Episode · The Book Review · 2015-06-26
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Art Issue
Pamela Paul discussed The Contemporaries by Roger White, The Paintings that Revolutionized Art by Philippa Hurd and others, Painting Now by Suzanne Hudson, Painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer, Master Thieves by Stephen Kurkjian, and The art of the con by Anthony M. Amore. Alexandra Alter discussed Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin and others, On the Run by Alice Goffman, and Objective Troy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Contemporaries
Discussed“um the first book is called the contemporaries travels in the 21st century art World by Roger white”
Where to get it
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The Paintings that Revolutionized Art
Discussed“the paintings that revolutionize art by prastel the publisher painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer”
Where to get it
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Painting Now
Discussed“the paintings that revolutionize art by prastel the publisher painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer”
Where to get it
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Painting Beyond Pollock
Discussed“the paintings that revolutionize art by prastel the publisher painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer”
Where to get it
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Primates of Park Avenue
Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin is a sharp, anthropological memoir that explores the insular, competitive, and often bizarre social ecosystem of ultra-wealthy mothers living on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Discussed“the bad guys this year are uh Wednesday Martin the author of The primates of Park Avenue which is a memoir anthropological study of upper side trophy wives”
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On the Run
On the Run by Alice Goffman is a controversial ethnographic account examining the lives of young African American men in a heavily policed Philadelphia neighborhood.
Discussed“the other non-fiction book to come under Fire is Alice goffman's on the run which was a very celebrated account of the lives of low-income africanamerican men in Philadelphia and their encounters with police”
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Objective Troy
Objective Troy by Scott Shane explores the targeted killing of a radicalized American citizen by a drone strike authorized by President Obama.
Discussed“uh one of the first books that the imprint is going to release is objective Troy which is by a New York Times Reporter Scott Shane about a drone killing of a top terrorist operative”
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Master Thieves
Discussed“the first is Master thieves the Boston gangsters who pulled off the world's greatest art Heist by Stephen Kian”
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The art of the con
Discussed“and then the art of the con by Anthony Amore the most notorious fakes frauds and forgeries in the art World”
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Other mentions in this episode (17) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Contemporaries
“the books again that Holland Cotter reviews this week in the book review are the contemporaries by Roger white”
Passing Painting Now
“the paintings that revolutionized art painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan”
Passing Painting Beyond Pollock
“Falconer Alexander alter is here with news from the publishing World”
Passing Master Thieves
“thank you the books again that Jonathan reviews this week in the book review are Master thieves the Boston gangsters who pulled off the world's greatest art Heist by Steven Kian”
Passing The art of the con
“and the Art of the con the most notorious fakes frauds and forgeries in the art World by Anthony Amore”
Passing Fifty Shades of Grey
“it's a kind of a a followup to her 50 Shades of Gray Trilogy telling the same story as 50 Shades of Gray but from the man's perspective”
Passing Gilead
“You may remember that Marilyn Robinson did something similar after she won the peiter prize for Gilead”
Passing Country
“starting at number eight Danielle Steel has a new novel out called country”
Passing The rumor
“then at number six The Nantucket novelist Ellen hilderbrand has a novel called the rumor her latest Nantucket novel”
Passing The President's Shadow
“then right above the rumor at number five Brad Meltzer has a thriller called the president's Shadow”
Passing Tom Clancy's Under Fire
“uh the latest book is Tom Clancy's Under Fire”
Passing Primates of Park Avenue
“I wanted to point out that Wednesday Martin's primates of Park Avenue which had been doing very well in its first couple of weeks has plummeted this week from number two last week all the way down to number 13”
Passing One man against the world
“down at number 16 the journalist the former New York Times journalist Tim weiner has a book called one man against the world which looks at the Nixon presidency”
Passing Sick in the Head
“uh the comic filmmaker Jud app who was a guest on the podcast a couple of weeks ago is at number seven with his new book sick in the head his interviews with comedians going back over the decades”
Passing Modern Romance
“at number two is a book called modern Romance by the actor and comedian Aziz Ansari who's was one of the stars of Parks and Recreation”
Passing Yes Please
“along with Amy Poler who's yes please spent half a year on the hardcover non-fiction list and is currently number two on the humor list”
Passing Gumption
“and then also Nick Offerman is still hanging on to the hard cover non-fiction list down at number 15 with his second book gumption”