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Colum McCann’s newest, Twist, explores how the world of underwater fiber cables has vital physical and metaphoric meaning in our day to day lives. Sound dull? We promise you, it’s a literary marvel and a page turner to boot. The men and women who live to make, repair and find these cables are fascinating characters. And Twist is a beautiful novel all about how we can tear ourselves apart as we obsess about reparation and healing. Is instant communication making us one community or ruining our sense of belonging? Are we making the earth better or burning it slowly to the ground? Tune in this week to find out.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Twist by Colum McCann
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Zoli by Colum McCann
Everything in this Country Must by Colum McCann
Dancer by Colum McCann
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Apierogon by Colum McCann
Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCann
This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann
Songdogs Colum McCann
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Kaveh Akbar and Tommy Orange are a writer’s circle of two. We can’t remember how we first heard they were close friends, but we knew it when we interviewed them and were thrilled when we heard they might be touring together. Tune in to find out how these two amazing authors encourage and challenge each other.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
There There by Tommy Orange
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar
Pilgrim Bell: Poems by Kaveh Akbar
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Beowulf by Beowulf Poet
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We love short story collections. We hope this doesn’t put us in the minority, because when authors do it well the books can be transcendent. Case in point, Curtis Sittenfeld’s latest is Show Don’t Tell. We didn’t find one story in there we didn’t like. Each feels like a breath of fresh aired emotional honesty, a glimpse into the lives of memorable characters at various turning points questioning their own choices. Join us to find out what made Curtis release this collection. And we sit down with Plot Twist, our first romance-based independent bookstore.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
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There is no greater classic in Kate’s mind than The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. So when our audiences liked our holiday revisit of the Christmas Carol, we knew Gatsby had to be next. Join us as we sit down with two of the country’s greatest Gatsby and Fitzgerald scholars. Find out why the book is still so studied, so beloved, and still so relevant to our lives.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Geraldine Brooks' latest, Memorial Days, is a deeply personal memoir about the sudden loss of her husband Tony Horowitz. In this beautiful and deeply felt book, Geraldine remembers her husband and honors his legacy and their love. She walks us through the days after his death while simultaneously also taking us through her mourning process. Find out why Memorial Days was important to her survival, and how writing the book helped her and her family deal with the impossible task of grieving.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
March by Geraldine Brooks
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
Grief is for People by Sloane Crossley
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander
A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company by Brian Hall
Overstory by Richard Powers
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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Politics are heavily loaded in today’s America; we seem to be so angry at one another. Jeffrey Toobin’s newest, The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy, is a fascinating and oblique way of examining politics, studying the history and use of the Presidential pardon. Both Democrats and Republicans have made huge partisan mistakes with pardons, contributing to the cynical way that pardons are viewed today. Want to know some of the mistakes that led us to such an angry election? Tune in and hear why one of the best political journalists in the country thinks it might have all started with Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Jeffrey Toobin
The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin
American Heiress: The Wild Safa of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin
A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President by Jeffrey Toobin
The Oath: the Obama White House and the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey Toobin
Too Close to Call: The Thirty Six Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election by Jeffrey Toobin
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
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Jeff Hobbs is a best-selling author, but the way he listens to his subjects and retells their stories brings a deeply human perspective to really difficult topics. His newest, Seeking Shelter, is the story of homelessness told through the eyes of Evelyn, a devoted and fierce mother of six, determined to keep her kids out of the welfare system. Jeff spent hundreds of hours talking to Evelyn and her kids about surviving the streets as a family (though not unscathed). Jeff is a compelling storyteller, a thoughtful author, and his subjects trust him with some of the toughest moments of their lives. Tune in to find out why.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System by Jeff Hobbs
Show Them You’re Good: A Portrait of Boys in the City of Angels the Year Before College by Jeff Hobbs
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This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer sees love’s complexities, beauties; its selfishness, difficulties, and maddening passions. Jessica Soffer tells us the story of a 50 year marriage between Abe and Jane as Jane lies dying in a hospital bed. The backdrop of their romance is Central Park, and despite the constant presence of love in the story, it is not overly sentimental or maudlin. Tune in and find out how a writer spent years writing a marriage that lasted decades.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
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Adam Haslett’s new novel, Mothers & Sons is a brilliant book examining the relationships between mothers and sons from all sorts of angles. The story of Peter and his mother Ann, who have so much in common and yet are estranged. Compelling, original and moving, this a novel that stays with you.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Mothers & Sons by Adam Haslett
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
You are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Tinkers by Paul Harding
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The Booker Prize is awarded each year to the best work of sustained fiction in the English language. In other words, it doesn’t get any more prestigious than the Booker. And we are honored this week to have Samantha Harvey who wrote the 2024 Booker winner entitled “Orbital”. When you read her beautiful prose, you’ll know why she won. And when you listen to her tell us how and why she wrote “Orbital”, you’ll be as impressed with Samantha Harvey as we are.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
“Orbital” by Samantha Harvey
“The Shapeless Unease” by Samantha Harvey
“Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf
“The Western Wind” by Samantha Harvey
“The Wilderness” by Samantha Harvey
“Dear Thief” by Samantha Harvey
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If like your drama in a courtroom, Scott Turow is the writer for you. His newest, Presumed Guilty, is the conclusion to the story of Rusty Sabitch, his best known protagonist. It’s a wonderfully written page turner that we bet you won’t be able to put down. If your heart pounds to the sound of a gavel and a bailiff saying ALL RISE, tune in and listen to find out why Scott thinks law is still the noblest pursuit of them all.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Burden of Proof by Scott Turow
One L by Scott Turow
Innocence by Scott Turow
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
Suspect by Scott Turow
Reversible Errors by Scott Turow
Personal Injuries by Scott Turow
The Laws of Our Fathers by Scott Turow
Identical by Scott Turow
Limitations by Scott Turow
Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow
Testimony by Scott Turow
The Orphan’s Son by Adam Johnson
The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
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Our first book show of the year is a first-time novelist, Karissa Chen. Her new book Homecoming is a novel a portrait in longing, an epoch love story between two characters torn apart by political unrest at the time of the Communist Revolution in China. It’s ambitious, it’s beautiful and it’s one of the best historical portrayals of China’s complex histories we have ever read. Join us!
