Author James Geary loves aphorisms, those short, witty statements that often contain profound truths.

Sleep scientist Michelle Carr has spent years researching dreaming. She explains dream engineering, including how sensory inputs like light, sound and vibration can influence the subconscious.

"Reflections in Black" was the first single-volume work to showcase images of leading Black photographers. NPR's Michel Martin visits author Deborah Willis to discuss a new expanded issue.

Author Rabih Alameddine won for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother). Other winners include a book for young people about orphans on the run in Iran during World War II.

Hester Kaplan felt as though she never knew her father, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning biographer Justin Kaplan.

Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty.

The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds.

In 2006, Marion Nestle published the landmark book “What To Eat” to help guide readers through grocery stores that often were designed to sell high cost, high-calorie, and highly processed food. Now's she's out with an updated version.

This week brings new releases from Joy Williams, Simon Winchester and Tracy K. Smith, among other talented writers.

Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much.