Podcast appearances and mentions of Alice Munro

Content warning: Mention of child sexual abuse.This week, Morgan is joined by critic and podcaster with InSession Film, Kristin Battestella to discuss Liza Johnson's 2013 film, "Hateship Loveship." The pair dive into Kristen Wiig's work and character, examine internalized misogyny, and discussion the emotional labor women will do. Again, a content warning for the mention of child sexual abuse in conversation about writer Alice Munro.You can find KristinBlueskyWomen InSession for InSession FilmYou can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBluesky

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La literatura te puede conquistar golpeándote y removiéndote. Samanta Schweblin , con 'El buen mal'  (Seix Barral), te da directo a la cabeza y al estomago, te hace salir de la falsa realidad y acercarte a ese mal que todos llevamos dentro a través de seis cuentos brutales. De obligada lectura, como cuando estábamos en el colegio. Y es que además de regalarnos esta maravilla de su puño y letra,  nos ha donado otros dos libros imprescindibles, le primero tocho porque es una recopilación, la que hizo la premio Nobel Alice Munro de sus propios relatos bajo el título 'Todo queda en casa' editado por Lumen. Y la segunda donación de Samanta otro clásico contemporáneo  'El gran cuaderno', de Agota Kristof  (Libros del Asteroide) . La actualidad literaria llevó a Antonio Martínez Asensio a donar dos libros de Francisco Ibáñez por la celebración el 15 de enero del primer Día oficial del creador de Mortadelo y Filemón o la 13 Rue del Percebe. Las donaciones fueron  'Mortadelo y Filemón. París 2024' y  'Ibáñez. El maestro de la historieta', ambos en Bruguera. También registró nuestro bibliotecario , por motivos de actualidad,  'El mundo después de Gaza" de Pankak Mishra (Galaxia Gutemberg).  Las novedades de la semana que trae Pepe Rubio fueron  'Una belleza terrible" de Edurne Portela y José Ovejero (Galaxia Gutemberg) y 'Cuentos completos' de Edgar Alan Poe (Páginas de Espuma).  Pascual Donate rescato del abandono el libro 'Historia de la Física cuántica' de José Manuel Sánchez Ron (Editorial Crítica) .  En el mes de la mujer del programa 'Un libro una hora' Antonio Martínez Asensio nos cuenta 'La mujer nueva' de Carmen Laforet (Austral) . Y terminamos con las donaciones de los oyentes que esta semana fueron 'Como luchar contra un dictador' de María Ressa (Península) y 'Apostillas a el nombre de la rosa' de Umberto Eco (Lumen).

Alice Munro, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was perhaps the most acclaimed short-story writer of our time. After her death, last year, her youngest daughter, Andrea Skinner, revealed that Munro's partner, Gerald Fremlin, had sexually abused her starting when she was nine years old. The abuse was known in the family, but, even after Fremlin was convicted, Munro stood by him, at the expense of her relationship with her daughter. In this episode, the New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv joins the magazine's editor, David Remnick, to talk about how and why a writer known for such astonishing powers of empathy could betray her own child, and how Munro touched on this family trauma in fiction. “Her writing makes you think about art at what expense,” Aviv tells Remnick. “That's probably a question that is relevant for many artists, but Alice Munro makes it visible on the page. It felt so literal—like trading your daughter for art.”Follow The New Yorker Radio Hour wherever you get your podcasts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Carla reist ins Ungewisse, weg von ihrem Mann. Sie ist eine der Figuren in Alice Munros Erzählband "Tricks", in dem die kanadische Nobelpreisträgerin weitere aufregende Frauenfiguren beschreibt. Sie starb am 13. Mai 2024 mit 92 Jahren. (Wiederholung vom 19. Mai. 2024)**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok auf&ab , TikTok wie_geht und Instagram .

După toate evenimentele trăite în ultimele două săptămâni - discursurile lui Trump, Musk, Vance, întâlnirea dintre Zelensky și președintele SUA, mobilizarea europenilor, povestea cu Călin Georgescu - discuția cu Vlad Mixich este dătătoare de gânduri bune. Suntem bucuroși că l-am prins în țară și am putut sta de vorbă despre o mulțime de lucruri. Altfel, avem și câteva frici - le povestim la secțiunea de Îngrijorări sănătoase, cărți bune și încheiem cu fotbal și torturi cu forme mai deosebite. PS. Mulțumim Hefe pentru cadou. 00:00 - Începem cu poza unui poet romantic, cu o suferință lăuntrică,

(1:23) Een terugblik op het leven van showbizzman Ron Brandsteder. (11:10) Schrijver en journalist Marja Pruis vertelt over het leven van de Canadese schrijfster Alice Munro, over wier leven vorig jaar schokkende feiten naar buiten kwamen. (49:13) Een film over het leven van operazangeres Maria Callas. (54:51) In de Wat blijft Lijn: Ivon van Tongeren over Bep 'het medium' Monfils. (58:01) Emmie Kollau vertelt over haar nieuwe podcast Enkele reis Istanbul.

