Episode · The Book Review · 2018-02-16
Lisa Halliday on The Book Review: books mentioned
Lisa Halliday on 'Asymmetry'
Pamela Paul discussed Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday and The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Naomi Novic recommended The ones who walk away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin, and discussed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. Jerry Jonas discussed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. Parul Sehgal discussed The heart is a shifting sea by Elizabeth Flock. Dwight Garner discussed Going for a beer by Robert Coover. Jennifer Szalai discussed Scarlet A by Katie Watson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Asymmetry
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday is a structurally innovative and critically acclaimed novel exploring power dynamics, ambition, and global politics through two seemingly distinct narratives that ultimately interconnect.
Discussed“Lisa holiday will join us to talk about her debut novel asymmetry”
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A Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K.
Discussed“I was given or possibly stole my first copy of the wizard of Earth sea when I was 10 years old my fifth grade teacher had it and I still have that copy which I someone wants it back”
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K.
Discussed“I guess the leftand of Darkness and when was that published 1969”
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed by Ursula K.
Discussed“the other book that is usually listed I guess it's taught in college is called the dispossessed which I think that's what you were referring to”
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The ones who walk away from Omelas
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K.
Recommended“the ones who walk away away from omalos and I've been sitting with that story myself very recently”
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The heart is a shifting sea
Discussed“I reviewed two books on how marriage is changing the heart is a shifting Sea by Elizabeth flock a book about Bombay or Mumbai um following a bunch of different couples over the period of 10 years”
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Going for a beer
Discussed“yeah I I reviewed Robert cover's Book of Stories it's a sort of greatest hits collection called going for a beer”
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Scarlet A
Discussed“Jen and I reviewed a book called Scarlet a the ethics law and politics of ordinary abortion by Katie Watson who's a bioethicist at Northwestern”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“we actually corresponded over my last book uprooted it was sent to her for a blurb and she actually wrote back very POS positively”
“so much Naomi novic author of uprooted and spinning silver and Jerry Jonas former longtime reviewer for the New York Times”
“so much Naomi novic author of uprooted and spinning silver and Jerry Jonas former longtime reviewer for the New York Times”
“they removed one of their board members illustrator David Diaz and another big author Jay Asher who is the author of 13 reasons why a major bestselling young adult novel that was adapted into a Netflix series”
“J Asher was also let go by his literary agency as was another major children's book author James Dashner who is the author of the bestselling series The Maze Runner”
“so the Newberry award this year went to Hello Universe which is a novel by Aaron and trod Kelly”
“similarly the calicot medal which goes to the most distinguished American picture book went to Wolf in the snow which was Illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell and it's a wordless picture book”
“there is the kreda Scott King book awards that went to piecing me together by Renee Watson”
“and the Michael Prince award went to we are okay by Nina Lor which is a young adult novel”
“I remember the controversy when the New Yorker assigned for review Daniel gold hogins book about the Holocaust title that book Hitler's willing executioners willing executioners and they gave the book to Clive James for review”