Episode · The Book Review · 2021-03-12
Imbolo Mbue on The Book Review: books mentioned
Imbolo Mbue on Writing Her Second Novel
Gilbert Cruz discussed How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue and Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz. Pamela Paul discussed Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Imbolo Mbue and others. Imbolo Mbue recommended Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Tina Jordan discussed The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. Annalee Newitz discussed Autonomous by Annalee Newitz and The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz. Jennifer Szalai discussed Lucky by Jonathan Allen and others and Shattered by Jonathan J. M. Allen and others. Dwight Garner recommended The Empathy Diaries by Sherry Turkle, and discussed Alone Together by Sherry Turkle and Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How Beautiful We Were
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue is a contemporary novel that explores themes of environmental degradation, corporate exploitation, and community resistance in an African village.
Discussed“and maou will be here to discuss her second novel how beautiful we were”
Where to get it
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Four Lost Cities
Discussed“Annalie neitz will join us to discuss four Lost Cities a secret history of the urban age”
Where to get it
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Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Discussed“did you start this before your 2016 debut novel Behold The Dreamers came out”
Where to get it
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Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison is a celebrated novel that follows the life of Macon Dead III, known as Milkman, as he embarks on a journey of self-discovery and ancestral unravelling.
Recommended“because the book that made me a writer in a way was Tony Morrison song of Solomon”
Where to get it
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The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth is a classic novel by Edith Wharton that chronicles the tragic social descent of Lily Bart in high-society New York.
Discussed“our portrait of Edith Wharton whose serial novel and scribers the house of Mirth is so eagerly discussed this summer is reproduced with her approval”
Where to get it
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Autonomous
Discussed“so I kind of had all of these feelings stored up from years of doing fact-based journalism and poured that into my first novel autonomous which is about a robot who is cient”
Where to get it
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The Future of Another Timeline
Discussed“and then I worked on another novel called future of another timeline and I was writing that simultaneously with four lost cities”
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Lucky
Discussed“I reviewed a book called lucky how Joe Biden barely won the presidency by Jonathan Allen and Amy parns two journalists they're the authors of shattered which came out four years ago”
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Shattered
Discussed“they're the authors of shattered which came out four years ago which some listeners might remember it was about the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 and basically how everything went wrong for her”
Where to get it
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Alone Together
Alone Together by Sherry Turkle is a sociological examination of how digital devices, social media, and robotics diminish genuine human connection and alter interpersonal relationships.
Discussed“she's had some best-selling books like Alone Together in 2011 and reclaiming conversation from 2015”
Where to get it
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Reclaiming Conversation
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle is a sociological book that argues how constant texting and social media use erode human empathy, self-awareness, and the capacity for deep conversation.
Discussed“she's had some best-selling books like Alone Together in 2011 and reclaiming conversation from 2015”
Where to get it
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The Empathy Diaries
The Empathy Diaries by Sherry Turkle is a deeply moving and revealing memoir that traces the author's personal journey, family dynamics, and intellectual evolution as a pioneering scholar of technology and human psychology.
Recommended“but her new book The empathy Diaries is a memoir and it's beautiful it is simply beautiful it works on so many levels”
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