Andrew Limbong
Stories
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Federal workers navigate uncertainty as the Trump administration slashes the workforce
After weeks of chaos and upheaval in the federal workforce, thousands still remain uncertain about their future.
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A new Robert Frost poem was discovered and published. Is it any good?
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New novel asks: How much can a male friendship take?
Eric Puchner's new novel, Dream State, was just named the latest Oprah book club pick. It's about a love triangle that tests the decades-long friendship of two college friends.
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The authors of two new memoirs discuss the emotional toll of sharing your trauma
Two new memoirs, How to Sell Out and Trauma Plot wrestle with the question — is it worth it to mine the worst parts of your life for a book? Authors Chad Sanders and Jamie Hood talk about how they tally up the emotional costs of memoir-writing.
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Trump wants to get rid of pennies. We go to a coin shop to examine their value
With the news that President Trump wants to get rid of the penny, we stopped by one coin collecting shop to find out their reaction.
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Nobel Prize-winning author takes on 'everyday, ordinary' things in new novel
Author Abdulrazak Gurnah was a surprise winner of the Nobel prize for his multigenerational saga of displacement and loss during the colonization of East Africa called Afterlives. He's back with a new book – Theft – that has a tighter focus – on a group coming of age in Tanzania in the early 2000s.
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Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE
Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
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Fact check: The book's always better than the movie
Movies adapted from books have a reputation for falling short. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with NPR's Barrie Hardymon and Andrew Limbong about what's good and bad about books turned into movies.
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Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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Here are some of the nonfiction books we're looking forward to reading this spring
Andrew Limbong of the NPR Books team shares the nonfiction books he's most looking forward to reading this spring.
