New York Times - Book Review
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Inside the New York Times Book Review: ‘The Golem and...
This week, Helene Wecker discusses her novel “The Golem and the Jinni”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; David Carr talks about David Sedaris’s “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Book Review Podcast: The Origins of World War I and More
This week, Harold Evans discusses two new books about the events leading up to World War I; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul talks about the spring children’s books section; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Book Review Podcast: Claire Messud and More
This week, Claire Messud discusses her new novel, “The Woman Upstairs”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Ramona Ausubel talks about her new short-story collection, “A Guide to Being Born”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Tom Perrotta talks about the letters of Willa Cather; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexandra Starr discusses T. D. Allman’s “Finding Florida”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Pamela Paul.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Meg Wolitzer talks about her new novel, “The Interestings”; Rachel Shteir discusses three new books about Chicago; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Sam Tanenhaus signs off as host, handing over the reins to Pamela Paul, the new editor of the Book Review, and hearing from past contributors.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Monte Reel talks about “Between Man and Beast”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Ada Calhoun discusses Mike Piazza’s memoir; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jonathan Sperber talks about his new biography of Karl Marx; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Parul Sehgal discusses Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Sam Tanenhaus.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jamie Quatro talks about “I Want to Show You More”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Carlene Bauer discusses “Frances and Bernard”; and Gregory Cowles has best-sellers news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Michael Moss talks about “Salt Sugar Fat”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Jennifer Szalai discusses the fiction of Renata Adler; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jeanine Basinger discusses marriage in the movies; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Charles McGrath talks about the letters of P. G. Wodehouse; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Emily Bazelon talks about “Sticks and Stones,” her new book about bullying; Phillip Lopate discusses the craft of essay writing; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Teddy Wayne talks about his novel “The Love Song of Jonny Valentine”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Caryn James discusses “Gods Like Us,” Ty Burr’s new book about movie stardom; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, John Burt discusses “Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Jeffrey Frank talks about Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Karen Russell talks about “Vampires in the Lemon Grove”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Adam Kirsch discusses two new biographies of Sylvia Plath; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Christoph Irmscher discusses the life of the scientist Louis Agassiz; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Timothy Naftali talks about Richard Nixon; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Joe Queenan talks about his reading habits; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; J. D. Biersdorfer discusses new apps about famous wars; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Lawrence Wright discusses Scientology; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Emily Bazelon talks about Sonia Sotomayor’s new memoir; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Bill Keller discusses three new books about nuclear weapons; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Susan Chira talks about Susanna Sonnenberg’s “She Matters”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, John Homans talks about “What’s a Dog For?”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Allan Kozinn discusses Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jami Attenberg discusses her novel “The Middlesteins”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Maxwell Carter talks about “The Art Forger” by B. A. Shapiro; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Robert P. George discusses “America’s Unwritten Constitution”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Jonathan Mahler talks about the fate of Detroit; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Molly Haskell discusses two new books about old Hollywood; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Liesl Schillinger on three books about the world of high fashion; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, a discussion of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2012; Caroline Weber talks about Duran Duran; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Steven Heller on his latest Visuals column; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, a big show for the Book Review’s big holiday issue, with discussions about our 100 Notable Books of 2012, a dictionary controversy, the Rolling Stones, Joseph Cornell, the Dallas Cowboys, Shakespeare apps and best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Andrew Solomon discusses “Far From the Tree”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; John Schwartz talks about recording his own audiobook; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Charles McGrath talks about Alice Munro’s “Dear Life”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; J. D. Biersdorfer discusses Sean Howe’s history of Marvel Comics; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Sam Tanenhaus.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jon Meacham discusses his new book, “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power”; Pamela Paul talks about the year’s best illustrated children’s books; Sam Tanenhaus explains the prescient politics of John Updike’s “Rabbit Redux”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Nate Silver talks about his new book, “The Signal and the Noise”; Parul Sehgal discusses publishing news; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Robert Christgau talks about Pete Townshend’s new memoir; Amanda Foreman discusses J. K. Rowling’s novel “The Casual Vacancy”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Chris Ware talks about “Building Stories”; Parul Sehgal has notes from the field; Dexter Filkins discusses Mark Owen’s “No Easy Day”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Lois Lowry discusses her novel “Son”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Evgeny Morozov talks about the world of hacktivists; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Kevin Powers discusses his novel “The Yellow Birds”; Matt Taibbi talks about Seth Rosenfeld’s “Subversives”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Junot Daz talks about “This Is How You Lose Her”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alex Witchel discusses her memoir “All Gone”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jennifer Szalai and Parul Sehgal discuss several new books about women’s issues; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Tom Reiss talks about “The Black Count”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jennifer Egan discusses Michael Chabon’s “Telegraph Avenue”; Parul Sehgal on the flood of important fiction this fall; Daniel Smith talks about his book “Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Christopher Buckley talks about Christopher Hitchens’s “Mortality”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Barry Gewen discusses George Orwell’s diaries; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
