Podcast appearances and mentions of kate walbert

Kate Walbert's 2012 New Yorker short story is set on a buzzing early spring day in Times Square, evoking the unique sense of renewal and energy palpable in New York when the city finally begins to thaw out from a long winter. While dutifully fulfilling her youngest daughter's wish of visiting the hectic M&M World, Ginny's day turns tense as she struggles to keep track of her kids and revisits memories of her estranged husband.

Kate Walbert reads her story “Marriage/Quarantine,” from the December 6, 2021, issue of the magazine. Walbert's novels include “A Short History of Women,” “His Favorites,” and “Our Kind,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2004. Her story collection, “She Was Like That,” was published in 2019.

Dan and Eric talk about Evan Osnos's long take on the protests in Hong Kong; Nick Paumgarten's piece on vaccines and anti-vaxxers; Kate Walbert's moving short story, "To Do"; and Dan Chiasson on the history and future of reading.

Kate Walbert reads her story from the September 2, 2019, issue of the magazine. Walbert's novels include "Our Kind," "A Short History of Women," and "His Favorites." A new story collection, "She Was Like That," will be published in October.

Bestselling National Book Award finalist Kate Walbert stopped by the Just the Right Book studios for an in depth interview on her latest book which Roxanne calls "gorgeous, restrained, and powerful." The 149 page novel is a timely story about a 15 year old girl, a charming and manipulative English teacher, a dark secret and how the protagonist Jo confronts a trauma many years later.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Fifty Nine Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email list here. – Currently Reading – Scribe of Siena – Melodie Winawer (CW)(audio) Solumn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13) – James R. Benn (CW) The Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (CW) The NY Times article discussing the new translation of The Odyssey by Emily Wilson can be found HERE. – Just Read – Scribe of Siena – Melodie Winawer (EF) The Crab from Yesterday: The Life-Cycle of a Horseshoe Crab – John Frederick Waters and W.T. Mars (CW) Rooted In Deceit (A Greenhouse Mystery #4) – Wendy Tyson (EF) The Outliers – Kimberly McCreight (EF) The Scattering – Kimberly McCreight (EF) The Collide – Kimberly McCreight (CW)(EF) – Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily watched the 1933 film version of Little Women September 13, 2018 – Emily went to RJ Julia Madison to see Kate Walbert discuss her book His Favorites – Upcoming Jaunts – September 15, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be in conversation with Kimberly McCreight at Bookclub Bookstore & More to discuss the third book in the Outliers trilogy: The Collide September 17, 2018 – Joseph Olshan will be at RJ Julia Madison to discuss his new book, Black Diamond Fall. September 20, 2018 at RJ Julia Madison and October 3 at Wesleyan RJ Julia – Jason Stanley will discuss his book, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. September 27, 2018 – Bill Goldstein will be discussing his book, The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature, at RJ Julia Madison September 27, 2018 at 7:00 – Come meet the Book Cougars at Mohegan Sun for a Historical Fiction Panel. Click HERE to purchase your $5 ticket. Panelists are: Fiona Davis –The Masterpiece Marie Benedict – Carnegie’s Maid James R. Benn – Solumn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13) Melodie Winawer – Scribe of Siena October 13 – Boston Book Festival October 18, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be hosting the Willa Cather book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More. The book: Death Comes to the Archbishop – Upcoming Reads – Solumn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13) – James R. Benn (EF) The Book of Essie – Meghan Maclean Weir (EF) Strike Your Heart – Amélie Nothomb (EF) A Winter’s Promise – Christelle Dabos (EF) Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge – Susan Hand Shetterly (CW) Horseshoe Crags and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind – Richard Fortey (CW) Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue (CW) The Witches: Salem, 1692 – Stacy Schiff (CW) Labyrinth of the Spirits – Carlos Ruiz Zafon (CW) – Also Mentioned – Cara Black Diane Mott Davidson The Kate – Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center showing of Little Women The movie Holiday starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant Fear: Trump in the White House – Bob Woodward Fear and Trembling – Amélie Nothomb Tokyo Fiancée – Amélie Nothomb Mel’s Bookland Adventures The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Angels Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Prisoner of Heaven – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Fall is the season that every reader is primed to anticipate. While we're a little sad to say goodbye to Summer, all the great books that are lined up for release in Fall 2018 are here to console us. In this podcast Gayle and Nicole start the discussions about blockbuster releases, new offerings from famed authors, and the books they are most looking forward to delving into over the next few months. Let the Fall reading season begin! WHAT WE'RE READING http://amzn.to/2GeIlig (Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure) by Amy Kaufman The Dependents by Catherine Dion https://amzn.to/2MkAqpI (Vox) by Christina Dalcher  https://amzn.to/2OxtZwZ (His Favorites) by Kate Walbert https://amzn.to/2OKqlQx (A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage & Betrayal) by Jen Waite https://amzn.to/2wbhlMJ (Circe) by Madeline Miller FALL RELEASES WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ Becoming by Michelle Obama A Cloud In The Shape Of A Girl by Jean Thompson The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman Rust and Stardust by T. Greenwood Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

