NPR podcasts Book of the Day, Wild Card, and Short Wave highlight the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival: NPR

Friday, October 25, 2024; Washington, D.C. – NPR Book of the day, Wild card And Short wave The podcasts feature interviews with NPR journalists and national authors from this year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival, taking place in August 2024.

Current and upcoming episodes include recorded panels and interviews with NPR hosts Michel Martin, Rachel Martin, Emily Kwong, Regina Barber and authors Sandra Cisneros, James McBride, Rebecca Yarros, Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chaika.

Listeners can hear Short WAVEmily Kwong hosts an interview with writer Rebecca Yarros in a new episode Book of the day October 26. In their conversation, they discuss Yarros’ most popular romance novels, her creative inspirations, and her latest book, Iron Flame.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin will release an episode featuring Martin’s on-stage interview with author Sandra Cisneros on November 26. The Choose Your Own Adventure conversation celebrates the 40th anniversary of Cisneros’ book The House on Mango Street and gives listeners and book fans more insight into her life and journey as an author.

Additional National Book Festival interview podcast episodes include:

Morning EditionMichel Martin interview with James McBride on Book of the day

During a conversation with Martin Library of Congress Award for American Fiction James McBride talks about the inspiration for his latest novel, Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, and how leaving a career in journalism allowed him to find creative fulfillment in fiction.

Short waveRegina Barber interview with Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chaika

In a panel discussion led by Barber, Joy Buolamwini, author of Artificial Intelligence Unmasked, and Kyle Chaika, New Yorker writer and author of Filterworld,» explore how algorithms work, their impact, and how people can change them for the better.

You can hear all episodes on NPR.org and the NPR app.

NPR has supported the Library of Congress’s National Book Festival as a media partner for nine years. More information about the annual literary event can be found at: loc.gov/bookfest.

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About the National Book Festival/Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative heritage of the United States—and vast materials from around the world—both on site and online. It is the main research arm of the US Congress and the headquarters of the US Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and schedule a visitloc.govVisit the official website for information on US federal law at:congress.gov and register copyright creative works on the sitecopyright.gov.

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Daniel Wilson, NPR [email protected] Brett Zongker, Library of Congress, [email protected]