Episode · The Book Review · 2015-07-31
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Conservative Heart’
Pamela Paul discussed The conservative heart, Nagasaki by Susan Southard, Hiroshima by John Hersey, and Breath by Tim Winton. Alexandra Alter discussed Did you ever have a family by Bill Clegg, Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee, A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler, Lila by Marilynne Robinson, and A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. John Williams discussed The prelude by William Wordsworth and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Greg Cowles discussed Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Speaking in bones by Kathy Reichs, and Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The conservative heart
The Conservative Heart by Arthur C.
Discussed“you have an argument in this book um the title is the conservative heart”
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Did you ever have a family
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg is a poignant novel dealing with the profound grief and aftermath of a devastating tragedy that claims the lives of multiple family members.
Discussed“did you ever have a family which comes out this September”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Discussed“but that'll lead right into another surprise or maybe not so surprising given the reviews that goett a Watchmen was not on the list”
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A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler is a rich, domestic novel that traces the multi-generational dynamics, quiet triumphs, and hidden tensions within an ordinary family rooted in Baltimore.
Discussed“Marilyn Robinson for Lyla and Tyler for a spool of blue thread that came out this year”
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Lila
Discussed“Marilyn Robinson for Lyla and Tyler for a spool of blue thread that came out this year”
Where to get it
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James is a sprawling, ambitious historical novel that uses the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley to weave a complex narrative spanning decades of political violence, drug wars, and systemic turmoil in Jamaica and the United States.
Discussed“Marlon James who's from Jamaica was nominated for his novel brief history of seven killings”
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Nagasaki
Nagasaki by Susan Southard is a powerful historical account examining the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city.
Discussed“why don't we know as much about Nagasaki as we do about Hiroshima”
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Hiroshima
John Hersey's groundbreaking work of narrative reportage, Hiroshima, documents the devastating atomic bombing of the Japanese city through the personal accounts of six survivors.
Discussed“when you set out to write this book um I imagine John her's hirosima was in your mind”
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The prelude
The Prelude by William Wordsworth is a monumental, book-length autobiographical poem that chronicles the spiritual and intellectual development of the renowned romantic poet.
Discussed“Chris wisman likewise said I disagree strongly re Wordsworth the Prelude is perhaps the first directly confessional poem”
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a famous 1843 novella about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his midnight visitations by ghostly specters that transform his life.
Discussed“John R heckerman said my personal pleasure would be to assign A Christmas Carol to a holiday period reading list”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerful, epistolary memoir structured as a letter from a father to his teenage son regarding the realities of growing up Black in America.
Discussed“go had a Watchman on the fiction side and between the world and me on the non-fiction side”
Where to get it
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Speaking in bones
Discussed“uh the new book is speaking in Bones it is the latest in the temperance Bren in series by Kathy reiches”
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life is a memoir by William Finnegan that chronicles a lifelong passion for surfing alongside his distinguished career as a New Yorker staff writer and war reporter.
Discussed“there's a surfing Memoir um by a guy better known for his War reporting in international coverage for the New Yorker William finnean [skip] his book Barbarian days makes its debut at number five”
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Breath
Tim Winton's 2008 novel Breath explores the lives of two teenage boys in Western Australia, capturing the intense and often dangerous pursuits of youth.
Discussed“the one that comes immediately to mind is the book Breath by the Australian novelist Tim Winton who's an excellent novelist in general”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Arthur Brooks will join us to talk about his new book the conservative heart how to build a fairer happier and more prosperous America”
“Susan soued will join us to talk about Nagasaki life after nuclear war”
“he is the president of the American Enterprise Institute and the author of a new book the conservative heart how to build a fairer happier and more prosperous America”
“Scout came from tequilla mocking I don't believe it did all right”
“she is the author of Nagasaki life after nuclear war”
“well I agree with him if it comes to if it's the pck papers”