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Episode 7
Bruce Springsteen was keenly aware and excited by the sounds of the CBGBs scene during the Seventies. With his own bands, the Boss performed in the s…
1 year, 3 months ago
John Eldevik, "Reading Prester John: Cultural Fantasy and Its Manuscript Contexts" (Arc Humanities Press, 2024)
Episode 1763
Reading Prester John: Cultural Fantasy and its Manuscript Contexts by John Eldevik
During the Middle Ages, many Europeans imagined that there existed…
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Vernon, "Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)
Episode 1762
The first literary biography of Tim O'Brien, the preeminent American writer of the war in Vietnam and one of the best writers of his generation, draw…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining: A Memoir in Four Floods" (Milkweed Editions, 2025)
Episode 1760
Hello, my name is Eric LeMay, a host on New Books in Literature, a channel on the New Books Network. Today I interview Jennifer Kabat. Kabat is write…
1 year, 4 months ago
John DeVore, "Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway" (Applause, 2024)
Episode 1761
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with John Devore about his phenomenal memoir, Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway (Applause…
1 year, 4 months ago
Keith Merith, "A Darker Shade of Blue: A Police Officer's Memoir" (ECW Press, 2024)
Episode 1758
A transparent first-hand account of a Black officer maneuvering through three terrifying yet rewarding decades of policing, all while seeking reform …
1 year, 4 months ago
John P. Gribbin, "Gribbin: A Family History of Ulster" (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2023)
Episode 1759
This is a comprehensive history of the Gribbin (Gribben/Gribbon) family. The author traces his own family line back to the early nineteenth century, …
1 year, 4 months ago
Zachary Gorman, "The Young Menzies: Success, Failure, Resilience 1894-1942" (Melbourne UP, 2022)
Episode 1757
Sir Robert Menzies is a towering figure in Australian history. The Young Menzies: Success, Failure, Resilience 1894-1942 (Melbourne UP, 2022) explor…
1 year, 4 months ago
Louis P. Masur, "A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, and the Forging of a Friendship" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 1756
Between May 21 and June 16, 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison went on a trip together through Upstate New York and parts of New England on hor…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nubar Hovsepian, "Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual" (AUC Press, 2025)
Episode 1755
Edward Said was one of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth century. A literary scholar with an aesthete’s temperament, he did not exp…
1 year, 4 months ago