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Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side

Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side

Update: 2025-09-25
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Ken Jaworowski is out with a new crime novel with a surprising tender side. What About the Bodies is set in a fictional town past its glory days with a shuttered steel plant, closed coal mines, and a community that everyone talks about leaving. In today’s episode, the New York Times editor and author speaks with NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe about the three characters who converge in his story, the failed novels that predated this project, and why Jaworowski says he’s a better editor than writer.


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Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side

Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side