436 episodes
The Book Review The New York Times
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4.1 • 3.1K Ratings
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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.
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What We're Reading
Gilbert Cruz talks to Book Review staff members about the books they’ve been enjoying lately.
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Books About the Oscars
Just in time for the Academy Awards, our critic Alexandra Jacobs discusses two recent books on the subject, Michael Schulman’s “Oscar Wars” and Bruce Davis’s “The Academy and the Award.”
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Revisiting 'Wisconsin Death Trip,' 50 Years Later
The Times's critic Dwight Garner looks back on Michael Lesy's cult classic of documentary literature, which was first published in 1973.
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On Reading "A Wrinkle in Time"
Sarah Lyall discusses reading Madeleine L'Engle's classic novel at a pivotal moment in her childhood, and the lessons she has extracted from the book throughout her life.
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Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding
Erica Ackerberg and Elisabeth Egan talk about community libraries, and MJ Franklin talks about the novelist Paul Harding.
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"Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages"
Sadie Stein, an editor at the Book Review, discusses Carmela Ciuraru's book "Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages" with the host Gilbert Cruz.
Customer Reviews
New Format Needs Improvement
While I’m really glad the podcast is back, I miss the old format. This new version is much too short. Hopefully, they’ll go back to the original, lengthier (more informative and interesting) format soon.
A bit better
I did enjoy this week’s episode, with the return of various editors talking about the books they are reading. I hope this will be a regular part of the podcast in coming weeks. I appreciate that Gilbert Cruz let the editors take the lead in the conversation. The podcast still needs to be longer and especially needs to bring back interviews with authors. Nevertheless, this is a step in the right direction. I hope this means that the podcast is still a work in progress and we can hope for better things to come.
NYT Book Review slips
Hate to pile on, as Gilbert seems like a nice guy. But the show has gone from sublime to nothing special. Whose idea was it to have the boss “interview” subordinates each week? That makes no sense in terms of production or journalism. He talks as much or more than they do, for starters. This was an ornament of the NYT; now it sounds like something mashed together on deadline with a minimal budget. As someone else noted, you have so many great people on staff — not to speak of all the authors out there. What a loss. ... Is Alexandra Alter at all interested? She seems to have real literary strength as well as towering reporting skills.