Literature - Think

Inside The Partition Of India And Pakistan

March 29, 2018 Global Issues, History, Literature, Politics

Veera Hiranandani joins us to discuss her novel “The Night Diary,” which is set during the Partition of India in the late 1940s.

Tayari Jones Updates The Great American Novel

March 1, 2018 Literature

Novelist Tayari Jones joins us to talk about writing, “An American Marriage,” a love story set against a backdrop of racial injustice.

Who Or Whom? Who Cares.

February 5, 2018 Language, Literature

Lane Greene joins us to talk about how language evolves despite laws of grammar.

Best Of Think: Decoding Dan Brown

December 29, 2017 Best of Think, Literature

Author Dan Brown joins us to talk about his latest book, “Origin,” the fifth in his Robert Langdon series.

Best Of Think: The New Southern Gothic

December 28, 2017 Best of Think, Literature

Jesmyn Ward joins us to talk about her book, “Sing, Unburied, Sing.”

Best Of Think: Mohsin Hamid Explores Migrant Identity

December 27, 2017 Best of Think, Literature

Mohsin Hamid joins us to talk about his novel “Exit West,” which follows a young couple in an unnamed war-torn country who decide to leave their homeland behind to make a new life in an unfamiliar place.

Best Of Think: Lincoln In The Bardo

December 26, 2017 Best of Think, Literature

George Saunders joins us to talk about his first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo.”

Best Of Think: A Conversation With Novelist Zadie Smith

December 25, 2017 Best of Think, Literature

Novelist Zadie Smith joins us to talk about her newest effort, “Swing Time,” which follows two girls who dream of becoming dancers only to see their lives branch in dramatically different directions.