Episode · The Book Review · 2020-10-09
Books mentioned on The Fate of Refugees After World War II
Gilbert Cruz discussed The Last Million by David Nasaw and What Were We Thinking by Carlos Lozada. David Nasaw discussed The Quiet Americans by Scott Anderson. Carlos Lozada discussed Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance, White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo, The Topeka School by Ben Lerner, American War by Omar El Akkad, The ideas industry by Daniel W. Drezner, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, and When they call you a terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and others. Alexandra Alter discussed Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Tina Jordan recommended Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght. John Williams recommended The child that books built by Francis Spufford. Pamela Paul recommended The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Last Million
The Last Million by David Nasaw is a detailed historical investigation subtitled Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, focusing on the massive refugee crisis that followed the conclusion of the Second World War.
Discussed“David nasau joins us to talk about his new book The Last million”
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The Quiet Americans
The Quiet Americans by Scott Anderson is a gripping historical non-fiction book that traces the lives and covert operations of four key CIA officers during the tumultuous early years of the Cold War.
Discussed“recently you spoke to Scott Anderson about Frank Wisner and the early cold Warriers I think the title of the book was the quiet Americans”
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What Were We Thinking
What Were We Thinking by Carlos Lozada is a critical examination of the political literature and media produced during the Donald Trump presidency, analyzing the meta-narratives that emerged from that era.
Discussed“Carlos oada joins us now from Washington where he is the non-fiction book critic for the Washington Post and author of a new book called what were we thinking a brief intellectual history of the Trump era”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“there was all these white working class books that became its own genre right the hillbilly elogy genre exactly exactly that's sort of the the foundational text of the of the white working class books of this time”
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White Fragility
White Fragility by Dr.
Discussed“White fragility by Robin D'Angelo which is a book that I write about in my book is not a trump book but it is a book that has become a huge part of the conversation in this period”
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The Topeka School
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner is a deeply resonant and intricate novel that explores the shifting tactics and complex politics of high school debate in the American Midwest during the 1980s and 1990s.
Discussed“even novels the toeka school by Ben learner which is a book about about the shifting tactics of high school debate in the United States in the 80s and 90s to my mind is something of a trump book”
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American War
American War by Omar El Akkad is a dystopian debut novel that imagines a fractured United States caught in the throes of a second civil war in the late twenty-first century.
Discussed“and a novel like American War by Omar alad to my mind feels like a trump book it imagines a future some 50 60 years from now when America is undergoing a second Civil War”
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The ideas industry
Discussed“Dan Dresner a professor at tus University wrote a book called The ideas industry where he does a really good job of explaining that distinction”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerful, epistolary memoir structured as a letter from a father to his teenage son regarding the realities of growing up Black in America.
Discussed“but I think especially in in recent years perhaps following the success in a claim of between the world and Me by tanasi coats you've seen a lot of these books”
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When they call you a terrorist
Discussed“about a book like when they call you a terrorist by Patrice Khan Kor is who's one of the founders of the black lives matter movement is a perfect example of that it's easy to place it in that category of a book that makes the case for group rights”
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Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a deeply moving debut novel set in 1980s post-industrial Glasgow, chronicling a young boy's devoted efforts to save his mother from the grips of severe alcoholism.
Discussed“there's actually one final finist in fiction Douglas Stewart who was a finalist for the booker prize as well and for his debut suy Bane so that is I think the debut to watch”
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Owls of the Eastern Ice
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan Slaght is a captivating work of science and adventure that chronicles the author's grueling expedition into the remote snow-covered wilderness of the Russian Far East in search of the elusive Blakiston's fish owl.
Recommended“I'm reading a book called owls of the Eastern ice a quest to find and save the world's largest owl”
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The child that books built
The child that books built by Francis Spufford is a captivating memoir that explores the profound impact of reading and literature on a young mind growing up in Britain.
Recommended“I am reading a very Charming Memoir by a British writer named Francis spufford called the child that books built”
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The Only Plane in the Sky
The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M.
Recommended“so I read shortly after 911 a book that came out last year and was a bestseller called the only plane in the sky an oral history of 911 by Garrett graph”
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Other mentions in this episode (14) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“David NASA's book is called the last million Europe's displaced persons from World War to Cold War”
“so these books by Trump the art of the comeback how to get rich the art of the deal those are obvious contenders for books that fall within your mandate among the 150”
“so these books by Trump the art of the comeback how to get rich the art of the deal those are obvious contenders for books that fall within your mandate among the 150”
“but I'd never read really his Masterwork which is conversation in the cathedral and so I read that”
“and so I read that I'm currently reading his political Memoir bwa fish in the water”
“Carlos L's book is called what were we thinking a brief intellectual history of the Trump era”
“in addition to suy Bane on the fiction short list there is Lydia millets a children's Bible Charles 's interior Chinatown”
“in addition to suy Bane on the fiction short list there is Lydia millets a children's Bible Charles 's interior Chinatown”
“Charles 's interior Chinatown daa pilia is the Secret Lives of church ladies and ranol lams Leave the World Behind”
“daa pilia is the Secret Lives of church ladies and ranol lams Leave the World Behind the church ladies is from an academic press”
“Gerald Walker is listed for how to make a slave in other essays Jen Chaplan for my autobiography of Carson molers”
“Les pain and Tamara pain for the dead are arising the life of Malcolm X”
“and the last among the finalists is Carla Coro via vencio's book The undocumented Americans”
“I haven't had a chance to read it yet is Tokyo weno Station by uiri”