The New Yorker first published a short story by Tessa Hadley in 2002. Titled “Lost and Found,” it described a friendship between two women who had been close since childhood. Hadley’s fiction is often consumed with relationships at this scale: tight dramas close to home. She captures, within these relationships, an extraordinary depth and complexity of emot ... Show More
Nov 21
Senator Chris Van Hollen on the Epstein Files, and the Leadership Crisis in Washington
<p>Both major parties are experiencing a crisis of leadership in Washington. President Trump’s flip-flopping on the Epstein files acknowledges that, on this issue, at least, he has lost control of MAGA. For the Democrats, the collapse of their consensus on the government shutdown ... Show More
27m 18s
Mar 2022
Author Tessa Hadley writes a juicy tale of the bourgeois in 'Free Love'
Author Tess Hadley's new novel opens with an affair, but that's not really what the book is about. Free Love is set in the 1960s just outside of London and it starts with a wealthy woman in her 40s, Phyllis, sharing a secret kiss with a much younger man who is not her husband (ga ... Show More
9m 8s
Feb 2021
Lauren Oyler Talks About Deception Online
<p>Lauren Oyler’s debut novel, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/books/review/lauren-oyler-fake-accounts.html" target="_blank">“Fake Accounts,”</a> features a nameless narrator who discovers that her boyfriend has a secret life online, where he posts conspiracy theories ... Show More
1h 7m
Jan 2021
#309 Kate Elizabeth Russell: Writing Fiction & Setting Boundaries
Kate Elizabeth Russell is a writer, based in Oregon. Her debut novel, My Dark Vanessa, was published in 2020 and has been translated into thirty-five languages. It’s been both a Sunday Times Bestseller and a New York Times Bestseller. Stephen King himself described it as ‘a hard ... Show More
30m 51s
Apr 2020
#254 Holly Bourne on Writing Teen & Adult Novels
My guest today is the brilliant author Holly Bourne who started her writing career as a news journalist, where she was nominated for Best Print Journalist of the Year. She then spent six years working as an editor, a relationship advisor, and general 'agony aunt' for a youth char ... Show More
37m 19s
Apr 2022
Jennifer Egan Talks About 'The Candy House'
<p>Jennifer Egan’s new novel, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/books/review/jennifer-egan-the-candy-house.html" target="_blank">“The Candy House,”</a> is a follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Visit From the Goon Squad.” A few characters appear in both books, but ... Show More
40m 44s
Mar 2021
Tillie Olsen and the Barriers to Creativity
<p>A.O. Scott, The Times’s co-chief film critic, returns to the Book Review’s podcast this week to discuss the work of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/books/review/Tillie-Olsen-tell-me-a-riddle.html" target="_blank">Tillie Olsen</a>, the latest subject in his essay se ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2023
Review: ‘The Fraud’, Zadie Smith
In more than two decades since Zadie Smith burst onto the literary scene with her debut novel, ‘White Teeth’, her books, essays and short stories have continued to enjoy commercial and critical success. Her latest novel brings to life the story of the Tichborne case – one of the ... Show More
29m 39s