Episode · The Book Review · 2016-04-29
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Listen, Liberal’
Pamela Paul discussed Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet, and What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank. Greg Cowles recommended Unreliable memoirs by Clive James, and discussed My Struggle : Book 5 by Karl Ove Knausgård and others, Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, and Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov. Parul Sehgal recommended Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans De Waal and The genius of birds by Jennifer Ackerman and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Listen, Liberal
Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank is a critical examination of how the Democratic Party abandoned the working class in favor of professional elites.
Discussed“Thomas Frank is here to talk about his new book listen liberal”
Where to get it
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Sweet Lamb of Heaven
Lydia Millet's novel Sweet Lamb of Heaven follows a mother who flees from her sinister husband alongside her young daughter after hearing a mysterious, disembodied voice.
Discussed“Lydia Millet will be here to talk about her new book sweet Lamb Of Heaven”
Where to get it
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What's the Matter with Kansas?
What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank is a penetrating political analysis that investigates why working-class voters in conservative heartlands frequently support political platforms and economic policies that appear to run counter to their own financial self-interest.
Discussed“it stuck in my mind was that back when you were writing what's the matter with Kansas exactly so what has changed since that Book 2004 that came out right now”
Where to get it
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My Struggle : Book 5
Discussed“Carl oward continues his six volume autobiographical novel my struggle the fifth book in that series my struggle book five is new on the list at number six”
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Eligible
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld is a witty, contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's beloved classic novel Pride and Prejudice, relocating the classic romance and family drama to the modern-day suburbs of Cincinnati.
Discussed“Curtis sittenfeld uh novel eligible which is her modern day Riff on Pride and Prejudice”
Where to get it
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal is an engaging scientific exploration that challenges human arrogance by examining the diverse, sophisticated forms of cognition and emotion present throughout the animal kingdom.
Recommended“one of them is are we smart enough to know how smart animals are by France dwall”
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The genius of birds
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman is an engaging exploration of avian intelligence that challenges long-held assumptions about animal cognition and the structure of the brain.
Recommended“the other one is the genius of birds by Jennifer arriman”
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Unreliable memoirs
Clive James's Unreliable Memoirs is the celebrated first installment of the author's autobiographical writings, capturing his early life with wit and sharp observation.
Recommended“my train reading until this morning when I finished it has been uh a 1980 Memoir by Clive James it's the first of his several Memoirs it's called unreliable Memoirs one of the great Memoir titles”
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Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov is an autobiographical memoir that explores the author's early life as a Russian aristocrat prior to the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“and and it his lost Homeland it it shares something with nabokov's speak memory in that regard”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he's the author of uh what's the matter with Kansas and uh and he has a new book called listen liberal”
“he's the author of uh what's the matter with Kansas and uh and he has a new book called listen liberal”
“Curtis sittenfeld uh novel eligible which is her modern day Riff on Pride and Prejudice she she takes the Pride and Prejudice story”
“Alexander McCall Smith was one uh Sense and Sensibility I think was was one of the updates”
“um but Pride and Prejudice is kind of the big Jane Austin book”
“something tells me that Joe Nesbo with his MC Beth might might also land on the list”