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To the casual outside observer, middle class suburbia can look like a fairly boring place, but what's really going on behind those well-tended gardens, long driveways and screened porches? I'm Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels, each with a unique take on sex and drugs and rock-n-roll. But mostly, sex: We Were the Universe, by Kimberly King Parsons, and Olive Days, by Jessica Elisheva Emerson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik recommends three books that just might help you make some sense of the crisis at our southern border and the increase in global migration: The Prince of Los Cocuyos, by Richard Blanco, , Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, by Jonathan Blitzer and A Map of Future Ruins, by Lauren Markham. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new fabulous books that blend folklore and family history into tantalizing tales: The Bullet Swallower, by Elizabeth Gonzalez James and The Fox Wife, by Yangsee Choo. All titles available at your favorite local bookstore and online at bookshop.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What motivates someone to get involved in a movement or devote themselves to a cause? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels about art, activism, and the paths that sometimes lead to radicalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of TheWeekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels about messy families and their pursuit of happiness:" Mercury, by Amy Jo Burns, and Welcome Home, Stranger, by Kate Christensen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we speak with writer, nomad, professor, humorist and all around open book Marion Winik. She makes for a very fun and constantly surprising conversation. Follow us on Instagram @nativetonguespod
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, Marion Winik gives her take on Barbra Streisand's fascinating new memoir "My Name is Barbra." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new historic novels, one set in Malaysia, the other in Vietnam: Absolution, by Alice McDermott, and The Storm We Made, by Veronica Chan. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Or at least, watch what they do. I'm Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book ciritic Marion Winik reviews two very different books with one thing in common: the city of Rome. Roman Stories, Jhumpa Lahiri, and The Helsinki Affair, by Anna Pitoniak. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews a pair of cheeky novels dripping with parody, sarcasm, and wit: Wellness, by Nathan Hill, and The Book of Ayn, by Lexi Freiman. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik takes us back to school with a pair of novels about navigating complex teenage terrain and finding your tribe: "Speech Team" by Tim Murphy, and "Sugarless" by James Magruder. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, unexpected consequences follow the untimely deaths of two rather bad husbands. Marion Winik reviews The Five Star Weekend, by Elin Hilderbrand, and You Can't Stay Here Forever, by Katharine Lin. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we visit the wonderfully diverse cultural melting pot that is London. Marion Winik reviews "The Three of Us" by Ore Agbaje-Williams and "The Dead Are Gods" by Eirinie Carson. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik turns her focus to Southeast Asia, with reviews of a new novel and a memoir: The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng, and Getting Out of Saigon by Ralph White. All books available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retialers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
By now you've undoubtedly heard about Spare, the stunning new memoir from Prince Harry, but who can say they've actually heard all the juicy details? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews the audiobook version of "Spare," which is read by the prince himself.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of the Weekly Reader, we review two novels by Ethan Joella. Marion Winik shares her thoughts on "A Little Hope" and "A Quiet Life." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels about working class girls in Ireland who have their eyes on the future while nodding to the past: Factory Girls, by MIchelle Gallen, and Snowflake, by Louise Nealon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you've ever spent any time in New York City, you know that in many ways, it's the people who make the place unique. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels set in the city that feature unforgettable characters, from the spiky-haired squatters of the punk underground to beer brewing nuns in Brooklyn. Marion Winik on "No One Left to Come Looking for You" by Sam Lipsyte and "Our Lady of the Highway" by Hal Hartley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Perhaps you are an avid listener to audio books, or, perhaps, like me, you've never ever read one. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new books for which the authors themselves have recorded the audio versions, which makes them extra special and even more compelling: "This Body I Wore" by Diana Goetsch and "The Hero of this Book" by Elizabeth McCracken. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Move over, Oliver Twist! Step aside, Lil Orphan Annie! I'm Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new books that remind us that be it the Victorian Era, the roaring twenties, or the present day, “coming of age” can be tricky business. Hi, Marion! "Coming of Age" can be a tricky business. Just look at Oliver Twist and Little Orphan Annie! On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books that prove that growing up is as hard today as it was in the Victorian Era and the Roaring Twenties: Barbara Kingsolver's "Demon Copperhead" and Jonathan Escoffery's "If I Survive You." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, scary stories just in time for Halloween! Our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new frighteningly good books: "Bliss Montage" by Ling Ma, and "Motherthing" by Ainslie Hogarth. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, new novels from two of our favorite authors. Our book critic Marion Winik reviews Douglas Stuart's "Young Mungo," his follow-up to his 2020 Booker Prize winning novel "Shuggie Bain," and Jennifer Egan's latest, "The Candy House." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Springtime brings awards season to The Weekly Reader, and this week we are featuring two finalists for the National Book Critics Award in the Autobiography category. Marion Winik reviews "A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes" by Rodrigo Garcia, and "A Ghost in the Throat" by Doireann Ni Ghriofa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we delve into the world of crime and punishment with a new memoir and a novel that are both great picks for the mystery and "murder show" fans among us. Marion Winik reviews Taking Down Backpage by Maggy Krell, and The Final Case by David Guterson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you think there are a lot of great new memoirs coming out these days, you are correct. I'm Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik, a celebrated memoirist herself, reviews two new, fantastic memoirs: Hanif Abdurraqib's A Little Devil in America: Notes on Black Performance, and Deborah Levy's Real Estate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The 1970s were about more than bell bottoms, wide lapels, Led Zeppelin belt buckles and Vietnam. