Byrne talks about his work with the artist Maira Kalman on his latest book, and Brittany K. Barnett discusses "A Knock at Midnight."
Jun 27
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Yesteryear,' by Caro Claire Burke
“Yesteryear,” Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel, tells the story of Natalie Heller Mills: an ultrasuccessful tradwife influencer who posts about her life on Yesteryear Ranch, a homestead where she grows her own food, tends to cows and chickens, raises her six children and models a ... Show More
58m 19s
Jun 19
Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began
In April 1989, a newspaper clipping about an art exhibit landed in the mailbox of the Rev. Donald Wildmon, the founder of a conservative evangelical group, the American Family Association. Partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the exhibit included a now-infamous p ... Show More
34m 56s
Sep 2023
Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan
<p><span>Dorothea Lasky joins Kevin Young to read “Three Songs,” by Louise Bogan, and her own poem “The Green Lake.” Lasky is the author of several books of poetry and prose, including her forthcoming collection “The Shining.” She’s the co-creator, with Alex Dimitrov, of Astro Po ... Show More
37m 19s
Oct 2023
Hal Foster on the Age of Art Theory
Hal Foster is one of the most well-known thinkers about art today. In a career that spans several decades, he is known for important much-cited books including The Return of the Real from 1996, Design and Crime from 2002 and most recently, Brutal Aesthetics from 2020. He teaches ... Show More
46m 25s
<p><span>Ling Ma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/seeing-ershadi">Seeing Ershadi</a><span>,” by Nicole Krauss, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 2018. M ... Show More
<p><span>Akhil Sharma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/10/24/zombie-2">Zombie</a><span>,” by Joyce Carol Oates, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 1994. Sharma ... Show More
<p><span>Elif Batuman joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1961/12/02/truth-and-fiction">Truth and Fiction</a><span>,” by Sylvia Townsend Warner, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><spa ... Show More
<p><span>Diane Mehta joins Kevin Young to read “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing">The Lost Art of Letter Writing</a><span>,” by Eavan Boland, and her own poem “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/2 ... Show More
<p><span>Aria Aber 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/2014/11/10/half-light">Half Light</a><span>,” by Frank Bidart, and her own poem “</span><a h ... Show More
<p><span>Kate Baer joins Kevin Young to read “The Morning After,” by Ellen Bass, and her own poem “Mixup.” Baer is the New York </span><em>Times</em><span><span> </span>bestselling author of three poetry collections, including, most recently “And Yet.”</span></p>
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