Episode · The Book Review · 2017-05-12
Elizabeth Warren on The Book Review: books mentioned
Elizabeth Warren on Fighting for the Middle Class
Gilbert Cruz discussed This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren. Alexandra Alter discussed The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and others and Artemis by Andy Weir. Parul Sehgal recommended The War Against Cliché by Martin Amis. John Williams discussed Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. Greg Cowles discussed Mating by Norman Rush. Pamela Paul discussed See what I have done by Sarah Schmidt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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This Fight Is Our Fight
This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren is a political manifesto and guide by the United States Senator focused on empowering the middle class, fighting back against corporate power, and getting involved in political activism.
Discussed“I want to talk though about your book because this is also an urgent issue”
Where to get it
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The President is Missing
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is a high-stakes political thriller that imagines a crisis where the American commander-in-chief suddenly vanishes while dealing with a catastrophic cyberattack.
Discussed“the title is the president is missing and they're being extremely stingy with details about the plot”
Where to get it
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Artemis
Artemis is a science fiction novel by Andy Weir that follows Jazz Bashara, a twenty-six-year-old smuggler living in a futuristic lunar city, as she navigates high-stakes heists and personal survival.
Discussed“Andy wear has a new novel coming out this fall it's called Artemis”
Where to get it
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The War Against Cliché
The War Against Cliché is a collection of literary criticism and essays by Martin Amis that compiles decades of his writings on various authors and books.
Recommended“uh the war against cliche have you guys read that 2001 it won the national book critics read pieces”
Where to get it
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M.
Discussed“Robert pers died last month at 88 and so I'm reading the only book he's known for which is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
Where to get it
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Mating
Mating by Norman Rush is a sprawling, intellectually ambitious novel following a brilliant female American anthropologist in Botswana as she navigates an intellectual and romantic entanglement with a utopian community leader.
Discussed“it's an Norman Rush's first novel mating it came out in 1991 it's about a white female Anthropologist in batswana”
Where to get it
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See what I have done
Discussed“it's called see what I have done and it's about Lizzie bordon”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“her new book is called this fight is our fight the battle to save America's middle class”
“the new book by Senator Elizabeth Warren”
“her novel American wife was about Laura Bush”
“he's of course the author of The Martian which was a massive besteller a book that he started off by self-publishing”