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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Fans of The Washington Post's now-canceled Book World section had a send-off for it last weekend. It was one of the last major sources of book reviews and recommendations for a general news audience.
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His KCRW show in which he interviewed authors was nationally syndicated until 2022. He was 73.
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Virginia Evans' debut novel, The Correspondent, was a sleeper hit of 2025. The book tells the story of a divorced woman in her 70s through her letters to her friends, kids, loved ones and strangers.
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Kids are used to being told about what they can't do yet but will be able to do someday. "It's all this potential," says author Jon Klassen — and that's what his new board book is about.