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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jean Chen Ho about her new book, Fiona and Jane. It describes how two Taiwanese American women who grew up in Los Angeles grow apart and find their way back to each other.

Pinkies up, Janeites! We mark the bicentennial of Austen's death with a look at her relationship with a beloved cuppa.

When the two songwriters sat down to pen their new one, "Let's Just Have Supper," they found themselves in the spirit of invitation rather than agitation.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews, "A Map of the World," by Jane Hamilton.

Patricia Park's novel, Re Jane, is a retelling of Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre set in modern-day New York and South Korea. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Jean Kwok about Park's novel.

2: Director and writer of the film version of Jane Austen's "Emma," DOUGLAS MCGRATH. Already known as a playwright, screenwriter and columnist, this is his debut as a director. "Emma" is generally regarded as Austen's most accomplished and wittiest novel--a matchmaker doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons. MCGRATH is author of the New Republic column, "Flapjack File."

The trailer for Netflix's new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion dropped this week. And it's going viral online — mostly in a bad way.

Questions about Jane Sanders' time at Burlington College are putting Sen. Bernie Sanders on the defensive at a time when some of his supporters are predicting a 2020 presidential run.

The note, which will enter circulation in September, was revealed on the 200th anniversary of Austen's death.

Both the sublime and the ridiculous get thorough airings this week as the team takes on the fine CW show Jane The Virginand the bonkers sex thriller The Boy Next Door.