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February 24, 2021 Lights, Camera, Action! New Fiction From Ethan Hawke and William Boyd
All the world's a stage! This week on The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that take us behind the scenes of stage and screen: Ethan Hawke's A Bright Ray of Darkness and William Boyd's Trio.
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February 10, 2021 Happy Birthday To Us! 'Detransition, Baby' and 'American Baby'
Today on The Weekly Reader, we are marking four years on the air! To celebrate, we are featuring two very different books about babies: Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters, and American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser.
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February 04, 2021 Family Values: New Fiction From Liese O'Halloran Schwarz And Sarah Langan
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two novels about two rather uncommon families: What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz, and Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan.
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January 13, 2021 Reflections on 2020: Smart Books For Thoughtful People
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books that look for meaning in reflections from the past, both near and far: Cold Moon: On Love, Life, and Responsibility by Roger Rosenblatt, and A World Out of Reach: Dispatches from Life Under Lockdown, edited by Meghan O'Rourke.
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January 13, 2021 Smart Books For Thoughtful People
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books that search for meaning by reflecting on the past: Cold Moon: On Love, Life and Responsibility, by Roger Rosenblatt, and A World Out of Reach: Dispatches from Life Under Lockdown, edited by Meghan O'Rourke.
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January 13, 2021 The Emerald Isle: Fact And Fiction From Northern Ireland
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, fact and fiction about life in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. We review Maggie Gallen's big Girl Small Town and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.
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January 05, 2021 Jenny Offill Special
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two short books by a favorite author, Jenny Offill.
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December 01, 2020 Listen Up! Audio Books from Sarah Blake and James McBride
Listen Up! Audio Books from Sarah Blake and James McBride
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November 24, 2020 New York Stories: Debra Jo Immergut's 'You Again' and Caroline Leavitt's 'With or Without You'
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that bring New York City to life: Debra Jo Immergut's You Again, and Caroline Leavitt's With or Without You.
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November 17, 2020 Books with Big Buzz: Bryan Washington's 'Memorial' and Rumaan Alam's 'Leave the World Behind.'
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that manage to capture the current cultural zeitgeist: Memorial by Bryan Washington, and Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam.
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