On this week’s podcast, Emma Gilbey Keller talks about Rachel Cusk’s “Aftermath”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Tyler Cowen discusses Joseph E. Stiglitz’s new book about income inequality; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review
This week, Nicholas Confessore talks about Samuel L. Popkin’s “The Candidate”; Henry Alford discusses two new books about modern manhood; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Elizabeth Samet discusses Anthony Swofford’s new memoir; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Joseph Berger talks about Theodore Roosevelt’s time as New York’s police commissioner; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, David Sanger discusses Barack Obama’s foreign policy; James Shapiro talks about A. N. Wilson’s book “The Elizabethans”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Larry Tye talks about his biography of Superman; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; David Haglund discusses Sheila Heti’s new novel; Bruce Handy shares the art of collecting dull books; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Geoffrey Ward talks about his new book, “A Disposition to Be Rich”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Holland Cotter discusses the artist Thomas Hart Benton; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Linda Hirshman talks about “Victory,” her history of the gay rights movement; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Lawrence Downes discusses the android Philip K. Dick; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Rachel Swarns talks about Michelle Obama’s family history; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Dexter Filkins discusses Syria; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Richard Ford discusses his new novel, “Canada”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Mark Hyman talks about the rising cost of youth sports; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Peter Keepnews talks about “Animal House”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Robin Finn discusses Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen; Gregory Cowles has best-seller news; and Times staffers share their summer reading plans. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Joe Klein talks about Jonah Goldberg’s “The Tyranny of Clichs”; Jeff Shesol discusses Eric Alterman’s history of liberalism from the New Deal to the present; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Judith Newman discusses Anne Enright’s memoir “Making Babies”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul talks about children’s books; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Robert Caro discusses the new volume in his series about Lyndon Johnson; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charlotte Rogan talks about her debut novel, “The Lifeboat”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Nell Freudenberger discusses “The Newlyweds,” her new novel; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; T. M. Luhrmann talks about how evangelical Christians relate to God; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Frank Langella discusses his new memoir; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Kevin Young talks about his book “The Grey Album”; Andrew Delbanco on the essays of Marilynne Robinson; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Michael Kranish and Scott Helman discuss their biography of Mitt Romney; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jeremy Denk talks about the sounds of nature; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Elaine Pagels discusses the Book of Revelation; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Zbigniew Brzezinski on America and the crisis of global power; Anne Sebba talks about the life of Wallis Simpson; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Mark Leyner discusses his new novel, “The Sugar Frosted Nutsack”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Meg Wolitzer on the cultural reception of fiction written by women; Tim Weiner talks about his new history of the F.B.I.; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jeanette Winterson discusses her new memoir; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jonathan Haidt talks about his new book, “The Righteous Mind”; Charles McGrath revisits a golden age of golf; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Hari Kunzru on his new novel, “Gods Without Men”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charles Duhigg discusses the science of habits; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Amber Dermont discusses her debut novel, “The Starboard Sea”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jennifer Schuessler on a dictionary of regional American English; J. Hoberman talks about Geoff Dyer’s “Zona”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jennifer B. McDonald on “The Lifespan of a Fact”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; John Leland discusses a history of gay American writers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Charles Isherwood discusses a new book about playwright Ben Jonson; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Patricia Cohen discusses her new book about the science of middle age; Alexander Star talks about Friedrich Nietzsche’s impact on American readers; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Geoffrey Kabaservice discusses his new book about the history of moderate Republicanism; Theda Skocpol on the Tea Party; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Gary Bass talks about Philip Taubman’s book...
This week, Gary Bass talks about Philip Taubman’s book “ThePartnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb”; Louisa Thomas discusses “Some of My Lives,” a memoir by Rosamond Bernier; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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John Horgan on Robert Trivers’s “The Folly of Fools” and...
This week, a conversation with John Horgan about “The Folly of Fools” by Robert Trivers; Christopher Beha on a number of new books about our relationship to animals; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The life and inventions of Hedy Lamarr and a sequel to...
