Episode · The Book Review · 2019-11-08
Books mentioned on Among the Trolls
Pamela Paul discussed Antisocial by Andrew Marantz and No Stopping Us Now by Gail Collins. Parul Sehgal discussed The Funny Thing by Wanda Gág, The mean mouse, and other mean stories by Janice (May) Udry, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Jennifer Szalai discussed Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and others, The War Comes Home by Aaron Glantz, and The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Antisocial
Antisocial by Andrew Marantz is a non-fiction book that explores online extremists, techno-utopians, and how digital platforms have hijacked the American conversation.
Discussed“Andrew morance will be here to discuss his new book antisocial online extremists techno utopians and the hijacking of the American conversation”
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No Stopping Us Now
No Stopping Us Now by Gail Collins is an engaging historical study documenting the adventures, struggles, and triumphs of older women throughout American history.
Discussed“Gail Collins will be here to talk about her new book No Stopping Us Now The Adventures of older women in American history”
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The Funny Thing
Discussed“but this one is called the funny thing and it's just about this really odd creature and someone trying to persuaded to eat anything other than dolls”
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The mean mouse, and other mean stories
Discussed“but this one is called the mean Mouse and other mean stories and it's just got a vicious looking rodent on the cover”
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Race for Profit
Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and narrated by Janina Edwards is a prominent scholarly work examining the ways housing policies and urban development have perpetuated racial inequalities.
Discussed“one of them is called home records by Aaron glance and the other is called race for profit by kianga yamat Taylor”
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The War Comes Home
Discussed“one of them is called home records by Aaron glance and the other is called race for profit by kianga yamat Taylor”
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The Color of Law
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein is an influential historical examination that exposes how local, state, and federal government policies deliberately imposed racial segregation in American cities and neighborhoods.
Discussed“there was a book that came out a couple years ago by Richard Rothstein the color of law forgotten history of how our government segregated America”
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In the Dream House
Discussed“uh I reviewed a book by Carmen Maria Machado it's called in the dream housee and Machado is a young writer”
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Her Body and Other Parties
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado is a critically acclaimed collection of speculative short stories that examine the physical and societal boundaries placed on women.
Discussed“her first book was a book of short stories called her body in other parties”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“morance is the author of antisocial online extremists techno utopians and the hijacking of the American”
“and then there's this great one by Wanda Gog who wrote hundreds of millions of cats or whatever that that that famous book is”
“I mean here's one by the author of a tree is nice which I think we probably all remember from our childhood and I don't know if this was her followup”
“I loved the title of Michael Ian Black's first book which was called you're not doing it right”
“well J maer bright light's big city I mean that's that's the that's the first”
“it's how to get rich in rising Asia that was in second person for you”