Book Review Podcast: Elizabeth Gilbert and Mika Brzezinski

January 9, 2010

This week: Elizabeth Gilbert on “Commited,” her follow-up to “Eat, Pray, Love”; MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski on her memoir, “All Things at Once”; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

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Book Review Podcast: Elizabeth Gilbert and Mika Brzezinski

Book Review Podcast: Biographies of Patricia Highsmith and Paul McCartney

December 18, 2009

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This week: Joan Schenkar, biographer of the novelist Patricia Highsmith; the singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega on Paul McCartney; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news.

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Book Review Podcast: Biographies of Patricia Highsmith and Paul McCartney

Book Review Podcast: Food Writing, Old and New

May 29, 2009

This week: Jonathan Miles on W.P.A. food writing; Christine Muhlke on food-themed memoirs; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news

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Book Review Podcast: Food Writing, Old and New

Book Review Podcast: John Irving and Danielle Steel

May 21, 2009

This week: conversations with the novelists John Irving and Danielle Steel; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. The interview with John Irving is also available as a video.

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Book Review Podcast: John Irving and Danielle Steel

May 15 Book Review Podcast

May 15, 2009

This week: Jeffrey Eugenides, author of “The Virgin Suicides” and “Middlesex”; Helene Cooper on a memoir by Africa’s first female president; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review, is the host.

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May 15 Book Review Podcast

May 8 Book Review Podcast

May 8, 2009

This week: Laurie Halse Anderson, author of the young adult novel “Wintergirls”; Peter Brown, author and illustrator of the picture book “The Curious Garden”; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review, is the host.

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May 8 Book Review Podcast

All Week: BEA Podcasts from the Brooklyn Book Festival

May 14, 2008

On September 16, 2007 nearly 100 booksellers and thousands of books filled Borough Hall Plaza and Columbus Park in Brooklyn, NY for the second annual Brooklyn Book Festival.

This event also featured a series of dramatic readings, author interviews, and panel discussions. By special arrangement with the Brooklyn Book Festival, BEA will be podcasting select programs from this special event.

Stay tuned all week to listen in!