NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Kai Thomas about his debut novel In the Upper Country and exploring the Underground Railroad's little-known history in a community of free Black people in Canada.

Click here to read a book excerpt. "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" looks at the devastating 2016 fire in Fort McMurray, Canada, and what it shows about how climate change is ...

A 2023 National Book Award finalist, "Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World" (Vintage Books), by bestselling author John Vaillant, recounts the rise of climate science and the ...