This week, composer John Adams on Richard Rhodes’s book, “Hedy’s Folly”, about the life and inventions of Hedy Lamarr; Liesl Schillinger discusses “Death Comes to Pemberley”, P.D. James’s sequel to “Pride and Prejudice”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The Ten Best Books of 2011
This week, the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2011; Gerald Marzorati on “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire”, Will Hermes’ book about the New York music scene in the 1970s; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; the Times’s Susan Chira discusses “No Higher Honor”, the new memoir by Condoleeza Rice; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The 100 Notable Books of 2011
This week, the editors of the Book Review on the 100 Notable Books of 2011; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Andrew Graham-Dixon talks about his new biography, “Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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A biography of Vincent Van Gogh and the Big City Book...
This week, Deborah Soloman on a new biography of Vincent Van Gogh; Ginia Bellafante on the latest selection of the Big City Book Club; the Times’s national legal correspondent, John Schwartz explains his preference for audiobooks; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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This week, historian David Greenberg assesses Ann...
This week, historian David Greenberg assesses Ann Beattie’s new novel, “Mrs. Nixon: A Life”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexander Star takes an anthropological view of Afghanistan; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news.
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This week, John Lewis Gaddis on George F. Kennan; Pamela...
This week, John Lewis Gaddis discusses the life and career of diplomat George F. Kennan; Pamela Paul talks to children’s books legend, Chris Van Allsburg about his new book, “The Chronicles of Harris Burdick”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Sam Anderson On “IQ84” by Haruki Murakami
This week, Kathryn Schulz and Sam Anderson discuss the new novel “IQ84” by Haruki Murakami; Harvey Araton describes the glory days of the New York Knicks in his book, “When the Garden Was Eden”; and we bid a fond farewell to the Book Review’s best-seller columnist, Jennifer Schuessler. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Frank Rich talks about the life of film critic Pauline...
This week, Frank Rich talks about the life of film critic Pauline Kael; Richard Brookhiser discusses his new biography of James Madison; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Susan Orlean on her book, “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the...
This week, author Susan Orlean explores the life of a canine icon in her book, “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend”; Steven Heller talks about his latest Visuals column; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The Times’s executive editor Jill Abramson on her new...
This week, the Times’s executive editor Jill Abramson on her new book, “The Puppy Diaries”; Helen Schulman talks about her novel “This Beautiful Life”, a selection of The Big City Book Club; Christopher Chabris discusses new books about the science of the human brain; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Stephen Greenblatt on the Roman poet and philosopher,...
This week, Stephen Greenblatt on his new book “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”; Andre Aciman discusses his new collection of travel essays called “Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere”; Jacques Steinberg profiles athletes who compete in the most grueling triathalons in “You Are An Ironman”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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John Lithgow discusses his new memoir, “An Actor’s...
John Lithgow discusses his new memoir, “An Actor’s Education”; Joe Nocera reviews Ron Suskind’s “Confidence Men”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Tour talks about his new book, “Who’s Afraid of Post...
This week, author and journalist Tour talks about his new book, “Who’s Afraid of Post Blackness?”; Maureen Dowd reviews the new memoir by film critic Roger Ebert; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Leah Cohen on her new novel, “The Grief of Others”; the...
This week, Leah Cohen talks about her new novel, “The Grief of Others”; Adam Gopnik and Pamela Paul discuss the art of children’s books and the art of writing about them; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman, co-author of “That...
This week, Times Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman, co-author of “That Used to Be Us,” talks about America’s decline and possible recovery; Bill Keller surveys the career of Christopher Hitchens; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Tom Perrotta's "The Leftovers"; Erica Heller on her...
This week, conversation with Tom Perrotta about the fictional Rapture in his new book, "The Leftovers"; Erica Heller reminisces about her father, Catch-22 author, Joseph Heller; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Amy Waldman's "The Submission"; Holland Cotter on the...
This week: a conversation with Amy Waldman about her 9/11 themed novel, "The Submission"; and the Times's Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic, Holland Cotter, discusses the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960's. For our back-to-school issue, we have a discussion with James Patterson and Rick Riordan about young reluctant readers; Patricia Cohen with interesting new data on public education; and Jennifer Schuessler on first read programs for incoming college freshmen. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Nicholson Baker’s “House of Holes”; Deborah Soloman on...
This week: Sam Lipsyte on Nicholson Baker’s “House of Holes”; Deborah Soloman on the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The search for the Garden of Eden; "A Book of Secrets"...
