In his book “The Jazz Men: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America," Larry Tye makes the case that much of the American 20th century is intertwined with the three musical geniuses, including progress made toward Civil Rights.

Amor Towles has delighted readers with his novels "The Rules of Civility," "Lincoln Highway" and "A Gentleman in Moscow." His latest book, "Table for Two," is a collection of short stories. He’ll be at the Fayetteville Public Library on June 5 for a public conversation.

Amor Towles has delighted readers with his novels "The Rules of Civility," "Lincoln Highway" and "A Gentleman in Moscow." His latest book, "Table for Two," is a collection of short stories. He’ll be at the Fayetteville Public Library on Thursday, June 5, for a public conversation.

Emily Feng covers China, Taiwan and beyond for NPR from her Washington, DC base. For years, she was based in China, and her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom,” is about her time living and reporting in mainland China and the authoritarian rule there.

Scientific advances allow us to understand fertility more completely and help people have children who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to conceive, but we've come a long way. Isabel Davis’ book “Conceiving History: Trying for Pregnancy Past and Present” examines scientific, folkloric, political and societal connections to conception throughout history.

Trying to understand how what we might call evil exists can be daunting. From genocide to apartheid, organized wickedness can defy reason. Elizabeth Minnich considers the worst we can do and how it can happen in her 2016 book, “The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking.”

Matt McGowan’s new novel, "Western Swing," takes readers across the western U.S. as Ray, a man in his early 20s, leaves the family farm for a solo vacation. It doesn’t stay solo for long after his car’s engine block cracks, and he finds himself temporarily stuck in a small Wyoming town.

An section from a newly discovered manuscript from the "True Grit" author is now available for readers in the magazine's April issue.

Missouri-based Mathew Goldberg returns to northwest Arkansas to launch his debut short story collection "Night Watch."

Kevin Arnold is considering 25 years of his creative output. His work can be seen in an exhibition at the Local Color Studio Gallery. “Chapter 25 Flipping forward to back: a retrospective look at the work of Kevin Arnold” opened this week, and there will be a reception Friday, March 14.