Andrew Limbong
Andrew Limbong is a reporter for NPR's Arts Desk, where he does pieces on anything remotely related to arts or culture, from streamers looking for mental health on Twitch to Britney Spears' fight over her conservatorship. He's also covered the near collapse of the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic. He's the host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast and a frequent host on Life Kit.
He started at NPR in 2011 as an intern for All Things Considered, and was a producer and director for Tell Me More.
Originally from Brooklyn and a graduate of SUNY New Paltz, he previously worked at ShopRite.
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Among his day one actions, President Trump is reviving his first-term efforts to promote classical architecture for federal buildings.
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The rapper Snoop Dogg has been taking criticism for performing at one of President Trump's pre-inauguration events over the weekend.
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A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly drafted poems were written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.
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The California wildfires are burning in the middle of what's usually a busy awards season in Hollywood, home to many celebrities.
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From the fictional story of a pregnant woman stuck in an IKEA during an earthquake, to in-depth reporting on Alzheimer's research, here are the books we're looking forward to in the next few months.
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NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, about his recent piece in Foreign Affairs, "How Trump Can End the War in Ukraine."
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Former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered for many things tonight, but in Georgia, he's being remembered as one of the Peach State's own.
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Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times. With two new translations of his work out now, it's worth asking – why do we keep returning to this well?
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The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.
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NPR staffers bring you more than 300 new book recommendations in the latest edition of Books We Love. Plus, what to expect from a record-breaking holiday spending season.