Det har blitt et av den litterære samtalens aller mest presserende og hyppigst tilbakevendende spørsmål: Hvordan skal vi håndtere opplysninger som kaster ubehagelig lys over forfattere vi liker? Hva skjer, eller bør skje, med vår lesning av bøkene hvis vi får vite om overskridende eller kriminelle eller umoralske hendelser i forfatterens liv? De siste månedene har slike samtaler oppstått omkring så sentrale og høyt elskede forfattere som George Orwell, Neil Gaiman, Cormac McCarthy og Alice Munro. I denne episoden av Morgenbladets bokpodkast stiller vi oss nettopp disse spørsmålene. Med Ane Farsethås og Bernhard Ellefsen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christer Strömholms nazistiska bakgrund blev inte ett problem, utan en fördel. Och han fick hjälp på traven, konstaterar Mårten Arndtzén. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Vårvintern 2020 tog journalisten Lars Weiss kontakt med Sveriges Radio angående en intervju han gjort nästan 30 år tidigare med sin vän, fotografen Christer Strömholm. Samtalet var inspelat på kassettband och kretsade kring tiden före och under Andra världskriget. Att Strömholm varit organiserad nazist under åtminstone en del av den här tiden var inte okänt, men fortfarande höljt i dunkel.Kanske kunde vi använda kassetterna till att bringa lite större klarhet i frågan?Det föll på mig att undersöka det här, men jag kom inte särskilt långt. Jag tog kontakt med författaren och kritikern Lasse Söderberg: en annan gammal vän till Strömholm, som benämnt hans politiska bakgrund i ett par böcker. Men han tyckte att han sagt det han hade att säga. Sedan slog pandemin till på allvar och gjorde det direkt farligt för personer ur Strömholms generation att träffa journalister och andra potentiella smittbärare.Annat kom emellan.Att jag lät det göra det berodde nog på att jag aldrig blev riktigt klar över materialets relevans. Dels för den principiella frågan: Varför ska vi låta konstverk begränsas av vår uppfattning om konstnärens vandel? Vad vore vunnet med att skriva ut mördaren Caravaggio ur måleriets historia? Fascisten Ezra Pound eller den usla morsan Alice Munro ur litteraturens?Men också för att Strömholm hade bjudit Weiss på så väldigt lite av självrannsakan. ”Det var en politisk tid”, säger han alldeles i början av intervjun. ”När man nu sitter med facit i hand är det lätt att se hur det gick men ur 30-talets synpunkt gick Tyskland från en orostid till en annan” fortsätter han. ”Autostradorna byggdes, folk började få arbete och mat för dagen. Det var vad man hörde. Och Mussolini hade ordnat så att tågtiderna stämde i Italien”.Så talar en passiv åskådare, som förstått att hans flyktiga sympatier varit missriktade. Inte den sortens garvade aktivist som avtecknar sig i konstnären och författaren Andreas Gedins bok ”Christer Strömholm och nazismen”, med undertiteln ”Hur en liten sanning döljer en större”.Boken bygger på gedigen arkivforskning men handlar faktiskt mer om lögn än sanning.Om hur Strömholm lyckades göra sin bruna historia till en fördel, med benägen hjälp av betydande delar av förra seklets svenska kulturliv.Bland de allra första finner vi Peter Weiss, judisk krigsflykting och vänsterintellektuell: ”Han har en hemlighet, som han bär på, som gör honom intressant” konstaterar Weiss i ett samtal publicerat i Strömholms allra första fotobok, 1965. Redan 20 år efter Auschwitz befrielse kunde en nazistisk bakgrund alltså göra någon ”intressant”. Och så fortsätter det i senare böcker, under följande decennier. ”Hemligheten” blir en diffus men viktig komponent i mytbildningen kring Den Store Fotografen. Att helt sopa den under mattan är ovanligare men förekommer, främst efter hans död.Hans insatser för den andra sidan framhävs däremot konsekvent, i all litteratur som tar upp Christer Strömholms biografi. Vid en vistelse i södra Frankrike 1938 genomförde han ett par kuriruppdrag åt den republikanska sidan i Spanien, och blev beskjuten vid ett av dem, något han själv senare skulle karaktärisera som något slags moraliskt ”elddop”, som skall ha lett till ett uppvaknande.Men det lät i så fall vänta på sig, för samma år publicerade Strömholm ett resereportage i två delar från den här tiden – i nazistiska Stormfacklan.1940 deltog han i det väpnade motståndet mot den tyska ockupationen av Norge, något som ofta tagits till intäkt för en definitiv omvändelse. Men som Gedin visar hörde Strömholm till den falang av svensk nazism som satte nationalismen framför lojaliteten med Hitlertyskland, och för vilken solidariteten med ett ockuperat broderfolk därför var självklar – oavsett ockupantens ideologiska tillhörighet. Ett femtiotal svenska nazister deltog i striderna på Norges sida, enligt Gedin, medan inte en enda ska ha slagits på ockupationsmaktens sida.Så sent som i november 1945 bistår Strömholm åtminstone en Quisling, kanske flera, i flykten undan den norska rättvisan. Ett halvsekel senare påstår han själv att det rörde sig om ”ganska oskuldsfulla 19–20-åringar”. Men den han bevisligen hjälpte var i själva verket en trettiårig krigsförbrytare, efterlyst för landsförräderi. Han greps men undkom till sist, och kunde börja om i Sydamerika.Varför kom Lasse Weiss till oss med sina kassetter, i början av 2020-talet? Som en del av en dödstädning, kanske. Redan sommaren -21 avled han, i sviterna av lungcancer. Jag föreställer mig att det var någonting som låg och gnagde någonstans, inom journalisten Weiss. För det är ju någonting med sanningen, ändå.När det gäller Strömholm är den ofta svår att klarlägga. Många av spåren har vuxit igen för länge sedan. Vanan att ljuga satte sig av allt att döma redan under polisförhören på 1930- och 40-talen. Och som Lasse Söderberg konstaterar i essäsamlingen Gemensamma nämnare, utgiven ett par år före Strömholms död: ”sitt förflutna har Christer rutinerat och med påtagligt välbehag låtit förbli insvept i legendens skimmer”. Men det är just halvlögnerna och dimridåerna som framträder med störst skärpa hos Gedin. Hur de användes – av Strömholm själv och av andra – för att underbygga hans maskulina konstnärsimage. Inklusive ett par kontraktsmord han påstod sig ha utfört, i Stockholm, men kanske bara hittade på för att göra sig ”intressant”.Det säger såklart någonting om Christer Strömholms personliga karaktär. Men också om det svenska kulturliv som jobbade så länge och så konsekvent på att göra honom precis lagom salongsfähig. Tidningen ETC inte minst, som gjorde Strömholm till en del i ett liberalt vänsterprojekt, på 80-talet, genom att lyfta fram hans bilder av de transsexuella vännerna på Place Blanche. Moderna museet som hakade på, ett par år senare, med en stor retrospektiv.Och kanske inte bara det svenska kulturlivet.Jag bläddrar i ”Porträtt i Paris”, Nationalmuseums utställningskatalog från 2022, full med fina reproduktioner av de porträttfoton Strömholm tog av konstnärer och intellektuella i den franska huvudstaden på de legendomsusade 1950- och 60-talen. Cafélivets och existentialismens gyllene epok.Jag fastnar för bilderna av poeten Paul Andersson, vacker som en ung Adonis inför hotellspegeln 1956 men utmärglad och delvis tandlös fyra år senare. En krampaktig pose påminner mig om ett scenfotografi av Ian Curtis, en annan självförbrännande artist som tog sig bra ut på bild, 20 år senare. Jag hade det som affisch, på dörren till mitt pojkrum.Kanske finns ett släktskap mellan fascistens renhetslängtan och avantgardekonstnärens kompromisslösa radikalism? I så fall borde Christer Strömholm haft sällsynt goda förutsättningar att få korn på det.Ett annat av porträtten i Paris föreställer Le Corbusier, fångad redan 1951. Den store arkitekten och funkisprofeten som placerade sina politiska förhoppningar i samma korg som Strömholm, under kriget. Här står han med ena handen lite krampaktigt nedstucken i fickan på den bylsiga kostymen, i ett misslyckat försök till nonchalans. Han verkar trött och lite nervös. Pannan är rynkad.Bakom honom sträcker en lång, tom korridor ut sig. Och slutar i ogenomträngligt mörker.Mårten Arndtzénkonstkritiker och medarbetare på Sveriges Radios kulturredaktionLitteraturAndreas Gedin: Christer Strömholm och nazismen – hur en liten sanning döljer en större. Kaunitz-Olsson, 2025.Lasse Söderberg: Gemensamma nämnare. Ellerströms, 1999.

