Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz is joined by Joumana Khatib to talk about the biggest titles yet to arrive in 2023.
Jan 30
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Hounding' by Xenobe Purvis
Xenobe Purvis’s slim but powerful debut novel, “The Hounding,” opens with a jolt: “The girls, the infernal heat, a fresh-dead body. Marching up the river path, the villagers.”How did we get here, with five young sisters living in 1700s England being hunted by an angry mob that su ... Show More
49m 39s
Jan 23
Chuck Klosterman Has So Much to Say About Football
The journalist, novelist and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman is best known for writing about rock music and pop culture in astute essay collections like “The Nineties,” “X” and “Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.” But Klosterman got his start in college as a sports journalist, and with ... Show More
45m 7s
Mar 2023
Ep. 134: Deborah Goodrich Royce (Author of Reef Road) + Book Recommendations
<p><strong>In today's episode, Deborah Goodrich Royce joins me to talk about her latest book, <a href= "https://amzn.to/3jV6naQ">Reef Road</a>. We discuss the personal story behind her book and the role of generational trauma in her writing niche, which she calls "Identity Thrill ... Show More
51m 24s
Apr 2023
Tea or Books? #115: Do We Like Books About Bookshops? and Quartet in Autumn vs Journal of a Solitude
Barbara Pym, May Sarton, and bookshops – welcome to episode 115! In the first half of the episode, we take up Sally’s suggestion of topic – and discuss whether or not we like books set in bookshops and libraries. More
1h 2m
Nov 2023
Tea or Books? #122: Mary Lawson novels w/ Mary Lawson!
Mary Lawson joins us to talk about all her novels – welcome to episode 122! I can’t quite believe I’m writing this, but THE Mary Lawson – Canadian author of Crow Lake, The Other Side of the Bridge, Road Ends, and A Town Called
1h 24m
<p><span>Margaret Atwood joins </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kevin-young">Kevin Young</a><span><span> </span>to read “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/a-stranger">A Stranger</a><span>,” by Saeed Jones, and her own poem “</span ... Show More
This week, Kennedy and Mikayla put their knowledge of each other to the test! They are guessing books the other would never read as well as telling each other books to put on their TBR.
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