Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on John Lithgow on His Satirical Poems
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dumpty
Dumpty by John Lithgow is a sharp, satirical collection of verse and illustrations that takes aim at the political landscape and controversies of the Trump administration through humorous poetry and accompanying factual context.
Recommended“the book is called Dumpty and congratulations on it thanks so much”
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A Warning
Discussed“so this week we learned about another yet another tell all book coming out of the Trump Administration there's obviously been a slew of these from the justice department from former White House officials and that was not a surprise”
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Six of Crows
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is a thrilling young adult fantasy duology set in the expansive Grishaverse, following a dangerous crew of outcasts attempting an impossible heist.
Discussed“because you wrote the grea trilogy and then the duology six of crows which also takes place in that whole grea verse”
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Olive Again
Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout is a critically acclaimed novel that revisits the complex, sharp-tongued retired schoolteacher Olive Kitteridge as she navigates aging, loneliness, and the evolving dynamics of her coastal Maine community.
Recommended“I am reading Olive Again by Elizabeth Stout”
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The Dutch House
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett is an immersive, decades-spanning family saga that traces the complex bond between a brother and sister locked out of their childhood home.
Recommended“I am reading Anne patchett's latest novel The Dutch house I confess I'm certainly not an aacha completist”
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The men in my life
The Men in My Life by Vivian Gornick is an incisive collection of literary essays exploring female autonomy, reading, and personal growth through the lens of the author's intellectual influences.
Discussed“because the reason I started reading this book was I was I was reading a collection called the men in my life by gornick which is just a grab bag of essays”
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The odd women
The Odd Women by George Gissing is a sharp, late-Victorian social novel that examines the shifting roles of women, marriage, and independence in industrial England.
Discussed“and the book she talks about loving the most and that she goes on at greatest length about is called the odd women a book that she says she rereads every six months or so”
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New Grub Street
New Grub Street is a sprawling, 550-page realist novel by George Gissing that explores the grueling economic and moral realities of the literary marketplace in late-nineteenth-century London.
Recommended“that's a that's a long way of saying that what I'm reading is actually a novel called new grub Street which I think is gissing's most famous”
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Grand Union Stories
Zadie Smith's collection Grand Union was featured across multiple episodes of The Book Review in July 2024.
Recommended“the book that I'm in the middle of Is Zade Smith's new collection of short stories Grand Union”
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They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy is a graphic memoir written by George Takei alongside Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott, and illustrated by Harmony Becker, detailing Takei's childhood imprisonment in American concentration camps during World War II.
Recommended“one is I think for all ages they called us Enemy by George takai which was written with Justin eisinger and Steven Scott and illustrated by Harmony Becker”
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White bird
White Bird by R.J.
Recommended“and then I I gave it to my 10-year-old who then gave me the graphic Memoir he was reading which is White Bird by RJ palasio who is the bestselling author of Wonder”
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Other mentions in this episode (13) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“because you wrote the grea trilogy and then the duology six of crows which also takes place in that whole grea verse”
“because you wrote the grea trilogy and then the duology six of crows which also takes place in that whole grea verse”
“that started with Shadow and Bone and then you had the duology six of crows”
“that started with Shadow and Bone and then you had the duology six of crows”
“that started with Shadow and Bone and then you had the duology six of crows”
“so she wrote two books in between at least two books in between this and Olive kitridge that were also tied right”
“my my name is Lucy Barton and there was an a companion I think the Burgess boys”
“my my name is Lucy Barton and there was an a companion I think the Burgess boys or the bures”
“the last novel I read was belcanto in college and I absolutely loved it”
“and if you know gornick work she had a great Memoir a couple years ago called the odd woman in the city”
“and if you know gornick work she had a great Memoir a couple years ago called the odd woman in the city”
“I didn't know it until I read snowfall on Cedars do you remember that book”
“White Bird by RJ palasio who is the bestselling author of Wonder and she also did the illustration for this”