Alice Munron kuoleman kynnyksellä hänen elämästään paljastui karmea puoli: kirjailija oli tiennyt, että hänen puolisonsa oli tehnyt seksuaalista väkivaltaa hänen tyttärelleen. Munro pysyi miehensä rinnalla vaikka tytär yritti saada kokemuksilleen huomiota. Millä tavalla paljastus vaikuttaa rakastetun kanadalaiskirjailijan lukemiseen vuosi hänen kuolemansa jälkeen? Keskustelemassa ovat kirjallisuudentutkija Riikka Pirinen ja kirjailija Ida Pimenoff. Ohjelman juontaa Pietari Kylmälä.

Rebecca is excited to speak with author Dr. Louise Ells.  Louise is the author of Lies I Told My Sister, published in 2024 by Latitude 46 Publishing.  She was born and raised in Northeastern Ontario. After years of travel, she moved to Cambridge, England where she earned her PhD in Creative Writing. Louise teaches at universities and colleges in England and Canada and currently lives north of Toronto, where she can often be found in her library surrounded by books and snuggled up with her cats. https://www.louiseells.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/louiseellsauthor/?hl=en https://store.latitude46publishing.com/products/lies-i-told-my-sister Recommendations: Waiting for a Star to Fall by Kerry Clare A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott Treed: Walking in Canada's Urban Forests; Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon Cottagers and Indians by Drew Hayden Taylor Death of Persephone: A Murder by Yvonne Blomer Poet Joy Williams Vandals by Alice Munro: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/10/04/vandals  

Acclaimed novelist and Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop Lan Samantha Chang joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the role that literary personas may–or may not–have played in recent revelations about Alice Munro, Neil Gaiman, and Cormac McCarthy. Chang discusses how writers often develop literary personas as their public profiles grow. Chang also discusses how personas can be both protective and damaging when they no longer align with the writer's true self, the impact of personas on writers' privacy and the industry's role in shaping and maintaining these personas. She reads from her novel All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/. This podcast is produced by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan. Selected Readings: Lan Samantha Chang The Family Chao Hunger Inheritance All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost  Writers, Protect Your Inner Life |Lit Hub|August 7, 2017 Others: A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway Erasure, Percival Everett Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 6 Episode 40: “In Memory of Cormac McCarthy: Oscar Villalon on an Iconic Writer's Life, Work, and Legacy” Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7 Episode 19: “Jacinda Townsend and James Bernard Short on American Fiction”  James Alan McPherson Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7 Episode 35: “Jonny Diamond on His Mother and Alice Munro”  The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations|Vulture | January 13, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“My life has gone rosy, again,” Alice Munro told a friend in a buoyant letter of March 1975. For Munro, who was then emerging as one of her generation's leading writers, the previous few years had been blighted by heartbreak and upheaval: a painful separation from her husband of two decades; a retreat from British Columbia back to her native Ontario; a series of brief but bruising love affairs, in which, it seems, Munro could never quite make out the writing on the wall. “This time it's real,” she wrote, speaking of a new romantic partner, Gerald Fremlin, the emphasis acknowledging that her friend had heard these words before. “He's 50, free, a good man if I ever saw one, tough and gentle like in the old tire ads, and this is the big thing — grown-up.”The judgment would prove premature. In July 2024, two months after Munro's death at age 92, Andrea Skinner, the youngest of her three daughters, revealed in an essay in The Toronto Star that Fremlin had sexually abused her. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

This year, Andrea Robin Skinner, the daughter of the late Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro, revealed something about her mother that had stayed hidden throughout Munro's entire life. When Skinner was nine years old, Munro's husband – who was also Andrea's stepfather – had assaulted her.  Today, art critic and author Sebastian Smee reads his piece on the author Alice Munro. It's an insightful and sharp piece of writing by one of the best observers of the art and literary worlds.  Please enjoy ‘Into the Dark: The Legacy of Alice Munro”, read by Sebastian Smee, first published in The Monthly's November edition. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Art critic and author Sebastian Smee

Rachel Aviv reports on the terrible conundrum of Alice Munro for The New Yorker. Munro was a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and perhaps the most acclaimed writer of short stories of our time, but her legacy darkened after her death when her youngest daughter, Andrea Skinner, revealed that Munro's partner had sexually abused her beginning when she was nine years old. The crime was known in the family, but even after a criminal conviction of Gerald Fremlin, Munro stood by him, at the expense of her relationship with Skinner. In her piece, Aviv explores how, and why, a writer of such astonishing powers of empathy could betray her own child, and discusses the ways that Munro touched on this family trauma in fiction. “Her writing makes you think about art at what expense,” she tells David Remnick. “That's probably a question that is relevant for many artists, but Alice Munro makes it visible on the page. It felt so literal—like trading your daughter for art.”

