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7 episodes with daniel menaker
On our latest weekly roundup, home improvements continue (in the Midwest) and are regretfully declined (in New Jersey).What we're watching: In episode 7 of Ripley, "Macabre Entertainment," Tom does some scrambling in Sicily but pulls off another escape in the end.On Bridgerton's season 3, episode 3 ("Forces of Nature"), it's time for the old suitor switcheroo as Lord Debling shows an interest in Penelope and Colin comes to his dang senses and sees what's been in front of him the whole time.Catherine's library find this week is a nonfiction charmer called The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense by Daniel Menaker, with illustrations by Roz Chast.In the archives, we revisit episodes in which we discussed life skills lessons we'd like to see (June 7, 2021), emergency contact forms (June 5, 2019), and privacy at home (June 4, 2018). Mentioned: The Ostrichpillow.Next week, we'll discuss the final episode (at least for now) of Ripley, called “Narcissus,” and episode 4 of Bridgerton, season 3 ("Old Friends"). Until then (and anytime you're in need), the archives are available.
#009. Please understand this…shouting won't help me hear you better! A discussion with Katherine Bouton. Katherine is an advocate and educator for the deaf and hard of hearing. Her recent book is “Smart Hearing: Strategies, Skills, and Resources for Living Better with Hearing Loss” (October 2018). She is also the author of “Shouting Won't Help,”(2013), a memoir of losing her hearing in midlife and how it affected her, and of “Living Better with Hearing Loss” (2015). Katherine's books are available at Amazon.com or at your favorite independent bookstore.Her 40-year career in journalism began at The New Yorker and concluded with 22 years at The New York Times. She traveled the world as a free-lance magazine writer as well.Katherine is a frequent speaker on hearing loss issues and speaks to both professional and hearing loss groups. She can be reached at katherinebouton@gmail.com.She is Vice President of the New York City Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America and was until recently a member of the National Board of Trustees of HLAA. Author: Amazon.com Blog: Smart Hearing Hearing Loss Association of America, NYC Chapter Terminalia, poems by Daniel Menaker, order here. If you would like to tell your story or have suggestions for topics or guest, email us at experiencelifealoud@gmail.comVisit us online at www.yourlifealoud.comConnect with us on social media!Twitter: http://twitter.com/livelifealoudFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/experiencelifealoudInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/experiencelifealoudLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonwigand/(Editing and mixing by yours truly. Go easy on me...I'll get better. Transcription was done by automated AI software online. There are errors. Please forgive them. I will continue to look at options for better transcriptions also. )Original music by Lauren Zettler
Of course, the tried and true way of directly getting deeper with people is to ask better questions. The simple truth is that most questions we use are surface level, and thus will only return surface-level responses. Here are a few guidelines for more piercing questions that will create more fertile ground for real substance: ask open-ended questions (don’t ask for facts, ask for the analysis and reaction associated with the facts), go beyond assumptions (what are you missing in your own analysis?), get all sides of the story (the more perspectives the better), use follow-up questions (don’t interject your own thoughts), get comfortable with dead air and in fact utilize it, and encourage people to come up with their own insights (so how did that change your opinion on things?). Better Small Talk: Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends By Patrick King Get the audiobook on Audible at https://bit.ly/BetterSmallTalk Show notes and/or episode transcripts are available at https://bit.ly/social-skills-shownotes Learn more or get a free mini-book on conversation tactics at https://bit.ly/pkconsulting For narration information visit Russell Newton at https://bit.ly/VoW-home For production information visit Newton Media Group LLC at https://bit.ly/newtonmg #ArthurAron #DanielMenaker #PatrickKing #PatrickKingConsulting #SocialSkillsCoaching #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #BetterSmallTalk Arthur Aron,Daniel Menaker,Patrick King, Patrick King Consulting,Social Skills Coaching,Russell Newton,NewtonMG,Better Small Talk,
Author...Editor...Father -We finally peel away the layers of rumor and intrigue and get to the bottom of Will's secret family history with the help of his father, Daniel Menaker - Felix brings us Dana Loesch's Harsh Normie Tweets, and we examine the link between normie-ism and fascism - Finally, Dennis Prager complains about how liberals complain too much to be happy. Tix for West Coast Tour available at chapotraphouse.com/ Pre Order The Chapo Guide to Revolution: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501187285 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chapo-g…/1127949899#/ www.amazon.com/Chapo-Guide-Revol…ook/dp/B079RLXFYB
Jennifer Latson talks about “The Boy Who Loved Too Much”; Daniel Menaker discusses two new books about how to understand others and make ourselves understood.
