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Each week, NPR's Book Tour presents leading contemporary authors of both fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their current work. Login to Add this to your Playlist Primary Format : Arts Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. DirectoryPodcast.com has the most recent listings of NPR: Book Tour Podcast Podcasts Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of NPR: Book Tour Podcast Podcasts Methings.com listings of NPR: Book Tour Podcast Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of NPR: Book Tour Podcast 'Rag And Bone': In Search Of The Holy Dead From dismembered toes to leathery tongues, Peter Manseau explores the centuries-old obsession with relics, the body parts of long-dead saints and spiritual leaders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Witty Tale Of Academia And Angst Emily Fox Gordon skewers the foibles of academic life in It Will Come to Me, a comic novel set on the campus of a large Southern university. The book is the first work of fiction from the acclaimed memoirist. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Delusional Odyssey Through New York's Tunnels In John Wray's new novel, Lowboy, a schizophrenic teenager goes off his meds and disappears into the New York subway system. His mission: to save the world by losing his virginity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Stories From Two Bright New Literary Voices A recent issue of the literary magazine Granta included moving stories from two new writers: Daniyal Mueenuddin, author of the book In Other Rooms, Other Wonders; and Justin Torres. The writers read from their works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tracking The Cold War's Legacy In The Middle East In Sowing Crisis, Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi examines how Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continue to undermine stability in the Middle East. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Superhero For A Self-Absorbed Society Once a popular superhero, Captain Freedom's fame is in decline. In G. Xavier Robillard's satire of our celebrity-obsessed pop culture, Freedom does what any self-respecting superhero would do: hires a life coach and starts searching for his roots. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | An Epic Of Ethiopia, Full Of Medical Lore Physician Abraham Verghese's debut novel, Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | An Epic Of Ethiopia, Full Of Medical Lore Physician Abraham Verghese's debut novel, Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | T.C. Boyle's 'Women' Recasts Frank Lloyd Wright Bio Writer T.C. Boyle explores the scandalous and passionate turns in the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright through the perspective of his wives and mistresses. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Man Who Signed His Name 'A. Lincoln' Drawing on recently discovered letters and photographs, historian Ronald C. White offers a new, highly praised biography of America's 16th president. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'So Damn Much Money': The Influence Of Lobbyists When former DNC Chair Robert Strauss said, "There's just so damn much money in it," Robert Kaiser knew he had a title for his book on the multibillion-dollar world of political lobbying. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | In A New Memoir, Azar Nafisi Breaks Her Silence Set against the backdrop of a changing Iran, the author's Things I've Been Silent About shares the personal story of her family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Examining The Fiery Legacy Of Andrew Jackson In American Lion, Jon Meacham delivers a portrait of the war-grizzled seventh president, a fierce populist who reshaped the executive branch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Final, Epic Work From Roberto Bolano When the Chilean-born, Mexican-reared Bolano died in 2003, he was virtually unknown in the English-speaking world. Six years later, critics are calling him one of the greatest modern writers. Editor Lorin Stein discusses his last novel, 2666. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Joseph Priestley And 'The Invention Of Air' Steven Johnson recounts the story of the 18th century radical thinker Joseph Priestley, scientist, theologian and one of America's lesser known Founding Fathers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Politics And Play: America's Rebel Athletes In A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin offers a witty alternative history of America as seen through the games its people played. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | An Epic Tale Of Opium And Empire In Sea of Poppies, a British trading ship carrying an eclectic group of passengers sets sail on the eve of the First Opium War. The novel, the sixth from Amitav Ghosh, was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Lessons From A Master: 'Hallelujah Junction' In a new memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams chronicles his life and offers insights into his acclaimed –- and often controversial — operas and orchestral works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Getting Inside Carl Capotorto's 'Twisted Head' Carl Capotorto's family name translates as "twisted head," which, he says, "is no accident." In his new memoir, The Sopranos actor describes growing up Italian American and gay in the Bronx. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Atwood Explores The 'Shadow Side Of Wealth' In Payback, a timely collection of essays, novelist Margaret Atwood examines the ancient and central role that debt has played in our culture, literature and societies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |