Episode · The Book Review · 2017-05-05
Gabourey Sidibe & Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Book Review: books mentioned
Gabourey Sidibe and Neil deGrasse Tyson
Pamela Paul discussed This Is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson and others. Gabourey Sidibe discussed The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Gal by Ruthie Mae Bolton. Greg Cowles discussed Modern Gods by Nick Laird. John Williams discussed The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers and Ballad Of The Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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This Is Just My Face
Discussed“her new book is called this is just my face try not to stare”
Where to get it
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a classic epistolary novel following the life of Celie, an African American woman living in the American South who endures profound hardship and discovers her self-worth.
Discussed“I really love the color purple I would read The Color Purple whenever I felt really depressed”
Where to get it
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Gal
Discussed“there's a a the book gal by Ruthie May Bolton uh that was one of the first books I traded with my mom”
Where to get it
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a concise and accessible guide designed to introduce complex cosmological concepts to general readers.
Discussed“the book is called astrophysics for people in a hurry why this book”
Where to get it
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Modern Gods
Discussed“I'll mention the book is a novel called modern Gods by Nick lar”
Where to get it
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Discussed“what I have not been reading is I I got about 50 or 75 pages into the heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers which I had never read”
Where to get it
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Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
Discussed“I read the ballot of the Sad Cafe by her many years ago which I really liked and and this is fine”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and also joining us is my colleague Dennis Overby author of Einstein and love and a cosmic Affairs correspondent for the New York Times”
“and Greg will be back next week with the power broker”