Episode · The Book Review · 2019-03-15
Isaac Mizrahi on The Book Review: books mentioned
Isaac Mizrahi on His New Memoir
Gilbert Cruz discussed Truth in Our Times by David E. McCraw. Pamela Paul discussed I by Isaac Mizrahi and A history of private life by Philippe Ariès and others. Alexandra Alter discussed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini, and It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Dwight Garner discussed Arturo's Island by Elsa Morante and others and History by Elsa Morante. Parul Sehgal discussed The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson. Jennifer Szalai discussed Last Days at Hot Slit by Andrea Dworkin, Pornography by Andrea Dworkin, Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin, Ice and fire by Andrea Dworkin, and Mercy by Andrea Dworkin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Truth in Our Times
Truth in Our Times by David E.
Discussed“our own Deputy general counsel David McCraw will be here to talk about his new book truth in our times”
Where to get it
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I
I by Isaac Mizrahi is a candid memoir by the celebrated fashion designer, cabaret singer, and author detailing his vibrant life, career, and creative evolution.
Discussed“Isaac mrai joins us now he is a fashion designer a cabaret singer an author and many other things and he has written a memoir called I am Isaac”
Where to get it
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A history of private life
Discussed“in the very first paragraph of of your introduction or your prologue you write about reading the multivolume series a history of private life which was not”
Where to get it
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“I've been Co closely covering all the various legal scandals surrounding the Broadway production of tequilla Mockingbird based on the Harper Lea Classic”
Where to get it
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Be More Chill
Discussed“I I recently wrote about be more chill which is H based on a novel by Ned Vini and it became this viral hit when it was put on Off Broadway”
Where to get it
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
Discussed“Nini next novel It's Kind of a Funny Story does because it was based on his actual experience in a mental hospital after he had a brush with suicide when he was uh younger”
Where to get it
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Arturo's Island
Arturo's Island is a classic coming-of-age novel by Italian author Elsa Morante that portrays a boy's romanticized upbringing on the island of Procida, translated into English by Ann Goldstein.
Discussed“Elsa morante the the Italian novelist there's a new translation of her novel Arturo's Island and the translation's been done by the great translator Anne Goldstein”
Where to get it
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History
Discussed“I poked around in her other novels one of them called history and I I read a fair amount of it and it's slightly different but but but basically the same”
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden
The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson is a meticulous historical re-examination of one of America's most infamous murder cases, drawing on newly uncovered archival materials and courtroom testimony.
Discussed“I reviewed a book by Cara Robertson it's called the trial of Lizzy bordon and it revisits the trial”
Where to get it
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Last Days at Hot Slit
Last Days at Hot Slit is an anthology gathering the provocative and influential writings of feminist theorist Andrea Dworkin, edited by Joanna Fateman and Amy Scholder.
Discussed“so I reviewed a new anthology of Andrea dorkin's work called last days at hot slit and it's edited by Joanna Fatman and Amy shoulder”
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Pornography
Discussed“and she was known particularly for two books pornography and intercourse both of which are excerpted here”
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Intercourse
Discussed“and she was known particularly for two books pornography and intercourse both of which are excerpted here”
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Ice and fire
Discussed“the first one ice and fire is sort of written in a more sort of minimal style”
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Mercy
Discussed“and then the second one Mercy is really sort of this rolling and very disturbing but also in Parts very funny”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and I wrote a graphic novel a long time ago called Sandy the supermodel”
“I'm not going to go to the Broadway production”
“I was in Australia a couple of years ago interviewing a novelist an Australian novelist who' written a novel called see what I have done and it fascinated me that this Australian novelist was so obsessed with this story”