, cowritten by comedian and author Paul Reiser.

Something you said in your book that I thought was really interesting is that initially, or maybe for a time, you were not aware that the song versions that you were hearing, like of your favorite songs, had been covers by Black artists from previous generations.

Michael McDonald's new memoir is What a Fool Believes.

He read a book called Beyond laughter by a psychiatrist, Dr. Grotron, about the relationship between horror and humor.

Another Word for Love is the name of his new memoir, and it starts with Wallace at seven years old, when he and his mother were unhoused for a year.

He's written a new memoir called Another Word for Love.

Our guest today is writer Carvel Wallace. He's written a new memoir called Another Word for Love.

Writer Carvel Wallace. His new memoir is called Another Word for Love.

He's the author of the 2017 book, How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat from Within.

Brittany Greiner has a new memoir called Coming Home.

Her new memoir is called Coming Home. We'll hear more of their conversation after a break.

We get clues from a new trade paperback, The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins, whose entries begin in 1959.

He has a new memoir, A Man of Two Faces,

Maureen Corrigan will review Colm Tobin's new novel Long Island, a sequel to his best-selling novel Brooklyn.

Long Island, together with Brooklyn, is a devastating diptych about a woman in two different seasons of her life, thrashing against the constraints of fate.

The opening shocker on the second page of Long Island is that the easygoing Tony, her husband of now 20 years, has been getting restless himself.

Long Island opens in 1976 when a strange man appears at Eilish's door and bluntly announces that Tony has impregnated his wife.

Our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, says she's glad Tobin followed his instincts.

Brittany Greiner has a new memoir called Coming Home.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Brittany Griner, and she's written a new memoir called Coming Home about her life and about her imprisonment in Russia.

Brittany Griner's new memoir is called Coming Home.

She has a new memoir called Coming Home.

His books include The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, Leviathan and the Book of Illusions.