Wrap up your year with the Book Club Review podcast! Celebrate the joy of reading with us as we highlight the standout books we read in 2024, from page-turners to genre reads, to literary fiction and best book club books. We'll finish with our 'if we could only choose one' favourites for our overall book(s) of the year. This episode also features recommendations from our podcast book clubbers, fantastic readers all, who bring their choices into the mix. This is a bonus length episode as there was so much to go through, so take that dog for an extra long walk, get the children prepared for a long swing at the park or just curl up in a cozy spot with notepad in hand to jot down some of these books we think you shouldn't miss. Or, of course, use the handy list below. Books mentioned Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa What You Are Looking For is In The Library by Michiko Ayoyama Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree   Most enjoyable read Loot by Tania James Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly The Wedding People by Alison Espach   Best page-turner The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Going Infinite by Michael Lewis    Best Non-fiction How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair Grief is for People by Sloane Crossley The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire by Bart van Loo Maurice and Marilyn by Sophie Elmhurst The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke   Best Book Club Book Enter Ghost by Isabelle Hamid The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Cuddy by Benjamin Myers The Fraud by Zadie Smith August Blue by Deborah Levy Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai (Polly Barton trans.) Wifedom by Anna Funder Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (The Inspector Gamache series)   Best Genre Novel or Comfort Read How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka   Overall best book read in 2024 James by Percival Everett Kate: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Laura: Real Estate by Deborah Levy (vol. 3 in her 'living autobiography' series   Join the Book Club Review club Head to Patreon.com/thebookclubreview to explore what's on offer with regular extra episodes packed with reading recommendations and at the higher tier membership of the pod bookclub: upcoming reads for January are Marty by Kaveh Akbar, February: All The Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley and March: Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro.  Serious Readers For seriously good reading lamps with a Book Club Review special discount head to seriousreaders.co.uk/BCR and use the code BCR at checkout for £100 off any HD light. Shipping within the UK is free, and you get a 30-day trial period so you can see for yourself what a difference they make. Stay connected Find Kate on Instagram and Threads @bookclubreviewpodcast, or drop us a comment anytime at the episode page on our website. What were your favourite reads from 2024? We'd love to hear about them.  

Jeff and Rebecca look back at the books & stories that defined 2024. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Book Riot's TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live _________________________ The dust settled as publishing's earnings rebound in H1 Barnes & Noble is back, baby, and they bought a beloved indie The Discourse:  Remember the moment when some people thought Taylor Swift wrote Argylle?  PRH dismisses Reagan Arthur & Lisa Lucas NYT's top 100 books of the century so far NaNoWriMo's PR fail with AI only 20k serious readers of lit fic? Coming Attractions:  Spielberg in talks to produce James adaptation directed by Taika Waititi Liz Moore signs Sony deal for Long Bright River & God of the Woods Meryl Streep in adaptation of The Corrections Florence Pugh in East of Eden for Netflix The Black List expands to fiction & highlights publishing's most-wanted adaptations,  Book banning news:  Idaho library to become adults-only High school shuts down library due to book banning law Big Five and Authors Guild sue over Florida law PRH hires a public policy role  Many states have banned book bans In memoriam:  Daniel Kahneman John Gierach Edna O'Brien Francine Pascal  Nikki Giovanni Paul Auster The #metoo trifecta of Cormac McCarthy, Alice Munro, and Neil Gaiman The robots are coming:  authors sue Anthropic Roxane Gay & Margaret Atwood among authors helping create AI reading guides Number go up: US audiobook sales hit $2 billion in 2023  One to watch: ByteDance's 8th Note Press to publish print books in 2025 This is why literacy matters: Florida dept of education recommends Pride & Prejudice as a book about American pride Listener feedback award: the surprising origins of publishing's seasons, Sophia's It Books tracker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss a viral dress ad and all it contains (or, uh, doesn't). Also: straight woman studies, Alice Munro and the men who ask for performance reviews after rejection.LINKS:The pasteurized backlash:Phoebe's Sex & Politics appearance:https://savage.love/lovecast/2024/12/19/sex-politics-36-phoebe-maltz-bovy/What Alice Munro Knew - The New Yo…

Watch us on YouTubeIn Episode 15 of The Juggle Is Real Show, a podcast focused on parenting and mental health for moms and teens, the hosts discuss navigating the party scene and peer pressure. They share personal experiences and strategies for creating a 'plan before you party' to ensure safety and comfort in social situations.  In this episode of The Juggle Is Real, we're diving into the world of teen parties—where fun, peer pressure, and big decisions collide. Emphasizing the role of curiosity and communication, and guided by Alice Munro's quote, "The constant happiness is curiosity," the episode reveals practical strategies for navigating party culture, communicating with your teen about boundaries, and staying connected during challenging conversations. We emphasize curiosity, open dialogue, and planning to empower both moms and teens. 00:00 Introduction and Episode Recap00:50 Mean Girl Drama and Cool Mom Philosophy01:20 Holiday Season and Party Expectations03:42 Navigating Party Culture and Peer Pressure09:43 Developing a Pre-Party Strategy20:54 The Importance of Boundaries22:22 Holiday Fun: This or That25:24 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsPlease remember to rate, leave a review, and share this podcast.  Get involved in the community and connect with us to let us know what you'd like to hear about on the show.  Being a busy mom of teens can be a lot!  Don't forget to download the Self Care Work/Life Balance Assessment for Women 40+ at https://www.tanyasaunders.com/balancechecklist. This assessment will help you unlock the secrets to balancing your work, life, and well-being without feeling overwhelmed!Support the showClick here to join the Juggle is Real Community Circle.