This week, author Brook Wilensky-Lanford talks about the search for the Garden of Eden in her new book, "Paradise Lust"; Toni Bentley reviews "A Book of Secrets" by Michael Holroyd; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Helen Schulman on her novel, "The Beautiful Life"; how...
This week, Helen Schulman on her new novel, "The Beautiful Life"; the linguist Ben Zimmer explains how computers reveal the jargon of fiction; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Janet Reitman's "Inside Scientology" and Adam Ross on...
This week, Janet Reitman discusses her new book, "Inside Scientology"; Adam Ross describes the inspiration for his story collection, "Ladies and Gentlemen"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Novelist John Banville, also known as Benjamin Black;...
This week, a conversation with novelist John Banville, who also writes crime fiction under the name Benjamin Black; Esmeralda Santiago on the setting and characters of her new book, "Conquistadora"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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A history of the papacy, life with Stieg Larsson, notes...
This week, The Times's executive editor Bill Keller reviews “Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy,” by John Julius Norwich; Eva Gabrielsson talks about her life with Stieg Larsson, author of the Millenium Trilogy; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Louisa Thomas on her book, “Conscience” and Katie Roiphe...
This week: Louisa Thomas on her book, “Conscience,” and World War I pacifism; Katie Roiphe on Pamela Haag’s “Marriage Confidential”; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The debut of the 'The Mechanic Muse' column; Andrew...
This week, Kathryn Schulz and Alex Star on the debut of the Book Review's new column, The Mechanic Muse; Andrew Delbanco discusses "Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America" by David S. Reynolds; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Eleanor Henderson, Author of “Ten Thousand Saints”; Asti...
This week: Eleanor Henderson discusses her debut novel, “Ten Thousand Saints,” and the straight-edge music scene; Asti Hustvedt on her book, “Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth Century Paris”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Erik Larson’s new best-seller; Emily Gould on “Your...
This week: Dorothy Gallagher on Erik Larson’s new best-seller, “In the Garden of Beasts”; Emily Gould discusses “Your Voice in My Head,” the new memoir by Emma Forrest; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Restaurant Critic Sam Sifton on New Cookbooks; An...
This week, Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton discusses new cookbooks coming out this season; Dominique Browning with an overview of books on gardening; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. The Book Review's Senior Editor, Alex Star is the host this week.
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David McCullough's New Book; the Wall Street Implosion;...
This week, historian David McCullough talks about his new book, "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris"; Times business reporter Gretchen Morgenson, co-author of "Reckless Endangerment", describes the causes of the Wall Street implosion; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Harold Bloom on His Life and Work; Comedian Albert...
This week, a conversation with literary scholar Harold Bloom about his life and work; comedian Albert Brooks discusses his first novel, "2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam
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Dr. Jane Goodall discusses two new picture books about...
This week, children's books editor Pamela Paul talks Dr. Jane Goodall; essayist Geoff Dyer discusses his craft; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Ian Brown discusses his memoir, "The Boy in the Moon"...
This week, Ian Brown discusses his memoir, "The Boy in the Moon"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; former Times op-ed columnist Leslie Gelb talks about the new book by Mohamed ElBaradei; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Arthur Phillips about his new novel, "The Tragedy of...
This week, a conversation with Arthur Phillips about his new novel, "The Tragedy of Arthur"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Adam Goodheart on the Civil War
This week, a conversation with Adam Goodheart, author of "1861 The Civil War Awakening." Julie Bosman has notes from the field, a panel discusses poetry in the modern world and Jennifer Schuessler has best seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Meghan O'Rourke on her new memoir, "The Long Goodbye"...
This week, poet and essayist Meghan O'Rourke on her new memoir, "The Long Goodbye"; Jennifer Schuessler discusses her back page essay on David Foster Wallace and the I.R.S; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler returns with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Henry Kissinger on Otto Von Bismarck and a dictionary of...
This week, a special conversation with Henry Kissinger about Otto von Bismarck; linguist Ben Zimmer on a new 3 volume dictionary of slang, Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Joseph Lelyveld revisits Gandhi's years in South Africa...
This week, Joseph Lelyveld revisits Gandhi's years in South Africa; the Times's John Schwartz on a new biography of Will Rogers; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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John Darnton on his memoir, "Almost a Family"; Times art...
This week, author and journalist John Darnton on his memoir, "Almost a Family"; Times art critic Holland Cotter on a new biography of the painter Amedeo Modigliani; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Joshua Foer discusses his book, “Moonwalking With...
