Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-08
Books mentioned on How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart
Ezra Klein recommended Our Man by George Packer. Frank Foer recommended See Under: LOVE by David Grossman and Collected Poems by Rita Dove.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Our Man
Our Man by George Packer is an acclaimed biography detailing the life and career of the prominent American diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
Recommended“I went back and I started to read biographies of American diplomats and one of my favorite biographies full stop is George Packer's biography of the Diplomat Richard Holbrook the book is written in the style of a novel”
Where to get it
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See Under: LOVE
See Under: LOVE by David Grossman is a sprawling, multi-layered postmodern novel that examines the legacy of the Holocaust and its profound psychological impact on subsequent generations of Israelis.
Recommended“um it's going to suggest also David Grossman's novel see under love which it's a spraing novel that kind of responds to the Theodore adorno's question about whether Art Is Possible after the Holocaust”
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Collected Poems
Collected Poems by Rita Dove brings together the lyrical works of a prominent Pulitzer Prize-winning author who frequently engages with difficult historical realities.
Recommended“and then uh the final suggestion I was uh is Rita Dove's Collective poems she's uh a black poet who writes about history at its most brutal and despair making”
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