The Book Review

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November 20, 2020 Joy Williams and Unique Views of America
A.O. Scott talks about Williams’s fiction, and Nicholas Christakis discusses his new book about the coronavirus, “Apollo’s Arrow.”
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1 hr 2 min
November 13, 2020 David Byrne on Turning 'American Utopia' Into a Book
Byrne talks about his work with the artist Maira Kalman on his latest book, and Brittany K. Barnett discusses "A Knock at Midnight."
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50 min
November 06, 2020 The Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
Ernest Freeberg talks about “A Traitor to His Species,” and the illustrator Christian Robinson discusses his career in picture books.
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51 min
October 30, 2020 A Writing Career Among Trailblazing Music Stars
Peter Guralnick talks about “Looking to Get Lost,” and Alex Ross discusses “Wagnerism.”
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1 hr
October 23, 2020 Real-Life Political Violence Fuels Fiction in ‘The Abstainer’
Ian McGuire talks about his new novel, and Elisabeth Egan discusses Romy Hausmann’s “Dear Child.”
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54 min
October 16, 2020 The Ottoman Empire’s Influence on the Present Day
Alan Mikhail talks about “God’s Shadow,” and Benjamin Lorr discusses “The Secret Life of Groceries.”
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1 hr 4 min
October 09, 2020 The Fate of Refugees After World War II
David Nasaw talks about “The Last Million,” and Carlos Lozada discusses “What Were We Thinking.”
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1 hr 4 min
October 02, 2020 Hari Kunzru on Writing ‘Red Pill’
Kunzru talks about his new novel, and Ben Macintyre discusses “Agent Sonya,” his latest real-life tale of espionage.
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1 hr 5 min
September 25, 2020 C.I.A. Operatives in the Early Years of the Cold War
Scott Anderson discusses “The Quiet Americans,” and Peter Baker and Susan Glasser talk about “The Man Who Ran Washington.”
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1 hr 7 min
September 18, 2020 Ayad Akhtar on Truth and Fiction
Akhtar discusses "Homeland Elegies," and Marc Lacey talks about "Cry Havoc," by Michael Signer, and "The Violence Inside Us," by Chris Murphy.
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1 hr

About The Book Review

From the publisher's feed

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.