This week, Joshua Foer discusses his book, “Moonwalking With Einstein”; Frank Bruni talks about the chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir, “Blood, Bones and Butter”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Michael Frayn on his new memoir, "My Father's Fortune"...
This week, Michael Frayn tells us about his new memoir, "My Father's Fortune"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Donovan Hohn discusses the ocean odyssey of 28,000 rubber duckies in "Moby Duck"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Bing West on the war in Afghanistan and David Hajdu on...
This week, Bing West discusses the war in Afghanistan in his new book, "The Wrong War"; music critic David Hajdu talks about the life and career of singer Ethel Waters; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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A new biography of Socrates and introducing our new...
This week, Walter Isaacson discusses a new biography of Socrates called "The Hemlock Cup" by Bettany Hughes; Pamela Paul talks about her new role as Children's Books Editor of the NY Times Book Review; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Amy Chua's "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" and Allison...
This week, Susan Dominus takes a close look at Amy Chua's "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"; Alexandra Jacobs discusses Allison Pearson's new novel, "I Think I Love You"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Karen Russell on her first novel, "Swamplandia!" and Lee...
This week, Karen Russell discusses her first novel, "Swamplandia!"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Lee Siegel talks about the dark side of the internet; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news.
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The career of Irving Kristol; persistent, but mistaken,...
This week, Paul Berman discusses the career of Irving Kristol, the "godfather of neoconservatism"; The Times's Bruce Weber talks about some persistent, but mistaken, sports myths; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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Examining classics of Western literature; novelists as...
This week, Harvard philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly, co-author of "All Things Shining", examines the classics of Western literature; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; James Ryerson talks about novelists who are trained philosophers; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 01/14/2011
This week, Sam Tanenhaus talks with authors Jennifer Egan and Siddhartha Mukherjee in front of a live audience at Barnes and Noble; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news.
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NYT: Book Review for 01/07/2011
This week, The Times's David Carr talks about media prophet Marshall McLuhan; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Anand Giridharadas explores modern India in his new book, "India Calling"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/31/2010
This week, Sam Anderson, Adam Kirsch and Katie Roiphe discuss the art and importance of literary criticism; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/24/2010
This week, novelist and critic Dale Peck describes the career of Austrian playwright and novelist, Thomas Berhard; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; The Times's Neil Genzlinger discusses a new book called "Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward" by Paul Johnson; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/17/2010
This week, Garrison Keillor discusses "The Autobiography of Mark Twain"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; The Times's Bill Carter talks about his new book, "The War for Late Night"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/10/2010
This week, conversation with two writers who made the Book Review's Top Ten Best Books of 2010: Jennifer Homans, author of "Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet", and Siddhartha Mukherjee, who wrote "Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/03/2010
This Week: A conversation about the Book Review’s list of the 10 Best Books of 2010; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; John Schwartz discusses Doonesbury at 40; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/26/2010
This week, Charles McGrath discusses William Trevor's new collection of short stories; Patricia Cohen reports on the digital humanities; Alexandra Jacobs and Julie Bosman discuss Steve Martin and his new book, "An Object of Beauty"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/19/2010
This week, a conversation with Keith Richards about The Rolling Stones and his new memoir, "Life"; composer John Adams reviews a new biography of John Cage; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/19/2010
This week, a conversation with Keith Richards about The Rolling Stones and his new memoir, "Life"; composer John Adams reviews a new biography of John Cage; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/12/2010
This week, Charles McGrath on Siddhartha Mukherjee's biography of cancer, "The Emperor of All Maladies"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul reviews two new books about mean girls and mean moms; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/05/2010
This week, Stacy Schiff discusses her new biography, "Cleopatra: A Life"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Julie Just looks back on her five years as the Times' children's books editor; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/29/2010
This week: A conversation with Ian Frazier about his travels in Siberia; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Deborah Soloman discusses the secret life of artist Grant Wood; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/22/2010
This week: Jonathan Alter and Christopher Caldwell on political books and the midterm elections; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/15/2010
This week, a conversation with novelist Nicole Krauss about her new book, "Great House"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Steven R. Weisman discusses the fascinating life of former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/08/2010
This week, Times reporter Kate Zernike discusses Tea Party politics; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Sam Roberts talks about new findings in the Rosenberg spy case; and Jennifer Schuessler has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/01/2010
