Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Thomas Chatterton Williams on ‘Unlearning Race’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Self-Portrait in Black and White
Discussed“that was Thomas Chatterton Williams reading from his new book self portrait in black and white”
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Poisoner In Chief
Discussed“stepen kinser's new book is called poisoner in Chief Sydney gotle and the CIA search for mind control”
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The Testaments
Discussed“so the U Margaret Atwood won for the Testaments which is never heard of it”
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Girl, Woman, Other
Discussed“the other novel that won is titled girl woman other and it's very experimental”
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Quichotte
Discussed“the other finalists included Salon rushy he was on the short list for his new novel kote”
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Discussed“another author on the short list was elif Shaak for her novel 10 minutes 38 seconds in This Strange World which also sounds somewhat experimental”
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An Orchestra of Minorities
Discussed“another finalist was Choi Obama for an orchestra of minorities which is about a Nigerian poultry farmer who falls in love with a woman after he stops her from jumping to her death”
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Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann is an ambitious, experimental stream-of-consciousness novel structured around a single, massive sentence spanning over a thousand pages.
Discussed“and finally the only American on the short list this year is Lucy Elman who was chosen for her novel Ducks Newber Port which is highly experimental”
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Catch and Kill
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow is an investigative non-fiction book detailing the efforts to expose systemic sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood and the media industry.
Discussed“the most recent one and the one that I guess you know the book that a lot of people are talking about right now is Catch and kill by Ron and pharaoh and Ronan Pharaoh as I'm sure a number of listeners know is the journalist who wrote about Harvey Weinstein”
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Mindf*ck
Discussed“so the two books one I can't say the whole title but it's called mind and then it's F asterisk CK by Christopher Wy and the other is called targeted by Britney Kaiser”
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Targeted
Discussed“so the two books one I can't say the whole title but it's called mind and then it's F asterisk CK by Christopher Wy and the other is called targeted by Britney Kaiser”
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Antisocial
Andrew Marantz's Antisocial is a journalistic examination of internet culture, online trolling, and the rise of the alt-right movement in American politics.
Discussed“and about antisocial so it's antisocial by Andrew morance who's a staff writer for the New Yorker and and before Trump was elected president in 2016 morance had already started reporting on members of the alt-right”
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The Man Who Saw Everything
Discussed“so I reviewed the new Deborah Levy book with the terrifically ironic title The Man Who Saw everything”
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The cost of living
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy is a deeply reflective memoir that explores the realities of middle age, independence, and female identity following the dissolution of a marriage.
Recommended“it's part of her living autobiography series and it's called the cost of living and it's just about a writer's life”
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Frankissstein
Discussed“Janette winterson has a new novel it's called Frankenstein not Frankenstein but Frank kiss Stein”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Blind Assassin
“it was Margaret Atwood who has won before she won in 2000 for the blind assassin and a less well-known author Bernardine avisto who is a British author of Nigerian and British descent”
Passing The Handmaid's Tale
“it's her you know her incredibly highly anticipated sequel to The handmaid's Tale”
Passing Permanent Record
“I mean you reviewed another whistleblower book not so long ago the Edward Snowden book permanent record and that one you said was co-written by co-written or ghostwritten by the novelist Josh Cohen”
Passing Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“our our readers will remember Janette wierson is the English writer who became famous I think in 1985 for her somewhat autobiographical novel oranges are not the only fruit”
Passing Sexing the Cherry
“and her other books include sexting the cherry and a very good Memoir called why be happy when you can be normal”
“and her other books include sexting the cherry and a very good Memoir called why be happy when you can be normal”