The interconnected stories in YOU MAY SEE A STRANGER took Paula Whyman over a decade to compile. She gives James some advice for writing sex scenes and explains how she writes with such honesty. Then, Daniel Menaker tells James about deciding to represent Paula's book, editing Alice Munro's stories, his career at Random House, and what made his time at The New Yorker so special. And somewhere a dog barks. Quite frequently. Paula and James discuss: Yaddo THE BREAST by Philip Roth PLOUGHSHARES THE HUDSON REVIEW American University VIRGIN FICTION (anthology) WORLD VIEW Porter Square Books Joanna Rakoff Philip Roth T.C. Boyle Martin Amis Jamie Quatro Alyssa Nutting OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout McSWEENEY'S Jane Austen Oliver Sacks Daniel Menaker Sewanee Writers' Conference Mike Levine ONE STORY Hannah Tinti Marie-Helene Bertino Maribeth Batcha Billy Goldstein James and Daniel discuss: The New Yorker Paula Whyman Alice Munro "Royal Beatings" by Alice Munro Richard Avedon Michael Chabon LIVES OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS by Sheila Munro Daniel Halpern Tim Duggan Roger Angell Charles McGrath William Maxwell MY MISTAKE by Daniel Menaker Matthew Klam SUNY Stonybrook Tina Brown Harold Evans Bill Buford Robert Gottlieb William Shawn Michael Cunningham Susan Minot David Foster Wallace Antonya Nelson David Remnick Alberto Vitale "Wenlock Edge" by Alice Munro http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/
My Mistake (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) In My Mistake Dan Menaker brings us a fresh perspective on life in those wonderfully fabled halls of The New Yorker—the office politicking, the romancing, the talent scouting—and beyond. Throughout his more than forty years in the publishing business, including successful tenures as an editor at Random House where he acquired classics like Primary Colors, Menaker gives an honest, no-holds-barred account of a lifetime spent working to celebrate language and good writing. He tells his own story here, too—with irrepressible style and wisdom—offering insightful observations on the devastating grief that comes from losing a sibling, the joys of adoption and raising a family, and the writing life. The result is a moving, life-affirming portrait of a man who has lived and learned among some of the best writers of our generation. A man who sees the beauty, fortune, and necessity of all the mistakes he has made along the way. DANIEL MENAKER began his career as a fact checker at The New Yorker, where he became an editor and worked for twenty-six years. Formerly Editor in Chief of Random House, Menaker is the author of six books. He has also written for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Harper's, and many other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Katherine Bouton. His website is http://danielmenaker.com/.
The Avid Reader, Sam Hankin, interviews best selling author Daniel Menaker. A wry, witty, often tender memoir by a former New Yorker editor, magazine writer, and book publisher who offers great tales of a life in words Daniel Menaker started as a fact checker at The New Yorker in 1969. With luck, hard work, and the support of William Maxwell, he was eventually promoted to editor. Never beloved by William Shawn, he was advised early on to find a position elsewhere; he stayed for another twenty-four years. Now Menaker brings us a new view of life in that wonderfully strange place and beyond, throughout his more than forty years working to celebrate language and good writing.
To live a full life is to make mistakes. Unlike Fitzgerald’s suggestion of "personality as an unbroken series of successful gestures," for most of us life is messy, complicated and often filled with regret and anger. When we look back we realize we are, in some strange and mysterious way, the sum total of all that we have done. The meals we’ve eaten, the books we’ve read and the people that we have touched and have touched us. Together it forms kind of life mosaic, unique and often compelling.Such has been the life of Daniel Manaker. Through the hallowed halls of the New Yorker, where he worked for twenty-six years, to the pinnacle of power in publishing at Random House and Harper Collins, through the death of a mother, a brother and his own battle with cancer, he now shares his unique mosaic with us in his new memoir My MistakeMy conversation with Daniel Menaker:
If you read magazines and live on the North half of the East Coast there is a good chance that you believe that The New Yorker is the ne plus ultra of magazine writing and if you believe that there's a good chance you run around using phrases like ne plus ultra.With The New Yorker's Olympian status goes a certain preciousness One of the reasons there's nothing else quite like The New Yorker is The New Yorker deeply believes that to be true and communicates it to us in subtle ways. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
E.L. Doctorow reads from his novel Homer and Langley, and discusses his life as a writer, including why he left his job as Editor of Dial Press to write full-time, how writing one line lead to his latest novel, and he discusses the three things that will never fail you. The interview is followed by a Question and Answer session with moderator Daniel Menaker and the audience. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org
Wallace Shawn reads from his essays, and discusses his life as an actor and writer, followed by a Question and Answer session with moderator Daniel Menaker and the audience. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org
New York native Jimmy Breslin, a long-time investigative journalist, columnist and author, reads from his most recent book The Good Rat: A True Story. A Question and Answer with moderator Daniel Menaker and the audience follows. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org
Art Spiegelman, the creator of several critically-acclaimed comic books, including the best-selling In the Shadow of No Towers, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative Maus, participates in a Question and Answer with moderator Daniel Menaker and the audience. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org
Nathan Englander reads from his novel, The Ministry of Special Cases, followed by a Question and Answer with moderator Daniel Menaker and the audience. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org
Featuring Christopher Carduff, Benjamin Cheever, Edward Hirsch, Daniel Menaker and Stewart O'Nan. Recorded as part of Madison Square Park Conservancy's free series of summer readings by notable authors in historic Madison Square Park. The National Book Awards and some of Maxwell's most prominent friends and admirers celebrate his centenary year with a lively evening of discussion and reminiscence. www.nationalbook.org
Featuring Christopher Carduff, Benjamin Cheever, Edward Hirsch, Daniel Menaker and Stewart O'Nan. Recorded as part of Madison Square Park Conservancy's free series of summer readings by notable authors in historic Madison Square Park. The National Book Awards and some of Maxwell's most prominent friends and admirers celebrate his centenary year with a lively evening of discussion and reminiscence. www.nationalbook.org
Part one of a special Marketplace of Ideas series on the future of books and reading: conversations with Daniel Menaker and Odile Isralson, host and executive producer of Titlepage, the first book-themed internet TV show.
Daniel Menaker, author of The Treatment (Knopf). Daniel Menaker on his comedy of morals. It's a New York novel with all the trimmings: psychoanalysis, prep schools and the death of the New York intellectual way of life.
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