Episode · The Book Review · 2017-12-08
Books mentioned on The Second Coming of the KKK
Gilbert Cruz recommended The second coming of the KKK by Linda Gordon, Endurance by Scott Kelly, Autumn by Ali Smith, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum, Grant by Ron Chernow, Locking up our own by James Forman, Prairie fires by Caroline Fraser, and Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood. Scott Kelly recommended The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. Greg Cowles recommended Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders and Improvement by Joan Silber. Gal Beckerman recommended The dawn watch by Maya Jasanoff. Maria Russo recommended Who is Rich? by Matthew Klam. Alexandra Alter recommended Spy of the first person by Sam Shepard. John Williams recommended These possible lives by Fleur Jaeggy, discussed The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy, and criticized Child of God by Cormac McCarthy. Jennifer Szalai discussed BRIEF HISTORY OF MISOGYNY: THE WORLD'S OLDEST PREJUDICE by JACK HOLLAND. Pamela Paul recommended Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The second coming of the KKK
The Second Coming of the KKK by Linda Gordon examines the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s and its deep integration into American political and social traditions.
Recommended“Linda Gordon will join us to talk about her new book the second coming of the KKK”
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Endurance
Endurance by Scott Kelly is a compelling memoir by the astronaut chronicling his year-long mission aboard the International Space Station and his broader lifetime of discovery.
Recommended“astronaut Scott Kelly will be here to discuss his Memoir endurance”
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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe is a classic account documenting the early days of the United States space program and the test pilots turned astronauts of the Mercury project.
Recommended“and it was the right stuff by Tom Wolf and just the you know the way Tom writes that captured my attention”
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Autumn
Autumn by Ali Smith is a reflective contemporary novel that captures the shifting political and cultural landscape of Great Britain.
Recommended“in fiction Autumn by Ali Smith”
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Exit West
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is a contemporary magical realist novel that explores migration, refugees, and global upheaval through the lens of a couple fleeing a war-torn country.
Recommended“exit West by Mosen hammed”
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Pachinko
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is a sweeping historical novel that follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family living in Japan.
Recommended“pachenko by menen Lee”
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The Power
The Power by Naomi Alderman is a speculative science fiction novel set in a world where teenage girls develop the physical ability to emit deadly electrical shocks, fundamentally upending global power dynamics and patriarchy.
Recommended“the power by Naomi Alderman”
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward is a powerful Mississippi-set novel that functions simultaneously as a raw road trip narrative and a haunting ghost story.
Recommended“Sing unburied Sing by Jasmine Ward”
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The Evolution of Beauty
The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O.
Recommended“and then in non-fiction the evolution of beauty how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate Choice shapes the animal world and Us by Richard PR”
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Grant
Grant by Ron Chernow is an exhaustive, thousand-page biography chronicling the life and times of Civil War general and U.S.
Recommended“Grant by Ron chernau”
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Locking up our own
Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr.
Recommended“locking up our own crime and punishment in Black America by James foran Jr”
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Prairie fires
Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser is a meticulous, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography that reinterprets the American dreams and complex life of beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Recommended“Prairie fires the American Dreams of Laura Engles Wilder by Caroline Fraser”
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Priestdaddy
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood is a sharply witty and unconventional memoir recounting the author's eccentric upbringing in the Midwest as the daughter of a married Catholic priest.
Recommended“and priest daddy by Patricia Lockwood”
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is a historical fiction novel that follows Abraham Lincoln in a Washington cemetery grieving his young son Willie amid a supernatural bardo of ghosts.
Recommended“well I I think it will surprise nobody who knows me that I would have loved to have seen George saunders's Lincoln and the BAU end up on on the fiction list”
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The dawn watch
The Dawn Watch by Maya Jasanoff is a historical non-fiction work that explores the life and writings of Joseph Conrad alongside the historical currents of his era.
Recommended“I really liked Amaya jasanoff's the dawn watch which also just came out pretty recently”
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Who is Rich?
Who Is Rich? is a contemporary comic novel by Matthew Klam that explores modern marriage, wealth, and middle-aged ennui through the perspective of a successful cartoonist.
Recommended“I thought Matthew clams who is Rich would have been a fantastic Darkhorse choice”
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Spy of the first person
Spy of the First Person by Sam Shepard is a poignant posthumous novel that reflects on aging, illness, and observation through a distinctive narrative voice.
Recommended“working on a final book which was released this week by Koff titled spy of the first person”
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Improvement
Improvement is a contemporary novel by Joan Silber that weaves together the lives of disparate characters whose paths intersect in unexpected ways, exploring themes of connection, consequence, and redemption.
Recommended“this week I I am reading Janes Sil new novel Improvement”
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These possible lives
These Possible Lives is a literary work by Fleur Jaeggy that offers concise, striking prose portraits of various notable figures, exploring their distinct intellectual and personal paths.
Recommended“included on her list this book that had kind of escaped my notice when the book review covered it a few weeks ago called these possible lives by a a woman named Flur jaggie”
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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“and then the other book I'm continuing sort of catching up with some of the early Cormac McCarthy books that I hadn't read before and I I know I mentioned the orchard keeper a couple weeks ago”
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Child of God
Child of God is a dark and disturbing novel by Cormac McCarthy set in the backwoods of Tennessee, following the harrowing descent of a violent and isolated outcast.
Critiqued“this week I read child of God which I have to say is I I really enjoyed is probably the wrong word”
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BRIEF HISTORY OF MISOGYNY: THE WORLD'S OLDEST PREJUDICE
Discussed“so I am reading this book called misogyny the world's oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland and I picked it up”
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Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre is a gripping historical non-fiction account detailing a bizarre and brilliant World War II scheme that utilized a dead man to deceive Nazi Germany and secure an Allied victory.
Recommended“I'm reading Ben McIntyre's book operation Min meet with a great subtitle which is how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied Victory”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“winner last year with Paul batty the sellout”
“I mean those are Grim obviously but this is just about this character in Tennessee a guy who sort of lives outside the bounds of society”
“um I think the next one is going to be outer dark which was this was his third book The Orchard keeper was his first”
“actually one of the books that I read earlier this year that I really like called the age of anger by punas Mishra”
“and I was trying to think you know like a book like the second sex I think in a way even though it's much larger MH it's in a way more readable”
“so he did agent zigzag and the man who would be king and the englishman's daughter and a spy among friends among other books”
“so he did agent zigzag and the man who would be king and the englishman's daughter and a spy among friends among other books”
“so he did agent zigzag and the man who would be king and the englishman's daughter and a spy among friends among other books”
“so he did agent zigzag and the man who would be king and the englishman's daughter and a spy among friends among other books”