Sergio Vila-Sanjuán es periodista y director del suplemento 'Culturas' de la Vanguardia. Es también escritor y acaba de publicar 'Cultura española en democracia', un libro editado por Destino. Esta obra que nos presenta en Las Mañanas de RNE y que parte de la propia experiencia del periodista: "En la mayoría de los casos el acceso del periodista es al personaje, pero a menudo también acabas cenando con ellos o viéndolos en los cafés o en los bares. Eso te permite también una interpretación más pegada a la realidad que la pura declaración institucional".También ha comentado como cada vez en el mundo cultural se desdibuja esa línea fina entre el personaje y la persona: "Hemos visto el caso de Alice Munro en el que efectivamente su hija explicó unas historias que estremecen. Yo no puedo volver a leer los libros de Alice Munro con la misma tranquilidad, eso sin duda contamina. A mí todo este 'Me too' aplicado a la cultura me parece positivo porque ha habido muchas cosas que no conocíamos y que al aflorar ponen el foco sobre los escritores y escritoras".El libro lleva un subtítulo: 'Una crónica breve de 50 años (1975-2024)', Sergio Vila-Sanjuán ha comentado que había una serie de problemas visibles que se debatieron en Valencia en el primer Congreso Internacional de Intelectuales, sin embargo, un tema que no abordaron fue el terrorismo de ETA, cuando en ese momento ya estaba generando muchas muertes y dolor. "Después de la bomba de ETA en Hipercor, no aparece nada de este terrorismo en las conclusiones del Congreso de Intelectuales. Sin embargo, la izquierda empieza a posicionarse en serio con el tema etarra como un tema político, social y con connotaciones culturales". Entrevista completa en RNE Audio. Escuchar audio

For a country that boasts of its digital public goods infrastructure like Aadhar and UPI, it is a wonder why telecom has been so ignored. After nearly 1500 crore rupees of was reportedly lost to digital fraud in the financial year 2024, the govt's TRAI is finally scrambling to catch up with CPAN or the Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) service, its own version of Truecaller.  Truecaller, the Swedish call-screening company, meanwhile, has been holding the fort for a while now. Users count on it to save them from spam and fraud calls.  While TrueCaller maybe looking like a hero in this situation, it is a private company after all. It is using this opportunity to make money from both users and businesses. But its success in India is also built partially on how inadequate privacy laws are in India. The company has been accused of breaching data privacy norms in the past.  Can TRAI replace Truecaller?  Tune in.(This episode was first published in July, 2024)DAYBREAK UNWIND RECOMMENDATIONS for "coming of age"Rahel: Big Mouth, NetflixSnigdha: The Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro and Lady Bird (2017)Atish Deore: The works of PL Deshpande, a Marathi author and playwright Shubhangi: Derry Girls (2018)Brijesh: Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens   Daybreak is now on WhatsApp at +918971108379. For next Thursday's Unwind, send us your recommendations to us as texts or voice notes. The theme is "favourite translated books."              

You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also of his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 1 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also of his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 1 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also of his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 1 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also of his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 1 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also fo his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 2 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also of his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 2 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also fo his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 2 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's many many short story collections. In 2013 Munro became not just the first Canadian Nobel laureate for literature, but also the only person ever to win the prize for short fiction. When her name comes up in 2024, most of us don't think first about the Nobel. In a July 8 article in The Toronto Star, Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner revealed that during her childhood she was abused by her stepfather Gerard Fremlin, Munro's second husband. She also reported that Munro herself ignored or minimized the enormity of those crimes. Those facts will inevitably shape how future readers think about Munro's work. Linda and John, though, recorded this conversation in June, 2024, before the news broke. Mentioned in the episode Edgar Allen Poe had an account (in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short works) of short stories as compact and singular in their focus; also fo his notion of "the imp of the perverse." The 19th-century Scottish novelist and short-storyist James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" is one of Munro's Scottish ancestors: John has written about him. Munro's Books is the thriving bookstore Alice Munro co-founded. "When He Cometh" (hymn sung at funeral) Here's what it meant to look chic like Jackie O in 1962 Want to hear the rest of the story, and the rest of John and Linda's discussion? Head on over to Part 2 of episode 135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Elizabeth Strout's latest novel, Tell Me Everything, brings together her whole cast of characters to Crosby, Maine. Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton finally meet. Lucy continues her intense friendship with Bob Burgess. And, along the way, there's a murder investigation, separations, and struggles with addiction. The book asks the big questions — what gives our lives meaning, what is love, what's the difference between being evil and being broken, and what does forgiveness really look like? Liz joins Marrie Stone for her 7th appearance on the podcast. She shares some thoughts about Alice Munro and the revelations about her life in the aftermath of her death. She talks about what playing the piano has brought to her writing. She discloses the one writing exercise she always does with her characters, what's currently on her reading stack, and so much more. For more information on Writers on Writing and extra writing perks, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website. Support the show by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. We've stocked it with titles from our guests (including all of Liz Strout's titles), as well as some of our personal favorites. You'll support independent bookstores and our show by purchasing through the store. Finally, on Spotify listen to an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners. (Recorded on September 5, 2024) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music and sound editing: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Following Elon Musk's estranged daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson's accusations of unethical behavior on the part of Musk's authorized biographer, memoirist Kelly McMasters and biographer Iris Jamahl Dunkle join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the ethics of biography. Dunkle, the author of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, talks about using archives to restore the history of Babb, the writer whose notes John Steinbeck used to research The Grapes of Wrath, and how women's lives are often wrongly or incompletely depicted. McMasters, a memoirist whose recent book The Leaving Season: A Memoir portrays many people close to her, talks about the impossibility of writing honestly about her life without including her children, the two people with whom she spends the most time. Dunkle and McMasters discuss Wilson's accusations against Walter Isaacson, whom she says did not directly contact her for comment for his recent book about her father, although much of his book refers to her life. The group also discusses recent revelations that Alice Munro failed to act when she learned that her second husband had abused her daughter, and how authorized biographies often omit full accounts of the truth. Dunkle and McMasters read from their work. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Iris Jamahl Dunkle  Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb  West: Fire: Archive Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer Finding Lost Voices | Substack Kelly McMasters The Leaving Season: A Memoir Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir From and Atomic Town This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home “The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir,” Literary Hub Others: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson “Musk's Daughter Flames Dad's Biographer: ‘You Threw Me to the Wolves'” by Dan Ladden-Hall | Daily Beast J.D. Salinger The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck “What do we Know about Alice Munro Now?” by Contance Grady | Vox La Belle Noiseuse The Hyacinth Girl: T.S. Eliot's Hidden Muse by Lyndall Gordon Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation by Emily Van Duyne Jackson Pollock “What Virginia Woolf's ‘Dreadnought Hoax' Tells Us About Ourselves” by Danell Jones | January 25, 2024 | Literary Hub Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 6 Episode 19: “The Lives of the Wives: Carmela Ciuraru on Marriage, Writing, and Equity” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, it's all about scandals. First, John von Sothen reports from the French Riviera on what feels like a real-life Saltburn. Then Pippa Cuckson joins us from the U.K. with her insights into the news that's rocked the Olympics—how one of the brightest stars of equestrianism was caught whipping a horse. And finally, Daphne Merkin looks at Nobel Prize–winning writer Alice Munro and her daughter's shocking claims that Munro's husband sexually abused her as a child.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Episode 213! BookTuber Shawn Breathes Books joins us to celebrate Jenny Colvin and “I'll Have What You're Reading,” the memorial buddy read we jointly hosted with him the last few months. We also discuss Andrea Robbin Skinner's recent revelation about her mother, Alice Munro, and how it has impacted us as readers. Some other highlights: In #CurrentlyReading, we are each reading another chunkster for Sue Jackson's #BigBookSummer: Emily is cooling off with THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey, and Chris is going back in time with MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by Antonia Fraser. We have a spoiler-free conversation about FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliot Dark which we both enjoyed. Short stories read since the last episode: “Janus” by Ann Beattie and “In the Gloaming” by Alice Elliott Dark both from the collection THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison. “A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You” by Amy Bloom from the collection A BLIND MAN COULD SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU: STORIES. “Uncle Valentine” by Willa Cather in UNCLE VALENTINE AND OTHER STORIES, edited by Bernice Slote “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier from the collection THE BIRDS AND OTHER STORIES [This collection was first published in the UK in 1952 with the title, THE APPLE TREE: A SHORT NOVEL AND SEVERAL LONG STORIES] In Biblio Adventures, we recap the great day we had on Long Island, NY We took a ferry from New London, CT, to Orient Point, NY, then drove south to the Barnes and Noble in Bridgehampton to check out their new store layout. Then we headed north to Sag Harbor, where we were delighted by a John Steinbeck and Charley sculpture (“Assistant Editor” by Seward Johnson) and explored Sag Harbor Books. Other stops included Black Cat Books on Shelter Island and the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport. Check out our vlog of the day on our YouTube channel Emily had a Couch Biblio Adventure, thanks to our listener Kathy who told us about a conversation with Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson, and Jelani Cobb via City Arts & Lectures Chris watched LETTERS TO JULIET, a rom-com inspired by the book of the same name by Eve Friedman and Ceil Jann Friedman. She also went on a quick shopping spree at McNally Jackson Books at Rockefeller Center. A reminder that our third quarter readalong is ENVY, by Sandra Brown. There are a few spots left for our Zoom discussion on Sunday, 9/15, at 7 pm ET. Email us if you'd like to join us. bookcougars at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening, and Happy Reading! https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2024/episode213

