The Best of NPR Books 4-10

This week, we remember Peter Matthiessen, compose Twitter poetry with Kima Jones, and explore the odd Victorian phenomenon of competitive pedestrianism.  Plus, Matt Taibbi on inequality and pro baller Britney Griner on finding "a place of peace" after coming out. View this email in your browser update preferences

Author Interviews 'In Paradise,' Matthiessen Considers Our Capacity For Cruelty At 86, Matthiessen has written what he says "may be his last word." In Paradise, a novel about a visit to a Nazi extermination camp, caps a career spanning six decades and 33 books. Read this story Code Switch Kima Jones, On Black Bodies And Being A Black Woman Who Writes In her poetry, Kima Jones explores racial and sexual identity in the modern world — and the future. Nostalgic and assertive, her work revolves around a recurrent protagonist: the person of color. Read this story Author Interviews In The 1870s And '80s, Being A Pedestrian Was Anything But Huge crowds packed arenas to watch the world's best pedestrians walk in circles for six days at a time. And trainers encouraged the athletes to drink champagne — at the time considered a stimulant. Read this story Author Interviews In Book's Trial Of U.S. Justice System, Wealth Gap Is Exhibit A Journalist Matt Taibbi investigates the differences between punishment for white-collar and blue-collar crimes in The Divide. He also questions beliefs about who is "appropriate for jail." Read this story Code Switch Coming Out In Basketball: How Brittney Griner Found 'A Place Of Peace' At 23, Griner is one of the best female basketball players in the world — and now she's also an author. In a new memoir, she discusses being bullied as a kid and coming out as a lesbian in college. Read this story

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