Episode · The Book Review · 2020-02-07
Leslie Jamison on The Book Review: books mentioned
Leslie Jamison on Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison, Weather by Jenny Offill, Last things by Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill, and Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum. Leslie Jamison discussed The Overstory by Richard Powers, Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick, and Speedboat by Renata Adler. Alexandra Alter discussed Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay and others. Courtney Maum discussed I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum. Tina Jordan recommended House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild, and discussed Bad Blood by John Carreyrou. Dave Kim recommended The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala, and discussed The birth partner by Penny Simkin. Pamela Paul discussed The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, The Night Country by Melissa Albert, and How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Make It Scream, Make It Burn
Discussed“Leslie Jameson is here in the studio her most recent book is make it scream make it burn essays which was reviewed in the book review last fall”
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Weather
Weather by Jenny Offill is a concise, sharply written novel that captures contemporary anxieties surrounding the looming threat of climate change through the eyes of a young woman in New York City.
Discussed“but she's here now to talk about another book she reviewed this week on our cover Jenny oil's weather”
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Last things
Last Things by Jenny Offill is a poignant debut novel that follows a young girl trying to make sense of her parents' crumbling marriage through the lens of art and science.
Discussed“this book weather is her third novel her first was last things and then it took her 15 years to write her next book”
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Dept. of Speculation
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Discussed“her first was last things and then it took her 15 years to write her next book Department of speculation which came out in 2014 and was one of our 10 best books of the year”
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that intertwines the lives of several Americans whose fates are connected to trees and environmental activism.
Discussed“although there are also books like Richard pow's the overstory sometimes metaphorical sometimes very reality based”
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Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick is a fragmented, deeply atmospheric 1979 novel that blends memoir, fiction, and sharp social observation to reflect on a woman's life across various American and European locations.
Discussed“but you know in a way it's it feels in conversation with books like Elizabeth Hardwick's sleepless nights and rata Adler's speedboat”
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Speedboat
Speedboat by Renata Adler is a fragmentary, highly influential novel defined by its sharp observations and disjointed narrative style.
Discussed“but you know in a way it's it feels in conversation with books like Elizabeth Hardwick's sleepless nights and rata Adler's speedboat”
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Romance in Marseille
Discussed“including just this month Claude McKay's novel romance in Marseilles which was a novel of the Harlem Renaissance that took 87 years to finally come out but was published as a penguin classic”
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Before and After the Book Deal
Discussed“her new book is called before and after the book deal a writer's guide to finishing publishing promoting and surviving your first book”
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I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
Discussed“I think it started when my first book came out a novel called I'm having so much fun here without you”
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House of Trelawney
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild is a witty, satirical novel that follows the eccentric and financially ruined members of an aristocratic British family clinging to their crumbling ancestral estate.
Recommended“so I'm reading a novel called the house of trani by Hannah Rothchild and this was recommended to me by Elida Becker”
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Bad Blood
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is an immersive investigative non-fiction book that uncovers the massive corporate fraud behind Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing startup, Theranos.
Discussed“I'm reading Bad Blood non-fiction by John kery R that's c a r r e y r o u”
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The Black Cathedral
The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala is a rich, polyphonic novel set in a Cuban neighborhood, revolving around the turbulent lives of the eccentric Magallanes family and the construction of a mysterious temple.
Recommended“so I've got two books to talk about cuz I'm greedy but the first is the black Cathedral by marcial Gala and really wonderfully translated by Anna Kushner from the Spanish”
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The birth partner
Discussed“the next book is the birth partner by penny simkin with Katie Ross and I am rereading this”
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The Hazel Wood
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert is a dark young adult fantasy novel centered on magic, fairy tales, and storytelling.
Discussed“well like Dave I'm going to talk about two books and these are both books that I read again I have to confess I'm still talking about the books I read during my now very long ago vacation but I just want to catch up with all them so two really different books one was a ya novel by the”
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The Night Country
Discussed“and then the second book that I read while I was away is called the night country which came out last fall”
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How to Do Nothing
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell is an exploration of attention, the attention economy, and the value of stepping away from constant productivity.
Discussed“and the other book that I read while I was away is called Jenny Odell's book how to do nothing which of course is a really excellent title the subtitle is resisting the attention economy”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the Gin closet a novel and the recovering a memoir”
“make it scream make it burn essays the empathy exam also essays the Gin closet a novel and the recovering a memoir”
“Leslie Jameson is the author of four books make it scream make it burn essays the empathy exam also essays”
“the empathy exam also essays the Gin closet a novel and the recovering a memoir”
“this week in the book review she reviews on our cover weather a novel by Jenny oel”
“Courtney mom is a novelist and also the author of a new guide book before and after the book deal a writer's guide to finishing publishing promoting and surviving your first book”