Popular PBS Interviewer and New York Times best-selling author Kelly Corrigan sat down with Michael Krasny to talk about a wide range of topics including her experiences decades ago as Professor Krasny's student as well as her views on interviewing. She spoke of her interviews ("A lot like a date and full of emotion") with Francis Collins; Jennifer Garner; David Byrne; Bryan Stevenson and Judd Apatow and delved into the question of why do good and the problem of what media buyers want as well as the importance of positivity and humor. She then spoke of her Ted talk and her children and the recent shocking revelations about Nobel prize winning Canadian author Alice Munro ignoring her daughter's molestations by Munro's second husband. She talked about the importance of forgiveness to save oneself and about her mother, daughters and husband and his mother. She also reflected on wellness and how to pursue it and, calling herself "a person who loves the afflicted," she spoke of the heartbreak of too many around us afflicted with unhappiness. She opined that taxes could solve the problem of poverty and the conversation concluded with her speaking about how and why she became a writer. A terrific, enlightening and fun conversation between two masterful interviewers.

There've been sporadic clashes in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, as the military enforces a national curfew to quell anti- government protests. In one neighbourhood, witnesses said riot police used live ammunition against protesters. In all, over a hundred people have died during days of unrest over a quota system for government jobs. In California, Disneyland workers vote for strike action. Union officials say low wages forced some employees into homelessness. And we hear how new revelations about sexual abuse which have emerged since the death of the Canadian author Alice Munro could affect her legacy.

In an essay published earlier this month, Andrea Skinner, the daughter of the lauded writer Alice Munro, detailed the sexual abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of Munro's second husband, Gerald Fremlin. The piece goes on to describe how, even after Skinner told her of the abuse, years later, Munro chose to stay with him until his death, in 2013. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the revelations, which have raised familiar questions about what to do when beloved artists are found to have done unforgivable things. They're joined by fellow staff writer Jiayang Fan, an avid reader of Munro's work who's been grappling with the news in real time. Together they revisit the 1993 story “Vandals,” which contains unsettling parallels to the scenario that played out in the Munro home. Have the years since the #MeToo movement given us more nuanced ways of addressing these flare-ups than full-out cancellation? “It's not a moral loosening that I'm sensing,” Schwartz says. “It's more of a sense of, Maybe I don't want to throw out the work altogether—but I do need to wrestle.” Read, watch, and listen with the critics:“My Stepfather Sexually Abused Me When I Was a Child. My Mother, Alice Munro, Chose to Stay with Him,” by Andrea Skinner (The Toronto Star)“Vandals,” by Alice Munro (The New Yorker)“How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda,” by Jiayang Fan (The New Yorker)“The Love Album: Off the Grid,” by Diddy“Ignition (Remix),” by R. Kelly“Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma,” by Claire Dederer“Manhattan” (1979)New episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts.

The second day of the Republican National Convention featured tough talk against immigration. Latino voters are increasingly less concerned with that, compared to issues like the economy. Celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro died in May. But her daughter recently went public about being sexually abused by her stepfather and getting no support from her mom.  In Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s new novel, the patriarch of the Fletcher family establishes a lucrative business after escaping the Holocaust, then gets kidnapped. The focus is on inherited money and trauma.

