‘Son of Elsewhere’ Recounts Life as a Young Immigrant
In “Son of Elsewhere,” Elamin Abdelmahmoud writes about growing up in Canada after moving there from Sudan when he was 12. On this week’s podcast, he talks about that experience, including his first i...
15 Juli 202257min
Alice Elliott Dark on ‘Fellowship Point’
In Alice Elliott Dark’s second novel, “Fellowship Point,” Agnes Lee and Polly Wister have been friends for about 80 years. Their intertwined families own homes on a Maine peninsula, and some of the bo...
9 Juli 202256min
A Novel About Brilliant Young Game Designers
Gabrielle Zevin’s new novel, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” is set in the world of video game design, and follows two friends named Sadie and Sam as they collaborate on what becomes a very su...
1 Juli 202249min
Sensing the World Anew Through Other Species
Ed Yong’s new book, “An Immense World,” urges readers to break outside their “sensory bubble” to consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice and other animals experience their surroundings.“I’v...
25 Juni 202245min
Jackie, Before Marrying Jack
Elisabeth Egan, an editor at the Book Review, curates our Group Text column — a monthly choice of a book that she feels is particularly well suited to book clubs and their discussions. On this week’s ...
17 Juni 202247min
Tom Perrotta on the Return of Tracy Flick
Few fictional characters in recent decades have been as intensely discussed as Tracy Flick. The ambitious teenage protagonist of Tom Perrotta’s novel “Election” (1998) and the ensuing film adaptation,...
10 Juni 202252min
One Island, Two Men and Lots of Big Questions
Karen Jennings’s novel “An Island,” which was on the longlist for the Booker Prize in 2021, is set on a fictional unnamed island off the coast of Africa, where a man named Samuel has worked as a light...
3 Juni 202253min
Remembering the ‘Great Stewardess Rebellion’
With current-day labor movements at Amazon, Starbucks and other big employers in the news, Nell McShane Wulfhart is on the podcast this week to discuss her new book about a vivid moment in labor histo...
27 Maj 202251min
