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This week's publishing highlights are a bumper crop of biography, science and fiction — including new reads the from authors of The Sweetness of Water, The God of Small Things, and Deadliest Enemy.

A conversation with Pierre van der Westhuizen

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Peter Swanson about his new mystery novel, Kill Your Darlings, which explores the reasons behind a poet's act of murder against her own husband.

Amid ongoing raids in Los Angeles, many immigrants are afraid to leave their homes. We hear what that's looking like from residents, workers and business owners in the San Fernando Valley.

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV.

Health and Human Services head, RFK Jr, is replacing all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee. We discuss the potential impact on public health policy.

Of the more than two dozen tariff threat letters President Trump has recently sent, the one to Brazil stood out, not only for proposing the highest import tax, but also for its personal tone.

President Trump has announced 30% tariffs on goods from the European Union, which are slated to take effect Aug. 1 if a trade deal is not made. NPR reports on the reaction from Europe.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with addiction correspondent Brian Mann about the drop in overdose deaths among teens and young adults in the U.S.