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Back to SearchRichard Powers on ‘Bewilderment’
Episode 367
In “Bewilderment,” Richard Powers’s first novel since he won a Pulitzer Prize for “The Overstory,” an astrobiologist named Theo Byrne looks for life …
4 years, 11 months ago
Randall Kennedy on 'Say It Loud!'
Episode 366
The Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy’s new book, “Say It Loud!,” collects 29 of his essays. Kennedy’s opinions about the subjects listed in the …
4 years, 11 months ago
Colson Whitehead on 'Harlem Shuffle'
Episode 365
Colson Whitehead’s new novel, “Harlem Shuffle,” revolves around Ray Carney, a furniture retailer in Harlem in the 1960s with a sideline in crime. It’…
4 years, 11 months ago
Brandon Taylor on the Sally Rooney Phenomenon
Episode 364
The novelist Brandon Taylor, who has generated his own buzz with his debut novel, “Real Life,” and a collection of stories, “Filthy Animals,” visits …
4 years, 11 months ago
Andrew Sullivan on Being ‘Out on a Limb’
Episode 363
“Out on a Limb” is a selection of Andrew Sullivan’s essays from the past 32 years of American history. On this week’s podcast, Sullivan talks about t…
5 years ago
A.O. Scott Talks About William Maxwell
Episode 362
A.O. Scott, The Times’s co-chief film critic, returns to the Book Review’s podcast this week to discuss the work of William Maxwell, the latest subje…
5 years ago
Life at Seven Miles Below the Sea
Episode 361
In her new book, “The Brilliant Abyss,” Helen Scales writes about the largely unseen realm of the deepest parts of the ocean. On this week’s podcast,…
5 years ago
Dana Spiotta Talks About ‘Wayward’
Episode 360
In Dana Spiotta’s new novel, “Wayward,” a woman named Sam buys a dilapidated house in a neglected neighborhood in Syracuse, leaving her husband and h…
5 years ago
Katie Kitamura Talks About ‘Intimacies’
Episode 359
The slightly directionless, unnamed narrator of Katie Kitamura’s fourth novel, “Intimacies,” takes a job as a translator at an international criminal…
5 years ago
Echoes of a Fairy Tale in a Devastating Novel
Episode 358
Omar El Akkad’s new novel, “What Strange Paradise,” uses some fablelike techniques to comment on the migrant crisis caused by war in the Middle East.…
5 years, 1 month ago