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In 1979, Gary Shteyngart's family moved from Leningrad to Queens. Three decades later, he wrote a memoir about growing up in a Russian immigrant family in New York. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says the book is full of rich, gratifying writing as well as pride, exuberance and sophisticated humor.

A prominent medical school has pulled back from electing students for a sought-after honor society, saying the award reinforces racial bias in medical education.

Peniel Joseph joins Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about how Black Lives Matter compares to the civil rights and Black Power movements.

If you're a jazz musician looking for recognition from the Grammy Awards, it helps to be playing a song that's familiar.

Drummer Stanton Moore — a founding member of the funk band Galactic — has a new release with "Here Come the Girls" on a tribute album to the late songwriting producer Allen Toussaint.

The latest book by the author of Outliers and The Tipping Point looks at miscommunication throughout history — and finds it's really hard to know whom to believe.

Last month, the House of Representatives voted for only the third time in history to impeach the president. Then something else unusual happened amid the holidays. Nothing.

America must brace for 100,000 or more people to die in the coming months in the coronavirus pandemic, the White House's response team warned.

Joe Sacco has made a career of tackling difficult subjects through imagery. He's a journalist and cartoonist who has reported on the Middle East and Bosnia — in both written and comic form. In his latest book, The Great War, Sacco turns to history, producing a 24-foot-long depiction of the horrifying first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Even if you hate the holiday, any day is a good day for chocolate and a swoony romantic read. But NPR's romance guru Bobbi Dumas is an unabashed lover of Valentine's Day, and she celebrating by asking five of her favorite authors to recommend their favorite romances — and describe their own Valentine traditions.