Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Unjust America
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Supreme Inequality
Discussed“Adam Cohen will join us to talk about his new book Supreme inequality”
Where to get it
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Imbeciles
Discussed“I want to get into that in a moment but I want to start first with your last book before this imbeciles because it also looked at some pretty Grim history in American Court history”
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We the corporations
We the Corporations by Adam Winkler is a meticulously researched historical examination of how American business enterprises fought for and secured civil rights traditionally reserved for individual citizens.
Discussed“a book came out a couple of years ago that I'm sure you're familiar with we the corporations by Adam Winkler which looked at kind of the Long View of history of Corporations”
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Vanity Dies Hard
Vanity Dies Hard is a suspense novel by acclaimed British mystery author Ruth Rendell.
Recommended“so I'm reading a very old Ruth Rendell novel called vanity dies hard which I actually picked up at my library's most recent book sale”
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Feel Free
Feel Free by Zadie Smith is a wide-ranging collection of essays offering insightful cultural, political, and literary critique.
Recommended“so one of the books that I read was Zade Smith's essay collection from 2018 feel free”
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Grand Union Stories
Zadie Smith's collection Grand Union was featured across multiple episodes of The Book Review in July 2024.
Discussed“I talked in a recent podcast about her Story collection Grand Union”
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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 the cost of living by Deborah Levy and Levy has been talked about on this podcast before”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing NW
“I think and I know most people think of Z Smith in terms of her novels you know n w and on beauty and of course the white teeth”
Passing On Beauty
“I think and I know most people think of Z Smith in terms of her novels you know n w and on beauty and of course the white teeth”
Passing White Teeth
“I think and I know most people think of Z Smith in terms of her novels you know n w and on beauty and of course the white teeth”
Passing Crossing to Safety
“there's a book that I just finished which I'll talk about in a later episode Wallace stegner's Crossing to safety”