Episode · The Book Review · 2016-07-15
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown
Pamela Paul discussed Sex and the single girl by Helen Gurley Brown, Not Pretty Enough by Gerri Hirshey, The Great Silence by Juliet Nicolson, The Perfect Summer by Juliet Nicolson, On Reading, Writing and Living with Books by Virginia Woolf and others, and Living with books by Rita Reif. Moira Weigel recommended Bad Girls Go Everywhere by Jennifer Scanlon, and discussed Portrait of a marriage and Sex and the Office by Helen Gurley Brown. Greg Cowles discussed Belgravia by Julian Fellowes, Magic by Danielle Steel, Bush by Jean Edward Smith, Bobby Kennedy by Larry Tye, Seinfeldia by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, Collected Poems by Adrienne Rich, and Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich. Parul Sehgal discussed All the single ladies by Rebecca Traister. Also mentioned: Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sex and the single girl
Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown is a groundbreaking 1962 cultural phenomenon and bestseller that redefined women's independence, career ambitions, and financial autonomy outside of traditional marriage.
Discussed“Helen Gurley Brown the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine wrote sex and the single girl in 1962 which became a bestseller and a phenomenon”
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Not Pretty Enough
Discussed“and then not pretty enough the unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown by Jerry Hershey”
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Bad Girls Go Everywhere
Bad Girls Go Everywhere is a biographical study by Jennifer Scanlon that examines the life, career, and cultural impact of legendary Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown.
Recommended“I might also recommend this 2009 book called bad girls go everywhere that by a gender and women studies Professor named Jennifer scandin”
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Portrait of a marriage
Discussed“I think in the Hershey book it comes up that at his funeral Daryl Zano the film producer who had worked with him GLE Brown's husband was a film producer David Brown”
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Sex and the Office
Discussed“I think in her book she had a follow-up book to sex in the single girl called sex in the office which doesn't come up too much in these biographies”
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Our Revolution
Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders is a political manifesto and memoir by the Vermont senator detailing his progressive platform and reflecting on his presidential campaign.
Discussed“so the latest news is that Senator Bernie Sanders has sold a book to Thomas Dunn which is an imprint of St Martin's press it's coming out this November very timely and it's a look back at his campaign and his political platform the title is Revolution”
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The Great Silence
Discussed“so your two um previous books were works of History the first uh the great silence Britain from the shadow of the first world war to the dawn of the Jazz”
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The Perfect Summer
Discussed“Age and then the perfect summer England 1911 just before the storm”
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Belgravia
Discussed“um Julian fellows who of course you know from dton Abby has a new novel out this one is about class differences in uh Victorian London it's called Bel gravia and it is new at number 13 on the hard cover fiction list”
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Magic
Discussed“there's also a new number one book this week Danielle steeve has a new novel out called Magic the year of Steel right where she's writing like four books”
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Bush
Discussed“two of them are political biographies uh Gene Edward Smith's Bush about uh the 43rd President George W bush uh Bush new at number 16”
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Bobby Kennedy
Discussed“and then Larry Tai has a biography of Bobby Kennedy new at number 15”
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Seinfeldia
Seinfeldia by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is a cultural history and deep dive into the creation, evolution, and lasting legacy of the hit television sitcom Seinfeld.
Discussed“the only other new title on the hard cover non-fiction list this week is Jennifer C Armstrong's look at Seinfeld called seinfeldia it's kind of a a deep dive history and cultural appreciation of the show”
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All the single ladies
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation is a groundbreaking work of journalism and sociology by Rebecca Traister that examines the historical and cultural shift of women choosing to remain single and independent.
Discussed“but I ended up chasing that book with Rebecca tracer's new book All the Single Ladies uh which is sort of this big look at how um marriage is kind of going out of Vogue for 100 years American women were marrying at a median age of 20 and now they're marrying at 27 if all”
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The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is a modernist tragic novel that explores the deceit, betrayal, and complex psychological undercurrents hidden beneath the polite facade of Edwardian upper-class society.
Discussed“I thought I was going to finish the good soldier on the train this morning I am almost finished with it”
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Collected Poems
Discussed“I am uh less than 10 pages from the end of that um but on the editor's choice list this week um I I did read the Adrien Rich collected poems uh which is goes back to the beginning of her career back to 1950 it is a magisterial career and a magisterial book”
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Of Woman Born
Discussed“and um she's got this reputation as real radical politically uh of woman born is also yeah not nonfiction”
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On Reading, Writing and Living with Books
Discussed“um it's a book that's coming out from the Pushkin press which is a British press um and they've already come out in England and uh it's part of a series the book is called on Reading Writing and living with books”
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Living with books
Discussed“um it's a book that's coming out from the Pushkin press which is a British press um and they've already come out in England and uh it's part of a series the book is called on Reading Writing and living with books”
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