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She says, "Instead of feeling mortified, I felt defiant." In The Clancys of Queens, Clancy tells stories of growing up in a working-class, New York family.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Canadian country singer Lindi Ortega about her new studio album, "Liberty." The album is a cinematic journey that reflects Ortega's triumph over difficulties.

Most people who know me know that I quit smoking over three years ago, after puffing away like a house afire for decades. I did it because I finally...

The comic and cabaret performer says she's had audience members walk out of her raunchy live act. In her new film, she plays a washed-up local rock star whose daughter is an aspiring rap artist.

The music star talks about writing for children, standing up to bullies, and why her program to deliver books to children meant so much to her dad.

Musician Ella Vos has been through a lot lately: postpartum depression, cancer and divorce. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks Vos, who's real name is Lauren Salamone, about her second album.

This is part of Essential Voices , a series of interviews with people confronting COVID-19. Long term care facilities have been hit hard by the COVID-19...

The 1980s movie darling talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the impact of the era's pop culture, which came up during hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. These days she has a teen of her own.

Nazila Fathi covered Iran for The New York Times until she feared her arrest was imminent. She then fled her homeland. Her new book, The Lonely War, tells of the challenges of reporting on Iran.

Terry McMillan, the best-selling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back, tells NPR's Scott Simon that she writes because she wishes she were a magician. She shows off her tricks in Who Asked You?, a novel with many narrators — including a woman named BJ and her husband, children and grandkids.