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For years, the author of The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin and Cat's Eye was reluctant to write a memoir, but in 'Book of Lives: A Memoir', Margaret Atwood talks about being Canadian, and the people and places that shaped her writing.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Julian Brave NoiseCat, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer, about his new book, "We Survived the Night."

Sometimes life imitates art. In a production of Fiddler on the Roof, which contains a meddling matchmaker trying to get couples together, the two real-life leads have fallen in love.

A new study shows that like humans, crows can recognize geometric regularity, making them the first nonhuman animal known to have this ability.

In Greece, like much of Europe and the world, birth rates are sharply declining and populations are quickly aging.

A favorite to replace Trevor Noah at The Daily Show, Roy Wood Jr. has come a long way from his start riding the bus to stand-up gigs. He's hosting the White House Correspondents' dinner on April 29.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Hector Colon Cruz, deputy director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response in Puerto Rico, about the large number of pregnancies showing evidence of Zika.

The Auschwitz museum has thousands of pieces of enameled kitchenware. In one mug, a carefully constructed false bottom successfully hid items from the Nazis.

A Hindu nationalist group celebrates its centenary amid a remarkable trajectory: Once banned for its association with Gandhi's killer, a former follower now leads India.

Organizers say they expect millions of Americans will march this weekend against the policies of the Trump administration. The protests come amid National Guard deployments in several cities.