Eleanor Catton on ‘Birnam Wood’
Eleanor Catton’s new novel, “Birnam Wood,” is a rollicking eco-thriller that juggles a lot of heady themes with a big plot and a heedless sense of play — no surprise, really, from a writer who won Bri...
28 Apr 202333min
David Grann on the Wreck of the H.M.S. Wager
David Grann is one of the top narrative nonfiction writers at work today; a staff writer at The New Yorker, he has previously combined a flair for adventure writing with deep historical research in ac...
21 Apr 202334min
The Enduring Appeal of Judy Blume and Gabriel García Márquez
It’s been more than 50 years since the publication of Judy Blume’s middle-grade novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” a coming-of-age tale that has become a classic for its frank discussion of...
14 Apr 202323min
What We're Reading
As you might guess, the folks who work at the Book Review are always reading — and many of them like to juggle three or four books at once. In this episode, Gilbert Cruz talks to the editors Tina Jord...
7 Apr 202327min
Victor LaValle Talks About Horror and ‘Lone Women’
After a spate of more or less contemporary horror novels set in and around New York, Victor LaValle’s latest book, “Lone Women,” opens in 1915 as its heroine, Adelaide Henry, is burning down her famil...
31 Mar 202334min
What We're Reading
It should come as no surprise that writers and editors at the Book Review do a lot of outside reading — and, even among ourselves, we like to discuss the books that are on our minds. On this week’s ep...
17 Mar 202323min
Books About the Oscars
The 95th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday evening in Hollywood, with top contenders including “Tár,” “Women Talking” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” For readers, it’s a perfect excu...
10 Mar 202320min
Revisiting 'Wisconsin Death Trip,' 50 Years Later
It's been 50 years since Michael Lesy's influential cult classic "Wisconsin Death Trip" was published. A documentary text of found material, the book gathered prosaic historical photos of Wisconsin re...
3 Mar 202323min
