Episode · The Book Review · 2020-01-17
Books mentioned on Americans on a Financial 'Tightrope'
Pamela Paul discussed Tightrope by Nicholas D. Kristof and others, World Without Work by Daniel Susskind, and Future of the Professions by Richard Susskind and others. Parul Sehgal discussed Serious Noticing. Dwight Garner discussed Cleanness by Garth Greenwell. Jennifer Szalai discussed Franchise by Marcia Chatelain.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tightrope
Tightrope by Nicholas D.
Discussed“first up Nicholas Kristoff and Cheryl wudan talk about their new book tight RPP with my colleague Jennifer salai”
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World Without Work
Discussed“Daniel susin will be here to talk about his book world without work”
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Future of the Professions
Discussed“I want to talk about your first book for a minute which was called the future of the professions”
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Serious Noticing
Discussed“sure I reviewed James Wood's new collection called serious noticing which gathers about 30 years of his criticism and essays”
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Cleanness
Cleanness by Garth Greenwell is a deeply evocative novel that explores desire, intimacy, and expatriate life in modern Europe through exquisite prose.
Discussed“well the book is G Greenwell's new book cleanness and Greenwell is sort of the the flavor of the moment”
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Franchise
Franchise by Marcia Chatelain is a meticulously researched historical study examining the rise of fast food chains in America, with a particular focus on the complex relationship between McDonald's, franchising, and Black communities.
Discussed“I reviewed actually this was last week in the paper a book called franchise by a historian at Georgetown named Mara shadan and it's a history of fast food in America”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“if in fact you were Daniel susin is the author of a world without work technology automation and how we should respond”
“another thing to consider that could drive sales in a major way is there are a lot of big adaptations of books coming out this year in 2020 including the TV show based on the outsider by Stephen King”
“there's Jenny hans's PS I love you”
“Joan didan the last thing he wanted is coming out Call of the Wild all the right places by Jennifer nen”
“little fires everywhere”
“the plot against America Secret Garden”
“the plot against America Secret Garden”
“because he's written two novels now the first was called what belongs to you and now cleanness”