Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The History of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone
Gilbert Cruz discussed Sticky Fingers by Joe Hagan and ???? ? ???? ???? ????? ??? ? ??? by Erica L. Moffett. Simon Winchester discussed Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse. Greg Cowles discussed The fifth child by Doris Lessing. John Williams discussed Elmet by Fiona Mozley and others and The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy. Lovia Gyarkye discussed Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee and Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers is a comprehensive and revealing biography by Joe Hagan that chronicles the life and times of Jann Wenner alongside the turbulent history of Rolling Stone magazine.
Discussed“Joe Hagen is here to talk about his acclaimed biography Sticky Fingers”
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Discussed“the taste of Empire how Britain's quest for food shaped the modern world by Lizzy collingham and a thirst for Empire how t-shaped the modern world by Erica Rapaport”
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Seeds of Change
Discussed“there's this marvelous book called by a man called hubhouse I think called seeds of change about the six vegetables or six seeds that changed the world”
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The fifth child
Discussed“I am reading a novel called the fifth child by Doris lesing”
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Elmet
Discussed“it's a debut novel that I reviewed uh this week called elmet by Fiona Mosley who's a 29-year-old British writer who sets this story in the Yorkshire Countryside”
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The Orchard Keeper
The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy is the author's stark and atmospheric debut novel, set in a remote Tennessee community and noted for its bleak portrayal of rural life and human isolation.
Discussed“I picked up Cormac McCarthy's first novel I've been meaning to go back and reread some of his books I haven't read this one before called The Orchard keeper published in 1965”
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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
Discussed“the first one is draft number four by John MC and he's actually my professor at Princeton and so I'm rereading it for nostalgic reasons”
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Anowa
Discussed“and the second anoa was published in 1970 I read the book sort of backwards”
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Other mentions in this episode (19) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Perfectionists
“joining us now is Simon Winchester author of many books recently at Atlantic Pacific forthcoming the perfectionists a brief history of precision a very intriguing title”
Passing Atlantic
“joining us now is Simon Winchester author of many books recently at Atlantic Pacific forthcoming the perfectionists a brief history of precision”
Passing Pacific
“joining us now is Simon Winchester author of many books recently at Atlantic Pacific forthcoming the perfectionists a brief history of precision”
Passing Atlantic
“my first trip across the Atlantic that I wrote a book about was from Liverpool to Montreal on a ship the Empress of of Britain”
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“and then in the from these two books which again I'll give the title A thirst for Empire how tea shaped the modern world by Erica Rapaport”
Passing The Perfectionists
“we can look forward to your next book The perfectionist a brief history of Precision coming next May”
Passing The Golden Notebook
“unlike the uh more kind of realistic fiction that Len started out her career with the famously the golden notebook”
Passing the dilemma of a ghost
“the first play is published in 1965 it's called dilemma of a ghost”
Passing Future Home of the Living God
“because the book that Greg mentioned earlier Lis erdrick's book debuted on the bestseller list at number 13 future home of the Living God”
Passing The Martian
“not hugely surprising because the Martian was such a huge hit our reviewer enk jemson who does our science fiction column points out he's maybe better on screen than he is as a bookwriter”
Passing Artemis
“Andes we's followup to the Martian debut at number five which is kind of surprising Artemis”
Passing Promise Me, Dad
“Joe Biden's book debuts at number one promise me dad followed by Pete Souza's Obama”
Passing Obama
“Joe Biden's book debuts at number one promise me dad followed by Pete Souza's Obama and there's a children's book version of that”
Passing Bobby Kennedy
“at number four a book on Bobby Kennedy by Chris Matthews”
Passing Grant
“at number six Ron chernow's new biography of Grant”
Passing Sisters First
“at number seven the Bush daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush writing sisters first at 8 Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian kilme and Don joerger”
“at 8 Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian kilme and Don joerger”
Passing What Happened
“at 10 Hillary Clinton's what happened”
Passing We Were Eight Years in Power
“and then a little bit further down at number 15 tanasi Coates we were eight years in power so I found that interesting”