On this week's show, the panel begins by dissecting Longlegs, director Osgood Perkin's viral horror movie starring Nicolas Cage that's sweeping the box office. Aided by a clever marketing campaign, Longlegs is undoubtedly the summer's “you gotta see it” horror flick, but does the Silence of the Lambs copycat live up to the hype? Then, the three jump (or is it herkie?) into Greg Whiteley's latest docuseries, America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which follows the Texan squad from auditions through the grueling NFL season, revealing a quietly devastating portrait of worker exploitation and modern femininity along the way. Finally, the trio is joined by Slate critic Laura Miller to parse through an extreme controversy in the literary world: Last week, Alice Munro's daughter, Andrea Skinner, published an Op-Ed in the Toronto Star detailing the sexual abuse she suffered as a young girl at the hands of her stepfather – abuse that the Nobel Prize-winning author had known about, but chose to ignore. (Read Laura's essay for Slate; check out the Star's reported piece.) In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel rips into Longlegs and all of its glorious plot holes in a classic spoiler special.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com.  Endorsements: Stephen: Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and this essay by Anna Leskiewicz for The New York Review: “The Small-Girl's Proust.” Dana: In honor of Shelley Duvall (who passed away last week), a two-part endorsement: (1) Austin Film Society's tribute to Duvall, which premiered at the 2020 Texas Film Awards. (2) Watching a Shelley Duvall movie that's new to you! (Dana suggests Brewster McCloud directed by Robert Altman.) Julia: A special Scandi-Candy report: (1) Norway's national candy, Kvikk Lunsj, which carries the reputation of a Snickers bar in that part of the world and sports the Fjellvettreglene (Norwegian for “the mountain code”) on the wrapper's back. (2) Fredag Slik, or “Friday sweets,” a Danish tradition where families head to the candy store together at the end of the week. Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, the panel begins by dissecting Longlegs, director Osgood Perkin's viral horror movie starring Nicolas Cage that's sweeping the box office. Aided by a clever marketing campaign, Longlegs is undoubtedly the summer's “you gotta see it” horror flick, but does the Silence of the Lambs copycat live up to the hype? Then, the three jump (or is it herkie?) into Greg Whiteley's latest docuseries, America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which follows the Texan squad from auditions through the grueling NFL season, revealing a quietly devastating portrait of worker exploitation and modern femininity along the way. Finally, the trio is joined by Slate critic Laura Miller to parse through an extreme controversy in the literary world: Last week, Alice Munro's daughter, Andrea Skinner, published an Op-Ed in the Toronto Star detailing the sexual abuse she suffered as a young girl at the hands of her stepfather – abuse that the Nobel Prize-winning author had known about, but chose to ignore. (Read Laura's essay for Slate; check out the Star's reported piece.) In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel rips into Longlegs and all of its glorious plot holes in a classic spoiler special.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com.  Endorsements: Stephen: Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and this essay by Anna Leskiewicz for The New York Review: “The Small-Girl's Proust.” Dana: In honor of Shelley Duvall (who passed away last week), a two-part endorsement: (1) Austin Film Society's tribute to Duvall, which premiered at the 2020 Texas Film Awards. (2) Watching a Shelley Duvall movie that's new to you! (Dana suggests Brewster McCloud directed by Robert Altman.) Julia: A special Scandi-Candy report: (1) Norway's national candy, Kvikk Lunsj, which carries the reputation of a Snickers bar in that part of the world and sports the Fjellvettreglene (Norwegian for “the mountain code”) on the wrapper's back. (2) Fredag Slik, or “Friday sweets,” a Danish tradition where families head to the candy store together at the end of the week. Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Book Riot managing editor Vanessa Diaz discuss the NYT's 100 books of the 21st century, sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, disturbing revelations about Alice Munro, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Visit Thrift Books to see all the titles featured on the show. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Reagan Arthur will return to Hachette Foot traffic is also up at Books a Million & Half Price Books Book Riot's Best Books of 2024 So Far NYT Top 100 Books of the Century Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault Alice Munro's daughter reveals family secret of sexual abuse Romance bookstores on the rise PRH Buys Boom! Studios The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas Malas by Marcela Fuentes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ladies discuss Hawk Tuah Girl, Alice Munro's dark secret, and the George Stephanopoulos and James Carville postmortems of Biden's debate performance.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThis MEMBER ONLY episode is all about parenting, or at least, exceptionally bad parenting. First, they cover the explosive revelations of child abuse in an essay by the daughter of acclaimed writer Alice Munro, before moving onto another essay by Bridget Phetasy, in which she catalogs her own experience as a neglected child of divorce. Is no-fault divorce good for women, but bad for mothers?Links* My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with him* How divorce never ends* Meghan's Substack post about Alice Munro* Meghan's Unspeakable conversation with Bridget Phetasy about divorce

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz continue to debate if Joe Biden should stay in the presidential race and who might replace him if he goes; discuss Project 2025; and ponder if Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett deserves a strange, new respect. Here are this week's chatters: John: Joshua Hammer for Smithsonian Magazine: Pablo Escobar's Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Columbia Jungle  Emily: Andrea Robin Skinner for the Toronto Star: My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with him  David: Natasha Singer for The New York Times: Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School and City Cast DC Live Podcast Taping on Saturday, July 13 Listener chatter from Researcher Julie: Alexandra Alter for The New York Times: Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine' and Elisabeth Egan: Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok; Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Ellen Gamerman, and Isabella Simonetti for The Wall Street Journal: How Dragons, Magic and Steamy Sex Took Over the Book World; and Bridgerton on Netflix   For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, David, John, and Emily talk with Professor Emily Wilson about her translation of Homer's Iliad. See The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson. See also The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson.   In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Sierra Greer about her new book, Annie Bot: A Novel. And Gabfest Reads now has its own site! Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)  Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Ethan Oberman Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: Jurors found Karen Read not guilty on two counts, Missouri police arrest serial killer-in-training, Alice Munro is the worst, Alec Baldwin gets another shot at acquittal, People magazine has it bad for Gypsy Rose, Jimmy Pesto pleads guilty, and more!Further Reading:https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-state-police-trooper-michael-proctor-suspension-response/https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/canton-police-officer-kevin-albert-michael-proctor-testimony-karen-read-murder-trial/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/timothy-haslett-jr-first-degree-murder-charge-rcna161136https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/10/red-hot-chili-peppers-josh-klinghoffer-sued-wrongful-death-accused-running-over-killing-pedestrian-walking-crosswalk/https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/07/the-alice-munro-controversy/https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/us-news/chad-irish-person-if-interest-in-killing-of-yazmeen-williams-whose-body-was-found-in-sleeping-bag-idd-as-parolee-with-long-rap-sheet/https://www.cnn.com/entertainment/live-news/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-trial-07-11-24/index.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/jay-johnston-anchorman-bobs-burgers-capitol-riot-8bf71375a73033719f8dd15e99344ed3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comBiden on the ropes! What's the over-under on his time in the race? Who might replace him? Sarah and Nancy discuss the political theater of a broken system. What's the solution? Here's Nancy: “Let it fucking break, man.” Then, Alice Munro's daughter reveals family secrets that cast her mother and her writing in a troubling new light.Also discussed:* “Those Australians are so confused”* New word: Parkinsonism* As goes George Clooney, so goes the country …* Intervention time! Joe Biden, will you accept the help we're offering today?* Is Jon Stewart back?* Kamala Harris is Out Here in These Streets* What if we all write-in “Michelle Obama” for president …* Wes Moore = a super-sexy man, and also a governor* Nancy on how Joe Biden can bow out with dignity* Alice Munro's Runaway and a woman who can't leave her husband, hmm* Art Monsters* Joe Biden press conference: Sarah loses a betPlus: The spookiness of Joyce Carol Oates, the greatness of Citizen Kane, and — ahem — Nancy names a new hot box!REMINDER: First Sunday-Schmirst-Sunday, we're doing the monthly Zoom this week. Come hang! 8pm ET/5pm PT, July 14. Paid subscribers get a link the day of.We do the goodest we can. Become a paid subscriber.

