Steve Jobs famously said, “People don’t read anymore.” Ironically, after his death, his biography went on to become the bestselling book on Amazon last year. Nancy Armstrong researches how books –s novels, in particular – convey a changing world and help readers come to another sort of personal identity. Armstrong is the Gilbert, Louis & Edward Lehrman Professor of English at Duke University and she edits the journal, “Novel: A Forum on Fiction.” She joins host Frank Stasio to discuss what novels can tell us about ourselves and the world we live in.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
Shawn Wen joined the staff of The State of Things in March 2012 and served as associate producer until February 2014.