This week: the science writer Annie Murphy Paul discusses her new book “Origins” and the emerging scientific field of fetal origins; Gay Talese talks about the art of nonfiction narrative and his new collection of sports writing, “The Silent Season of a Hero”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/24/2010
This week, Alexandra Jacobs reviews "The Hiliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women", the new memoir by novelist James Ellroy; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Kaiama Glover discusses "Some Sing, Some Cry", by award-winning writers and real life sisters, Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/17/2010
This week, Norwegian novelist Per Petterson discusses his career and his new book, "I Curse The River of Time"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Susan Casey, author of "The Wave", talks about giant ocean waves and the daredevil surfers who chase them; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/10/2010
This week, Darin Strauss talks about his memoir, "Half a Life"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jennifer Egan discusses her review of Tom McCarthy's new novel, "C"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/03/2010
This week, Isabel Wilkerson discusses her book, "The Warmth of Other Suns", an account of the Great Migration; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; historian Sean Wilentz talks about the world of Bob Dylan; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/27/2010
This week, a conversation with Suzanne Collins about "Mockingjay", the final book in her Hunger Games trilogy; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Sam Tanenhaus and Greg Cowles discuss Jonathan Franzen's new novel, "Freedom"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host
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NYT: Book Review for 8/20/2010
Author Eliza Griswold discusses her new book, "The Tenth Parallel," on the war between Islam and Christianity; Julie Bosman has notes from the field and Back Page essayist Chrystia Freeland tells us what's wrong with business books. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/13/2010
This week, author Martin Cruz Smith on his latest Russian mystery novel, "Three Stations"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Sara Ivry discusses the new story collection, "Death is Not an Option" by Suzanne Rivecca; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/06/2010
This week, a conversation with author Jonathan Weiner on the science of immortality; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Times dining critic Sam Sifton tells us about four endangered wild fish; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/30/2010
This week, a conversation with author Jonathan Weiner on the science of immortality; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Times dining critic Sam Sifton tells us about four endangered wild fish; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/23/2010
This week, a conversation with novelist Allegra Goodman about her new book,”The Cookbook Collector”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; author Stefanie Syman tells us about the long history of yoga in America; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/16/2010
This week, a conversation with Mo Willems and Jon J Muth about their new children’s book, “City Dog, Country Frog”; Christine Muhlke discusses Anthony Bourdain’s new book, “Medium Raw”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/09/2010
This week, a conversation with Jennifer Egan about her new novel; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Christopher Hitchens on Philip Pullman’s version of the life of Christ; and Jennifer Schuessler has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/02/2010
This week, Baz Dreisinger tells us about the latest biography of reggae star Bob Marley; Charles McGrath on a new memoir by terrorism expert, Jessica Stern; Nicholas Confessore discusses two books about Eliot Spitzer; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/25/2010
This week, Yale psychologist Paul Bloom on the origins and meanings of pleasure; Charles McGrath talks about John Updike's archive; David Carr reviews "Portrait of the Addict as a Young Man" by Bill Clegg; and Jennifer Schuessler has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/18/2010
This week, Christopher Hitchens on his new memoir, "Hitch-22"; Patricia Cohen describes a brewing controversy in the Orthodox Jewish community; Chris Suellentrop explores the world of videogames; and Jennifer Schuessler has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/11/2010
This week, Sloane Crosley talks about her new essay collection, “How Did You Get This Number?”; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; Deborah Solomon reviews a new biography of art dealer Leo Castelli; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/04/2010
This week, a conversation with Ted Mooney about his new novel, "The Same River Twice"; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; Bruce Handy on children's books by John Grisham and Rick Riordan; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/28/2010
This week: Garrett Keizer on his new book "The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want"; the Times's Charles McGrath on the controversy surrounding the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/21/2010
This week, Graydon Carter discusses the new novel by Martin Amis; Howard Bryant explores the life of the baseball great Henry Aaron; Olen Steinhauer talks about his new thriller, “The Nearest Exit”; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/14/2010
This week, a conversation with novelist Scott Turow about his long-awaited sequel to "Presumed Innocent"; Times legal reporter John Schwartz discusses his new children's book about the perils of being short; Julie Bosman has notes from the field and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/07/2010
This week, Adam Kirsch on the philosopher Martin Heidegger and the Nazis; Francine Prose discusses the life and stories of Irne Nmirovsky; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 4/30/2010
This week, novelist Deanna Fei explores the complexities of being Chinese American in her first book, "A Thread of Sky"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Jeremy McCarter discusses the contested identity of William Shakespeare; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 4/23/2010
This week, Alan Brinkley discusses the life of Henry Luce, creator of the Time-Life Magazine empire; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Charles McGrath explores the curious life of author Muriel Spark; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 4/16/2010
