Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-09-13

Books mentioned on The Real ‘Border Czar’ Defends the Biden-Harris Record

2 books · With Alejandro Mayorkas · Watch on YouTube

Alejandro Mayorkas recommended The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead and String Theory by David Foster Wallace.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Nickel Boys

   Colson Whitehead · at 59:52

   The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel depicting the brutal abuses suffered by teenage boys at a reform school in the Jim Crow-era American South.

   Recommended

   “one of the books that I have read in the past two years that has impacted me considerably and that I consider to be absolutely exquisite in its writing and in its power and it in its message is the nickelbys by Coulson Whitehead that is one of the best books I've ever read”

   Alejandro Mayorkas The Real ‘Border Czar’ Defends the Biden-Harris Record 2024-09-13 Listen at 59:52

   Where to get it

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2. String Theory

   String Theory

   David Foster Wallace · at 1:00:09 · mentioned 2 times

   String Theory by David Foster Wallace is a celebrated collection of essays focused primarily on the world of tennis and the profound psychological experiences of elite athletes.

   Recommended

   “what I have on my nightstand right now is motivated by the US Open I have David Foster Wallace's string theory and the book that I have as its companion is the dictionary because his vocabulary was far far greater than mine will ever be”

   Alejandro Mayorkas The Real ‘Border Czar’ Defends the Biden-Harris Record 2024-09-13 Listen at 1:00:09

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible