NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Madeleine Thien about her new novel, The Book of Records begins when a seven year old girl named Lina arrives with her father in an unusual place.

In the novel “Speak to Me of Home,” three generations of women in one family grapple with their identities.

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.

The Massachusetts-based young adult writer dips into her middle school years and the unironic love for the things that bring ...