This week, a conversation with Anna Quindlen about her novel, "Every Last One"; Times culture reporter Larry Rohter tells us about this year's Pulitzer Prize winners; Daniel Gross talks about two excellent new books about the Wall Street implosion; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 4/09/2010
This week, a conversation with David Remnick about his new biography of Barack Obama; Patricia Cohen leads us through the strange new world of neuro-literature; Norris Church Mailer discusses her memoir and her life with the great author, Norman Mailer; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 4/02/2010
This week, a special look at books about Vietnam with novelist Tatjana Soli, author of "The Lotus Eaters", and Sebastian Junger who reviews "Matterhorn" by Karl Marlantes; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; children's books editor Julie Just discusses parenting in young adult fiction; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 3/26/2010
This week, we talk with Professor Nell Irvin Painter about her book, "The History of White People"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Pamela Paul tells us about group marriage therapy; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 3/19/2010
This week, Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times, talks about presidential campaign books; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; essayist Elif Batuman discusses her adventures in Russian literature; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 3/12/2010
This week, Jim Frederick discusses an Iraqi tragedy in his new book, "Black Hearts"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Luc Sante talks about a mind-bending non-fiction book; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 3/05/2010
This week, Danielle Trussoni discusses her new novel, "Angelology"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Joseph O'Neill, author of "Netherland", discusses Turkey and a new book about the Armenian Massacre; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 2/26/2010
This week, author James Hirsch tells us about his biography of baseball legend, Willie Mays; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; the Book Review's Alida Becker talks about driving in China; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 2/19/2010
This week, author Ted Conover leads us on a tour of roads across the globe; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; The Times’s Richard L. Berke remembers the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 2/12/2010
This week, novelist Cathleen Schine tells us about "The Three Weissmanns of Westport"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Andrew Young, former aide to John Edwards, discusses his new memoir, "The Politician"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 2/05/2010
This week, a conversation with Amy Bloom about her new story collection, "Where the God of Love Hangs Out"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Lee Siegel discusses Christopher Lasch's classic, "The Culture of Narcissism"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 1/29/2010
This week, music legend Patti Smith discusses her new memoir, "Just Kids"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Rebecca Newberger Goldstein chats about her new novel, "36 Arguments for the Existence of God"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 1/22/2010
This week, a conversation with best-selling author Atul Gawande about his new book, "The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Charles Isherwood, theater critic for The New York Times, remembers the great Joseph Papp; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 1/15/2010
This week, we talk with Jonathan Dee about his new novel, "The Privileges"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Stacy D'Erasmo guides us though Javier Maras’s trilogy, Your Face Tomorrow; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 1/08/2010
This week, we talk with Elizabeth Gilbert about her new memoir, "Committed"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Mika Brzezinksi takes us inside the life of a mom who's also an anchorwoman; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 1/1/2010
This week: Katie Roiphe on sex and the American male novelist; Lorraine Adams on post-colonial African fiction; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/25/2009
This week, Michael Scammell discusses his monumental biography of Arthur Koestler; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Rick Moody reminisces about the great Led Zeppelin; and Greg Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/18/2009
This week, the strange life of novelist Patricia Highsmith; singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega discusses another singer-songwriter, the Beatles' Paul McCartney; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/11/2009
This week, George Packer discusses the interesting times we're living in; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Deborah Solomon revisits the pop era; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 12/04/2009
This week, our 10 Best Books of 2009; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Caroline Weber discusses some photography and art books; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/27/2009
This week: A conversation with short story master Alice Munro; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Clyde Haberman talks about Capt. Chesley Sullenberger's miracle landing on the Hudson River; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host
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NYT: Book Review for 11/20/2009
This week: A conversation with tennis great Andre Agassi about his new memoir; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Stephen King discusses a new biography of short story writer, Raymond Carver; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/13/2009
This week, Susan Cheever discusses Mary Karr's new memoir, "Lit"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; David Carr tells us about the life and times of British journalist, Harry Evans; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 11/06/2009
This week, a special look at our fall children's books issue with Adam Gopnik, Julie Just and Ryan Southerland; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; a conversation with pro wrestler Hulk Hogan; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/30/2009
