The Book Review

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April 24, 2020 The Great Alaska Quake of 1964
Jon Mooallem talks about “This Is Chance!” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Charlie Mackesy’s “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.”
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50 min
April 17, 2020 Samantha Irby Talks About ‘Wow, No Thank You’
Irby on her new essay collection, and Jon Meacham discusses three books about leadership during times of crisis.
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57 min
April 10, 2020 Robert Kolker Discusses 'Hidden Valley Road'
Kolker talks about a large family beset by schizophrenia, and Elisabeth Egan discusses Lily King's "Writers & Lovers."
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55 min
April 03, 2020 Parenting When the Family Is Locked Inside
The clinical psychologist Lisa Damour discusses the specific challenges of raising children during the pandemic, and Dwight Garner asks Pamela Paul about putting together the Book Review.
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1 hr 13 min
March 27, 2020 From the Archives: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin
Whitehead discusses “The Underground Railroad,” and Toobin talks about “American Heiress.”
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55 min
March 20, 2020 Robert Caro on How He Does It
The acclaimed biographer of Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses talks about his book “Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.”
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1 hr 4 min
March 13, 2020 From the Archive: Michael Lewis and Tana French
Lewis discusses "The Fifth Risk," and French talks about "The Witch Elm."
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56 min
March 06, 2020 James McBride Talks About ‘Deacon King Kong’
McBride discuss his latest novel, and Rebecca Solnit talks about “Recollections of My Nonexistence.”
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58 min
February 28, 2020 The Ties That Bind Deutsche Bank and Donald Trump
David Enrich discusses "Dark Towers," and Kiran Millwood Hargrave talks about "The Mercies."
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1 hr 9 min
February 21, 2020 Unjust America
Adam Cohen talks about “Supreme Inequality,” and Madeline Levine discusses “Ready or Not.”
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1 hr 2 min

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.