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Back to SearchThe Rise and Fall of The Village Voice
Episode 476
Tricia Romano’s new book, “The Freaks Came Out to Write,” is an oral history of New York’s late, great alternative weekly newspaper The Village Voice…
2 years, 1 month ago
Let's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'
Episode 475
Barbara Kingsolver’s novel “Demon Copperhead,” a riff on “David Copperfield” that moves Charles Dickens’s story to contemporary Appalachia and grappl…
2 years, 1 month ago
4 Early-Year Book Recommendations
Episode 474
The early part of a year can mean new books to read, or it can mean catching up on older ones we haven’t gotten to yet. This week, Gilbert Cruz chats…
2 years, 1 month ago
'Killers of the Flower Moon': Book and Movie Discussion
Episode 473
Former New York Times film critic A.O. Scott joins to talk both David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon," which continues to sit near the top of th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Talking the Joys and Rules of Open Marriage
Episode 472
Molly Roden Winter and her husband, Stewart, have been married for 24 years. But since 2008, by mutual agreement, they have also dated other people —…
2 years, 2 months ago
Our Early 2024 Book Preview
Episode 471
It's gonna be a busy spring! On this week’s episode, Gilbert Cruz talks with Tina Jordan and Joumana Khatib about some of the upcoming books they’re …
2 years, 2 months ago
Steven Soderbergh on His Year in Reading
Episode 470
Every January on his website Extension765.com, the prolific director Steven Soderbergh looks back at the previous year and posts a day-by-day account…
2 years, 2 months ago
Book Club: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'
Episode 469
James McBride’s novel “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” was one of the most celebrated books of 2023 — a critical darling and a New York Times best …
2 years, 3 months ago
How to Tell the Story of a Giant Wildfire
Episode 468
John Vaillant’s book “Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World” takes readers to the petroleum boomtown of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, in…
2 years, 3 months ago
Our Critics' Year in Reading
Episode 467
The Times’s staff book critics — Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs — do a lot of reading over the course of any given year, but not…
2 years, 3 months ago