Andrea Elliott on ‘Invisible Child’
In 2013, the front page of The New York Times devoted five straight days to the story of Dasani, an 11-year-old Black girl who lived in a homeless shelter in Brooklyn. Now, Andrea Elliott, the reporte...
8 Okt 202157min
Richard Powers on ‘Bewilderment’
In “Bewilderment,” Richard Powers’s first novel since he won a Pulitzer Prize for “The Overstory,” an astrobiologist named Theo Byrne looks for life on other planets while struggling to raise his high...
1 Okt 20211h 4min
Randall Kennedy on 'Say It Loud!'
The Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy’s new book, “Say It Loud!,” collects 29 of his essays. Kennedy’s opinions about the subjects listed in the book’s subtitle — race, law, history and culture — ...
24 Sep 20211h 13min
Colson Whitehead on 'Harlem Shuffle'
Colson Whitehead’s new novel, “Harlem Shuffle,” revolves around Ray Carney, a furniture retailer in Harlem in the 1960s with a sideline in crime. It’s a relatively lighthearted novel, certainly compar...
17 Sep 20211h 9min
Brandon Taylor on the Sally Rooney Phenomenon
The novelist Brandon Taylor, who has generated his own buzz with his debut novel, “Real Life,” and a collection of stories, “Filthy Animals,” visits the podcast to discuss the much-discussed work of S...
10 Sep 20211h 5min
Andrew Sullivan on Being ‘Out on a Limb’
“Out on a Limb” is a selection of Andrew Sullivan’s essays from the past 32 years of American history. On this week’s podcast, Sullivan talks about the book and his feelings about some of the very con...
3 Sep 20211h 7min
A.O. Scott Talks About William Maxwell
A.O. Scott, The Times’s co-chief film critic, returns to the Book Review’s podcast this week to discuss the work of William Maxwell, the latest subject in Scott’s essay series The Americans, about wri...
27 Aug 202159min
Life at Seven Miles Below the Sea
In her new book, “The Brilliant Abyss,” Helen Scales writes about the largely unseen realm of the deepest parts of the ocean. On this week’s podcast, she talks about the life down there — and how long...
20 Aug 202155min
