Can the American Dream Survive?
Robert Gordon, author of “The Rise and Fall of American Growth,” and Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, debate whether the era of strong economic growth is over, or...
18 Feb 201639min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: Love and Death
This week, Andrew Solomon discusses five new books about death and dying; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Alexandra Fuller talks about Olga Grushin’s “Forty Rooms”; readers recommend...
12 Feb 201647min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20
This week, Michael Pietsch and Tom Bissell talk about David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Chris Jennings discusses “Paradise Now”; and Gregory C...
5 Feb 201647min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: Bill Bryson on Britain
This week, Bill Bryson talks about “The Road to Little Dribbling”; Jennifer Schuessler has news from the literary world; Molly Young discusses new books about productivity; and Gregory Cowles has best...
29 Jan 201643min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Dark Money’
This week, Jane Mayer discusses “Dark Money”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; David Greenberg talks about “Republic of Spin”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul i...
24 Jan 201644min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘City of Thorns’
This week, Ben Rawlence discusses “City of Thorns”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Janice Y. K. Lee talks about “The Expatriates”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Pa...
15 Jan 201635min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Defender’
This week, Brent Staples discusses “The Defender” and the history of the black press; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Maria Konnikova talks about “The Confidence Game”; and Gregory...
8 Jan 201640min
Inside The New York Times Book Review: You, New and Improved
This week, Heather Havrilesky talks about Amy Cuddy’s “Presence” and Shonda Rhimes’s “Year of Yes,” and Michael Ian Black discusses “Navel Gazing.” Pamela Paul is the host. Subscribe today at nytimes....
31 Dec 201528min
