Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Fire Is upon Us
The Fire Is upon Us by Nicholas Buccola is a dual biography and intellectual history that explores the legendary 1965 debate at Cambridge University between civil rights icon James Baldwin and conservative philosopher William F.
Discussed“former book review editor Pamela Paul spoke to Nicholas bua about his book The Fire is upon us which is in part about this famous debate”
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The fire next time
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is a searing and brilliant collection of essays examining race, religion, and American identity through letters and personal reflection.
Discussed“and in 1963 the next time is published and that's that's really a book that I mean Baldwin star was already ascending but that that book sort of sent Baldwin to the height of literary Fame”
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Beyond the melting pot
Beyond the Melting Pot by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan is a classic sociological study examining ethnic and racial groups in New York City.
Recommended“I urge those of you who have a a who have an actual rather than a purely ideologized interest in the problem to read the book beyond the melting part by Professor Glazer also co-author of the Lonely crowd”
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A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet’s novel A Children's Bible follows a group of rebellious youths navigating an apocalyptic landscape after ecological collapse upends adult society.
Discussed“in May 2020 Pamela interviewed Lydia Millet upon the publication of her novel a children's Bible which we later noted as one of the 10 best books of that year”
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Dinosaurs
Discussed“millett's 12th novel dinosaurs is out this month and you can find a good long profile of her this weekend in the New York Times magazine”
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Sweet Lamb of Heaven
Lydia Millet's novel Sweet Lamb of Heaven follows a mother who flees from her sinister husband alongside her young daughter after hearing a mysterious, disembodied voice.
Discussed“because sweet Lamb Of Heaven for example was a kind of Thriller this is very much not that you put it very kindly I think I just don't like to write the same book twice”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so Baldwin had published his first novel In 1953 and he he' published by then three novels go tell on the mountain giovan's room in another country”
“so Baldwin had published his first novel In 1953 and he he' published by then three novels go tell on the mountain giovan's room in another country”
“so Baldwin had published his first novel In 1953 and he he' published by then three novels go tell on the mountain giovan's room in another country”
“I urge those of you who have a a who have an actual rather than a purely ideologized interest in the problem to read the book beyond the melting part by Professor Glazer also co-author of the Lonely crowd”