Episode Fifty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!Please subscribe to our email list here.– Currently Reading –Carnegie’s Maid – Marie Benedict (CW) (audio)The Outliers – Kimberly McCreight (EF) (audio)The Scattering – Kimberly McCreight (CW) – Just Read – The Outliers – Kimberly McCreight (CW) Carnegie’s Maid – Marie Benedict (EF)How Hard Can It Be? (Kate Reddy #2) – Allison Pearson (EF)The Bookshop – Penelope Fitzgerald (EF) (audio) – Readalong –Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters – Anne Boyd Rioux (CW)(EF) – Biblio Adventures –Emily watched a lot of television/movies:Learning to Drive based on a short story by Katha PollittElegy based on Philips Roth’s book The Dying AnimalBlackkKlansman by Spike Lee based on the memoir by Ron Stallwarth called Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime I Don’t Know How She Does It starring Sarah Jessica Parker Mind of a Chef season 3– starring Chef Edward LeeChris took friends to The Book Barn in Niantic, CT and Salem, MA. She also discovered that Fitz-Green Halleck, the poet, died in the house where she gets her hair cut – Birds Nest Salon – Upcoming Jaunts –September 13, 2018 – Emily is headed to RJ Julia Madison to see Kate Walbert discuss her book His FavoritesSeptember 15, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be in conversation with Kimberly McCreight at Bookclub Bookstore & More to discuss the third book in the Outliers trilogy: The CollideOctober 18, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be hosting the Willa Cather book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More. The book: Death Comes to the ArchbishopSeptember 27, 2018 at 7:00 – Come meet the Book Cougars at Mohegan Sun for a Historical Fiction Panel. Click HERE to purchase your $5 ticket.Panelists are:Fiona Davis –The MasterpieceMarie Benedict – Carnegie’s MaidJames R. Benn – Solumn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13)Melodie Winawer – Scribe of SienaWe are hosting a GIVEAWAY of the four books. Subscribe to our newsletter HERE by September 8, 2018 in order to be entered to win.– Upcoming Reads –The Collide – Kimberly McCreight (CW)Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist – Anne Boyd Rioux Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain (EF) (audio)Rooted In Deceit (A Greenhouse Mystery #4) – Wendy Tyson (EF)– Also Mentioned –Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot Cuisine – Edward LeeI Don’t Know How She Does It (Kate Reddy #1) – Allison PearsonReconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreightGospel of Wealth – Andrew CarnegieNemesis – Philip RothReading Envy podcastA Short History of Women – Kate WalbertInk & Paper BlogLittle Women – 1949 film version

Kate Walbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Pet Milk,” by Stuart Dybek, from a 1984 issue of the magazine.

From the National Book Award nominee and author of the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling A Short History of Women, a deeply moving, “lyrical, ominous, and unexpectedly funny” (Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers) novel that follows a cast of characters as they negotiate one of Manhattan’s swiftly changing neighborhoods, extreme weather, and the unease of twenty-first-century life. - Amazon Review The Avid Reader Show airs Mondays at 5PM on WCHE AM 1520. The Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com