This week: Anne Heller discusses her biography of philosopher and novelist, Ayn Rand; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Wiliam Grimes tells us about the culinary history of New York; and Jennifer Scheussler has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/23/2009
This week: Jonathan Lethem discusses his new novel, "Chronic City"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Frank Bruni describes the life and times of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/16/2009
This week: Times Op-Ed columnist Gail Collins discusses her new book, "How Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; James Traub reviews Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's new book about genocide; and Gregory Cowles has bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/09/2009
This week, a conversation with Maureen Dowd about Dan Brown's new novel, "The Lost Symbol"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Times business reporter Peter Goodman talks about the state of the economy; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 10/02/2009
This week, Edmund White talks about his new book, City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s; Motoko Rich has Notes from the Field; Pamela Paul discusses the science of child rearing; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/25/2009
PODCAST TAG: This week, novelist Lorrie Moore talks about her new book, A Gate at the Stairs; Motoko Rich has Notes from the Field; Joe Klein discusses a new book about Bill Clinton; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/18/2009
This week, journalist Nicholas Kristof talks about his new book, Half the Sky; Motoko Rich has Notes from the Field; literary funnyman Paul Rudnick discusses his new book of essays; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/11/2009
This week, E.L. Doctorow discusses his new book, Homer and Langley; Motoko Rich has Notes from the Field; Leonard Marcus tells us about a charmng new children's book; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 9/04/2009
This week, young novelist Nick McDonell talks about his new book, "An Expensive Education"; Motoko Rich has Notes from the Field; Times book critic Dwight Garner discusses Paul Bowles; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/28/2009
This week, author Ron Suskind discusses Tracy Kidder's new book, "Strength in What Remains," Motoko Rich has notes from the field, Elsa Dixler looks back on the 1960's and Jennifer Schuessler has best seller news.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/21/2009
This week, Frank Bruni on his new book, "Born Round, the Secret History of a Full-time Eater, Sir Harold Evans on Alex S. Jones's new book, "Losing the News"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field and Jennifer Schuessler has best seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/14/2009
This week, novelist Richard Russo talks about his new novel, "That Old Cape Magic"; Times reporter Patricia Cohen describes a new publishing controversy; Mary Jo Murphy tells us about the greatest tennis match ever played; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 8/07/2009
This week, reviewer Jonathan Rosen on a new biography of Theodore Roosevelt; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Times columnist Gail Collins reminisces about Woodstock; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/31/2009
This week, author Christopher Caldwell discusses Islamic migration in Europe; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; author Colum McCann reimagines New York City in 1974; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/24/2009
This week: Tour discusses the Yankees and their many scandals; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; back page essayist Ed Park talks about literature’s “invisible library”; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/17/2009
This week: A conversation with the best-selling mystery writer Janet Evanovich; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; the novelist Rafael Yglesias talks about his new book, “A Happy Marriage”; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/10/2009
This week, Arianne Cohen talks about the lives of very tall people; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; author Howard Blum discusses a new book about a crime in 1930s Los Angeles; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 7/03/2009
This week, The Times' Neil MacFarquhar tells us about his interesting experiences in the Middle East; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Caitlin Macy discusses the new novel by Jill Ciment; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/26/2009
This week, Robert Wright tells us how God evolved; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Richard Haas, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the two wars in Iraq; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/19/2009
This week, Katie Roiphe tells us about the return of grand passions and stormy love affairs; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Times columnist Ross Douthat asks whether there are barbarians dominating the internet; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/12/2009
This week,a conversation with novelist Kate Walbert about her new book, A Short History of Women; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Paul Barrett tells us about the Wall Street implosion; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 6/05/2009
This week, conversations with two tremendously successful authors, John Irving and Danielle Steel; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/29/2009
This week, Jonathan Miles discusses food writing from many decades ago; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; Christine Muhlke looks at some new food-themed memoirs; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/22/2009
This week: Walter Kirn discusses his memoir, "Lost in the Meritocracy"; Motoko Rich has Notes From the Field; Robert Sullivan takes us on a tour of old Manhattan; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/15/2009
This week: a conversation with novelist Jeffrey Eugenides; Motoko Rich has Notes From the Field; the Times' Helene Cooper talks about Africa's first female president; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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NYT: Book Review for 5/08/2009
This week: Laurie Halse Anderson discusses her young adult novel, "Wintergirls"; author and illustrator Peter Brown talks about his new picture book, "The Curious Garden"; Motoko Rich has Notes From the Field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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