Natalie Escobar
@natalieescobar.bsky.social
NPR editor / lesbian about town / probably sewing
Also I will say: I usually find books that talk about the 2016 election kind of unbearable, but I thought the approach St. James took was really thoughtful and engaging.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Also I will say: I usually find books that talk about the 2016 election kind of unbearable, but I thought the approach St. James took was really thoughtful and engaging.
I wrote about the book that's stayed with me the most this year: WOODWORKING by Emily St. James. My friends can attest to the fact that I couldn't stop talking about how good this book is, particularly how fully and beautifully rendered Erica and Abigail are. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I wrote about the book that's stayed with me the most this year: WOODWORKING by Emily St. James. My friends can attest to the fact that I couldn't stop talking about how good this book is, particularly how fully and beautifully rendered Erica and Abigail are. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Simply love that Ken Burns said sure, let Paul Giamatti play John Adams again, why the hell not
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Simply love that Ken Burns said sure, let Paul Giamatti play John Adams again, why the hell not
I got to edit a bunch of them back in 2021-2! This was one of my favorites
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A mad scientist and his bird in a bubble: The story behind a peculiar painting
The Los Angeles-area Huntington Museum and London's National Gallery are swapping two paintings: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy for Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I got to edit a bunch of them back in 2021-2! This was one of my favorites
www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1...
www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1...
She took me along on a reporting trip to the Hirshhorn to preview their 2022 Yayoi Kusama exhibition, which was one of my favorite days of work, ever! So grateful I got to work with her
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
She took me along on a reporting trip to the Hirshhorn to preview their 2022 Yayoi Kusama exhibition, which was one of my favorite days of work, ever! So grateful I got to work with her
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It's a big lift to do a project like this but lots of my closest friends have started having kids. I just kept reminding myself... www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's a big lift to do a project like this but lots of my closest friends have started having kids. I just kept reminding myself... www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...