Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Give Us the Ballot
Discussed“but yeah I really wanted to start my book where most accounts of the Civil Rights Movement end I wanted to start in Selma in 1965”
Where to get it
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Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children is a celebrated novel by Salman Rushdie that explores the magical realist history of India from its independence and partition onward, touching upon regional themes such as Kashmir.
Discussed“as someone compared it to saying it's a Chinese version as it were of Midnight's Children as Vivid a description of China as Salon Rashi described India the coming to Independence”
Where to get it
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A manual for cleaning women
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin is a celebrated short story collection that showcases the author's remarkable talent for capturing the grit, humor, and dignity of everyday working-class lives.
Discussed“at number 18 on the extended um hard cover bestseller list and fiction is a book called manual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Pacific
“he is the author of many books uh his latest one Pacific will be out in October”
Passing Friction
“there's friction by Sandra Brown the murderer's daughter by John Jonathan Kellerman”
Passing The murderer's daughter
“the murderer's daughter by John Jonathan Kellerman”