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Legendary guitarist and co-founder of The Smiths, Johnny Marr discusses his career and personal story in his new autobiography Set the Boy Free .

Journalist Masha Gessen talks about her latest book, Where the Jews Aren’t: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region . She also shares advice for surviving under autocratic rule, drawing from historical sources and personal experience.

Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston talks about America’s post-election political reality and what it means for our relationship with Israel.

Writer Stephanie Danler conjures the adrenalized world of high-end restaurant work and evokes the fragility and brutality of being young in New York, in her debut novel Sweetbitter .

The New York Times correspondent Alan Schwarz exposes the roots and rise of ADHD, and reveals the powerful forces fueling its widespread diagnosis and drug treatment, in his latest book ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic .

Astronaut Mike Massimino talks about everything NASA—from the first time he saw Earth from space, to what having “the right stuff” really means—in his new memoir Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe .

Actor Bryan Cranston talks about the many roles he’s played on camera and off, and traces his journey from chaotic childhood to cult-like mega-stardom, in his new memoir A Life in Parts .

Food journalist and author Mark Bittman shares his latest book, How to Bake Everything , and discusses food policy.

In her debut novel, The Girls , Emma Cline tells a seductive coming-of-age story inspired by the slavish young women caught up in Charles Manson’s bloody cult.

Child psychologist Alison Gopnik shares her latest book, T he Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship between Parents and Children .