Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Pulitzer Winners
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Stay True
Stay True by Hua Hsu is a poignant memoir that chronicles the author's deep friendship with a college classmate whose life was tragically cut short, exploring grief, Asian American identity, and coming of age in the 1990s.
Discussed“the book has been out for a minute it has gotten so much praise and so much love and i think a lot of our listeners have read it but for those who haven't could you give us sort of a a brief couple beats on what it's about it's a memoir”
Where to get it
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Trust
Trust by Hernan Diaz is a structurally ambitious and celebrated novel that delves into themes of wealth, power, and multiple perspectives in historical America.
Discussed“your previous book your first novel in the distance was a piter f list and that first one was a western of sorts taking place on the other side of the country before the Civil War this one's quite different and it's structurally ambitious”
Where to get it
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In the distance
In the Distance by Hern%c3%a1n D%c3%adaz is a structurally ambitious historical novel that follows a young Swedish immigrant wandering across the American West before the Civil War.
Discussed“your previous book your first novel in the distance was a piter f list and that first one was a western of sorts taking place on the other side of the country before the Civil War this one's quite different and it's structurally ambitious”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Demon Copperhead
“this time around wasu stay true when the pulit for Memoir autobiography and for the first time two novels were awarded the Pulitzer for fiction trust by hernand Diaz and Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingo”
Passing Stay True
“this time around wasu stay true when the pulit for Memoir autobiography and for the first time two novels were awarded the Pulitzer for fiction trust by hernand Diaz and Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingo”
Passing Trust
“this time around wasu stay true when the pulit for Memoir autobiography and for the first time two novels were awarded the Pulitzer for fiction trust by hernand Diaz and Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingo”
Passing Stay True
“you are a winner of a piture prize for your Memoir State true”
Passing Demon Copperhead
“I'm Gilbert Cruz and I'm now joined by nnan Diaz whose novel trust shared the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year alongside ber King Silver's demon copper hit”
Passing Trust
“I'm Gilbert Cruz and I'm now joined by nnan Diaz whose novel trust shared the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year alongside ber King Silver's demon copper hit”
Passing Stay True
“I'm grateful however that you came on such short notice to talk about trust to talk about winning the pullit or just talk it's good to see you Gilbert this has been such a pleasure and such an honor and yes so much fun those are my interviews with two newly minted Pulitzer winners Wu author of The Memoir State”
Passing Trust
“I'm grateful however that you came on such short notice to talk about trust to talk about winning the pullit or just talk it's good to see you Gilbert this has been such a pleasure and such an honor and yes so much fun those are my interviews with two newly minted Pulitzer winners Wu author of The Memoir State”