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You Need Three for a Parade
You Need Three for a Parade

Episode 412

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a call for help and a weird stock purchase at The Strand, more encouraging hires in publishing, an ugly fight at B&N goes…

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JACK by Marilynne Robinson
JACK by Marilynne Robinson

Episode 411

Jeff and Rebecca discuss Jack by Marilynne Robinson. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Book Trip, by C.J. Duarte, Penguin Ra…

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Gird Your Whatevers
Gird Your Whatevers

Episode 410

Jeff and Rebecca mostly respond to listener ideas for bonus episodes. Some of it is even about books. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is s…

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Adaptation Nation: Little Fires Everywhere, High Fidelity, and Enola Holmes
Adaptation Nation: Little Fires Everywhere, High Fidelity, and Enola Holmes

Episode 409

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the recent adaptations of Little Fires Everywhere, High Fidelity, and Enola Holmes. This episode is sponsored by: This episo…

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Word of Mouth for Robots
Word of Mouth for Robots

Episode 408

Jeff and Rebecca ask for ideas for post-election episode topics, go over what is going on with book sales, float the idea of making author “retiremen…

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(Re)Introducing Ourselves to Louise Glück
(Re)Introducing Ourselves to Louise Glück

Episode 407

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the life and work of 2020 Nobel Laureate Louise Glück, plus an extended discussion of her 1993 poem, “Vespers.” This epis…

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30 Dirty Spoons
30 Dirty Spoons

Episode 406

Jeff and Rebecca tease their special 2020 Nobel Prize episode, look at the National Book Award longlist, consider an interesting new position at Simo…

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Half Baked Ideas, Volume 2
Half Baked Ideas, Volume 2

Episode 405

Jeff and Rebecca pitch ideas that are not quite ready for prime-time. This episode is sponsored by Grand Central Publishing and Iris Johansen’s CHAOS…

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A Mighty Hrrumpff
A Mighty Hrrumpff

Episode 404

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon’s apparent discount decline, a new Executive Editor at Random House, another major James Patterson donation, and m…

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It Book: TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM by Yaa Gyasi
It Book: TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM by Yaa Gyasi

Episode 403

Liberty Hardy of All the Books! and Rincey Abrams of Read or Dead join Jeff to talk about Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORE…

5 years, 5 months ago

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