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Just the Right Book is a podcast hosted by Roxanne Coady, owner of famous independent bookstore R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, that will help you discover new and note-worthy books in all genres, give you unique insights into your favorite authors, and bring you up to date with what’s happening in the literary world.

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady Roxanne Coady

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    • 4.1 • 10 Ratings

Just the Right Book is a podcast hosted by Roxanne Coady, owner of famous independent bookstore R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, that will help you discover new and note-worthy books in all genres, give you unique insights into your favorite authors, and bring you up to date with what’s happening in the literary world.

    Tim Wu on the Corporate Dangers of a Return to Fascism

    Tim Wu on the Corporate Dangers of a Return to Fascism

    In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, we revisit our conversation with Tim Wu to discuss his book, The Curse of Bigness, now available in paperback and which examines the history of antitrust actions in the 20th century, making the argument that breaking up today's largest high-tech titans would be good for business as well as our democracy. 

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    • 40 min
    How to Find God in a World Full of Disappointment with Anthony Kronman

    How to Find God in a World Full of Disappointment with Anthony Kronman

    In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, she is joined by Anthony T. Kronman to discuss his book, After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy, out now from Yale University Press. Anthony Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law and a former dean at Yale Law School. He is the author of Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan and Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life. He lives on Block Island, Rhode Island.

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    The Reconciliation Won't Be Easy, But It's Necessary Work with Claudia Rankine

    The Reconciliation Won't Be Easy, But It's Necessary Work with Claudia Rankine

    In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Claudia Rankine joins Roxanne to discuss her new book, Just Us. Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist, and playwright. Just Us completes her groundbreaking trilogy, following Don't Let Me Be Lonely and Citizen. She is a MacArthur Fellow and teaches at Yale University.

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    • 46 min
    Billy Collins on the Small Poem

    Billy Collins on the Small Poem

    Poet Billy Collins joins Roxanne Coady to discuss his new collection, Musical Tables: Poems and the power and pleasure of the small poem.

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    • 50 min
    A Walk of Memory and Renewal with Neil King Jr

    A Walk of Memory and Renewal with Neil King Jr

    Neil King Jr talks about his 330 mile walk from his home in Washington DC to NYC Central Park. American Ramble is a walk across contemporary America through some of our oldest common ground. 

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    • 52 min
    Redefining "American" and the Inequalities of the State with George Packer

    Redefining "American" and the Inequalities of the State with George Packer

    In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, George Packer joins Roxanne to discuss his new book, The Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, out now from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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    • 1 hr 8 min

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