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Homecoming by Karissa Chen
Written on the Water by Eileen Chang
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 by DerekWalcott
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This week we take a look back at last year’s Book Case episodes focussing on the methodology of writing. We love talking to authors about their technique, their inspirations, and we love exploring how they do what they do. So this week we sew together some of our favorite ideas and methods coming from our authors, on how to write a book. We hope that we have some aspiring authors listening, and that there is inspiration to be taken from each of these ideas.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
The Time of the Child by Niall Williams
Bel Canto: The Annotated Edition by Ann Patchett
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Tell me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The History of Sound: Stories by Ben Shattuck
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradal
Shanghai by Joseph Kanon
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Table for Two by Amor Towles
The Hunter by Tana French
After Anna by Anna Quindlen
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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We decided to break format this week, and we might do it again at that (it was wonderful). To ring in the holiday week, we had to spend a little time talking about A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. And we must admit we had never read it until now. We sit down with Dean Natalie McKnight at Boston University, and Professor Joel Brattin at Worcester Polytechnic. Both top Dickensian scholars in their field, we ask them why this book still universally resonates….hundreds of years later.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
The Battle of Life: A Love Story by Charles Dickens
The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain by Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
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We know we want to talk to an author if we argue long and lustily about a book’s themes. And Like Mother, Like Mother, the newest by Susan Rieger, has so many themes: how we cannot escape our mothers, the concept of whether women can “have it all”, the debate on nature vs. nurture…and so much more. These are characters that will stay with you long after you have finished, and is a great selection for book clubs out there. Take a break from holiday prep and join us for our conversation with Susan Rieger and with Warwick books in La Jolla California.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
The Heirs by Susan Rieger
The Divorce Papers by Susan Rieger
Mosaic of the Mind by Susan Rieger
By the Lake by John McGahern
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
Time of the Child by Niall Williams
Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Delia Ephron is a courageous woman. Not only did she lose her husband Jerry, she then faced death in the form of leukemia and a very risky bone marrow transplant all while falling in love with her husband Peter. As if all of this weren’t enough, she wrote an amazing memoir about it, Left on Tenth, and THEN she turned it into a major play on Broadway where hundreds of people could react to her story, live. How did she do it and why? We find out on this week’s Book Case. We also talk to the bookstore Francie and French, and tell you where they got that name.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron
The Lion is In by Delia Ephron
Heartburn by Delia and Nora Ephron
Siracusa by Delia Ephron
Big City Eyes by Delia Ephron
Hanging Up by Delia Ephron
Sister Mother Husband Dog Etc. by Delia Ephron
The Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia Ephron
Frannie in Pieces by Delia Ephron
Love Lost and What I Wore: A Play by Delia and Nora Ephron
The Time of the Child by Niall Williams
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In this, the second part of our interview with Louise Penny we talk to her about the art of writing, how she stays fresh and what her year looks like as she writes and completes a Gamache mystery. We widen our lens on the art of writing with Louise Penny. Stay with us, you won't want to miss it.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Still Life by Louise Penny
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
The Hangman by Louise Penny
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
A Better Man by Louise Penny
All the Devils Are Here
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton
World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
The Complete Collection of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson
Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron
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We read fan comments, and several of you wrote us about Louise Penny. Charlie has always been a fan (he would want me to say that) but Kate was shamefully new to her work. But she is now a HUGE fan and has read them all and could not put down The Grey Wolf, Penny’s newest and her 19th Inspector Gamache in the series. Join us for part 1 of a 2 part Book Case podcast with Louise Penny.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Still Life by Louise Penny
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
The Hangman by Louise Penny
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
A Better Man by Louise Penny
All the Devils Are Here
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton
World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
The Time of the Child by Niall Williams
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Monogamy by Sue Miller
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When Niall Williams releases a book, we positively cheer. His writing feels like coming home to us. A home full of warm fires, good stories, kind neighbors, strong community and unspoken love. All of them and more illuminate his latest: The Time of the Child. We could not recommend this book more. Buy it. And then buy it for everyone on your holiday list who loves to read. And then sit by your holiday fire with all of those folks who read it and listen to this episode of the Book Case. You will be so glad you did.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Time of the Child by Niall Williams
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
History of Rain by Niall Williams
Four Letters of Love by Niall Williams
As it Is in Heaven by Niall Williams
O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare by Niall Williams and Christine Breen
The Fall of Light by Niall Williams
In Kiltumper: A Year in an Irish Garden by Niall Williams and Christine Breen
Boy in the World by Niall Williams
John by Niall Williams
When Summer’s in the Meadow by Niall Williams and Christine Breen
Bel Canto: The Annotated Edition by Ann Patchett
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We don’t do it often, but we are giving two episodes to one conversation: the Great Ann Patchett talking about the Annotated Bel Canto. After we wrap our conversation with her we talk to her bookstore, Parnassus and its manager, Cat Bock. Tune in and find out why we love Ann Patchett so much.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Bel Canto: The Annotated Edition by Ann Patchett
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Run by Ann Patchett
This is the Story of a Marriage by Ann Patchett
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Taft by Ann Patchett
Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, The Audiobook Version read by Jeremy Irons
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
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