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz continue to debate if Joe Biden should stay in the presidential race and who might replace him if he goes; discuss Project 2025; and ponder if Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett deserves a strange, new respect.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show:  George Clooney in The New York Times: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee. Franklin Foer for The Atlantic: Biden Has Fallen Into a Psychological Trap Leigh Ann Caldwell, Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany, and Paul Kane for The Washington Post: Pelosi opens the door, subtly, to replacing Biden Merriam-Webster Dictionary: coronate and ideate Tim Alberta for The Atlantic: Trump Is Planning For A Landslide Win Ryan Teague Beckwith for MSNBC: What is Project 2025? The plans for Trump's second term, explained Judd Legum for Popular Information: What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025 and The alarming new power Trump will claim in a second term James Taranto for The Wall Street Journal: Strange New Respect Ann E. Marimow for The Washington Post: Justice Amy Coney Barrett is charting her own path on the bench Stephen I. Vladeck in The New York Times: The Most Interesting Justice on the Supreme Court Is Also the Loneliest James LaRock and Jacob Hammond for Balls and Strikes: The Hollow Originalism of Amy Coney Barrett Oyez: Amy Coney Barrett Here are this week's chatters:  John: Joshua Hammer for Smithsonian Magazine: Pablo Escobar's Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Columbia Jungle Emily: Andrea Robin Skinner for the Toronto Star: My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with him David: Natasha Singer for The New York Times: Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School and City Cast DC Live Podcast Taping on Saturday, July 13 Listener chatter from Researcher Julie: Alexandra Alter for The New York Times: Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine' and Elisabeth Egan: Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok; Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Ellen Gamerman, and Isabella Simonetti for The Wall Street Journal: How Dragons, Magic and Steamy Sex Took Over the Book World; and Bridgerton on Netflix   For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, David, John, and Emily talk with Professor Emily Wilson about her translation of Homer's Iliad. See The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson. See also The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson.   In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Sierra Greer about her new book, Annie Bot: A Novel. And Gabfest Reads now has its own site! Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Ethan Oberman Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington Post reporter Emily Rauhala has the story of how fears of a Trump victory have NATO leaders looking to lock in support for Ukraine — and the alliance itself. Vox’s Constance Grady discusses recent revelations about Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro. NBC News reports on a breakthrough study on lupus that could point the way to new treatment. Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz continue to debate if Joe Biden should stay in the presidential race and who might replace him if he goes; discuss Project 2025; and ponder if Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett deserves a strange, new respect.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show:  George Clooney in The New York Times: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee. Franklin Foer for The Atlantic: Biden Has Fallen Into a Psychological Trap Leigh Ann Caldwell, Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany, and Paul Kane for The Washington Post: Pelosi opens the door, subtly, to replacing Biden Merriam-Webster Dictionary: coronate and ideate Tim Alberta for The Atlantic: Trump Is Planning For A Landslide Win Ryan Teague Beckwith for MSNBC: What is Project 2025? The plans for Trump's second term, explained Judd Legum for Popular Information: What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025 and The alarming new power Trump will claim in a second term James Taranto for The Wall Street Journal: Strange New Respect Ann E. Marimow for The Washington Post: Justice Amy Coney Barrett is charting her own path on the bench Stephen I. Vladeck in The New York Times: The Most Interesting Justice on the Supreme Court Is Also the Loneliest James LaRock and Jacob Hammond for Balls and Strikes: The Hollow Originalism of Amy Coney Barrett Oyez: Amy Coney Barrett Here are this week's chatters:  John: Joshua Hammer for Smithsonian Magazine: Pablo Escobar's Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Columbia Jungle Emily: Andrea Robin Skinner for the Toronto Star: My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with him David: Natasha Singer for The New York Times: Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School and City Cast DC Live Podcast Taping on Saturday, July 13 Listener chatter from Researcher Julie: Alexandra Alter for The New York Times: Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine' and Elisabeth Egan: Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok; Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Ellen Gamerman, and Isabella Simonetti for The Wall Street Journal: How Dragons, Magic and Steamy Sex Took Over the Book World; and Bridgerton on Netflix   For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, David, John, and Emily talk with Professor Emily Wilson about her translation of Homer's Iliad. See The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson. See also The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson.   In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Sierra Greer about her new book, Annie Bot: A Novel. And Gabfest Reads now has its own site! Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Ethan Oberman Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

André Alexis joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro, who died in May at age ninety-two. Alexis reads and discusses “Before the Change,” by Munro, which was published in The New Yorker in 1998. Alexis's works of fiction include “Fifteen Dogs,” which won the Giller Prize, “Days by Moonlight,” and the story collection “The Night Piece,” which was published in 2020.