/tags/literature literature en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:03:00 GMT /music-arts-culture/2025-03-28/from-memoir-to-romantic-thrillers-spring-brings-engrossing-new-reads Bloomsbury Book's new co-owner, Megan Isser, gives JPR's Vanessa Finney a glimpse into this season's new releases from authors Suzanne Collins, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Charlotte McConaghy and more. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:03:00 GMT /music-arts-culture/2025-03-28/from-memoir-to-romantic-thrillers-spring-brings-engrossing-new-reads Vanessa Finney /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-12-05/fri-9-40am-follow-me-into-auschwitz Holocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:04:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-12-05/fri-9-40am-follow-me-into-auschwitz Vanessa Finney /music-arts-culture/2025-01-07/ashland-booksellers-share-their-best-winter-reads JPR's Vanessa Finney gets recommendations for this season's reading from three local booksellers: Lynn and Kat from The Book Exchange and Megan from Bloomsbury Books. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:45:24 GMT /music-arts-culture/2025-01-07/ashland-booksellers-share-their-best-winter-reads Vanessa Finney /music-arts-culture/2024-12-27/new-memoir-offers-a-personal-lens-into-a-chapter-of-oregons-cultural-history A new book by Ginette DePreist - “Reach Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist” - describes her late husband's key role in the growth and development of the Oregon Symphony. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently visited Ginette at her apartment in Portland and had a conversation about the book, and James' musical legacy. Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:28:49 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-12-27/new-memoir-offers-a-personal-lens-into-a-chapter-of-oregons-cultural-history Vanessa Finney /music-arts-culture/2024-12-09/do-ask-do-tell-memoir-reminds-us-to-share-our-stories JPR’s Vanessa Finney discusses “Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust” with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:47:36 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-12-09/do-ask-do-tell-memoir-reminds-us-to-share-our-stories Vanessa Finney /music-arts-culture/2024-11-08/new-book-explores-womens-contributions-to-global-music The acclaimed radio essay series, "Turning the Tables," has inspired a new book. JPR's Vanessa Finney talks with two contributors about “How Women Made Music: a Revolutionary History from NPR Music.” Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:57:27 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-11-08/new-book-explores-womens-contributions-to-global-music Vanessa Finney /music-arts-culture/2024-10-31/hello-halloween-heres-a-curated-list-of-the-seasons-spooky-reads Bloomsbury Books shares with JPR's Vanessa Finney their recommendations for your next scary story — and the depth and breadth of the Horror genre might surprise you. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:46:28 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-31/hello-halloween-heres-a-curated-list-of-the-seasons-spooky-reads Vanessa Finney /music-arts-culture/2024-09-13/for-this-poet-laureate-the-land-is-her-muse Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape. Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:10:29 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-09-13/for-this-poet-laureate-the-land-is-her-muse Vanessa Finney /weather/2022-10-25/press-pass-dont-let-the-apocalypse-get-you-down Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:04:13 GMT /weather/2022-10-25/press-pass-dont-let-the-apocalypse-get-you-down Erik Neumann /music-arts-culture/2021-12-23/writer-joan-didion-whose-electric-anxiety-inspired-a-generation-has-died-at-87 When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before. Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:50:36 GMT /music-arts-culture/2021-12-23/writer-joan-didion-whose-electric-anxiety-inspired-a-generation-has-died-at-87 Susan Stamberg