Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Isaac Mizrahi on His New Memoir
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Truth in Our Times
Truth in Our Times by David E.
Recommended“David McCraw is our Deputy general counsel here at the New York Times and the author of a new book called Truth in our times inside the fight for press freedom in the age of alternative facts”
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A history of private life
Discussed“we loved those books the history of private life the history of private life”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores racial injustice and moral growth 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”
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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”
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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”
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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.
Recommended“Dwight uros Island by Elsa morante translated by Anne Goldstein”
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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.
Recommended“parl the trial of Lizzie bordon by car Robertson and Jen last days at hot slit an anthology of writings by Andrea dworin edited by Joanna fatan and Amy shoulder”
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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.
Recommended“parl the trial of Lizzie bordon by car Robertson and Jen last days at hot slit an anthology of writings by Andrea dworin edited by Joanna fatan and Amy shoulder”
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Intercourse
Discussed“and I think it's I think it's intercourse where she says that her her models were Dante's Inferno and Rambo”
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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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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”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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”