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels steeped in the feminist zeitgeist of that extraordinary decade: 1979, by Val McDermid, and The Commune, by Erica Abeel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a novel and a collection of essays that each channel and express some very powerful, righteous rage. Marion Winik shares her thoughts on Neglect by Kim Wozencraft and People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We've all heard the lyric "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere." On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we feature two novels that could only be set in New York City. Marion Winik gives us her take on Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout and Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Family life has always been great fodder for novels. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about complicated families. Marion Winik gives us her take on Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads, and Atticus Lish's The War for Gloria. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we head out to the country for a look at rural living. Our book critic Marion Winik reviews Ellen Airgood's Tin Road Camp and Claire Fuller's Unsettled Ground. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new memoirs from a pair of seasoned authors. Marion Winik reviews Nothing Personal by Nancy Jo Sales and The Secret To Superhuman Strength, a graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we revisit the thriller theme! Our book critic Marion Winik comes out from hiding under the covers to review The Twenty-Two Murders of Madison May by Max Barry, and The Turnout, by Megan Abbott. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we explore still more joys of married life. Our book critic Marion Winik reviews Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard and The Start-up Wife by Tahmina Anam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels that explore some of the unexpected challenges of long-term relationships. Marion Winik reviews Diane Johnson's Lorna Mott Comes Home and Lionel Shriver's Should We Stay or Should We Go. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels, both thrillers, but in a break with tradition, she is only recommending one of the books. Hear why she thinks you should consider reading Bruce Henderson's Lucky King. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we feature two new novels that explore the complex terrain of modern marriage. Marion Winik reviews Joshua Henkin's Morningside Heights, and Kristin Arnett's With Teeth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Now that many of us are getting vaccinated, and can begin to contemplate vacationing, and going places again, it's time to consider who, and what, to take along for the ride. I'm Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new audio books that are perfect companions for your next road trip: The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel and The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews new releases from two well-loved authors: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, and A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our resident book critic Marion Winik shares new work by two of her favorite fiction writers! We review Secrets of Happiness by Joan Silber, and The Blackmailers Guide to Love by Marian Thurm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This edition of The Weekly Reader features two new biographies about fascinating women. Marion Winik reviews Amy Stanley's award-winning Stranger in the Shogun's City, and Maggie Doherty's The Equivalents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels about cross-cultural identity. Marion Winik reviews Infinite Country, by Patricia Engel, and Monkey Boy, by Francisco Goldman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The WeeklyReader, we review a great new biography of Malcolm X filled with new and first-hand material about the charismatic figure, plus, Marion Winik weighs in on the new, now canceled, Philip Roth biography. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new memoirs about skeletons in the family closet. Marion Winik reviews Hunter Biden's Beautiful Things and Margaret Kimball's And Now I Spill The Family Secrets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we explore three novels that plumb the possibilities -- both good, and bad -- of prep school life. Marion Winik reviews All Girls by Emily Layden, The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont, and Old School by Tobias Wolff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels that are meditations on love and loss. Marion Winik reviews Brood by Jackie Polzin and Edie Richter is Not Alone by Rebecca Handler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new memoirs that read like adventure stories. Our book critic Marion Winik gives us her take on Vanessa O'Brien's To the Greatest Heights, and Nadia Owusu's Aftershocks. Hi, Marion! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CityLit Project joins the Enoch Pratt Free Library in presenting the CityLit Festival - Reimagined: a virtual celebration of the literary arts In an exhilarating tale of colliding worlds, Emily St. John’s The Glass Hotel paints a breathtaking portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives. In Jenny Offill’s funny and urgent Weather, the foreboding sense of doom commands a family and presents a nation in crisis, and how we weather it. The authors will be in a conversation moderated by Marion Winik, author of The Big Book of the Dead. Jenny Offill is the author of the novels Last Things (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the L.A. Times First Book Award); Dept. of Speculation, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Pen Faulkner Award and the International Dublin Award; and most recently Weather, an instant New York Times Bestseller. She lives in upstate New York and teaches at Syracuse University and in the low residency program at Queens University. Emily St. John Mandel's five novels include The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and has been translated into thirty-two languages. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. University of Baltimore professor Marion Winik is the author of The Big Book of the Dead and winner of the 2019 Towson Prize for Literature. Among her ten other books are First Comes Love and Above Us Only Sky. Her award-winning Bohemian Rhapsody column appears monthly at Baltimore Fishbowl, and her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun, and elsewhere. A board member of the National Book Critics Circle, she writes book reviews for People, Newsday, The Washington Post, and Kirkus Reviews; she hosts The Weekly Reader podcast at WYPR. She was a commentator on NPR for fifteen years; her honors include an NEA Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction. More info at marionwinik.com. The Writer's Room is a new Festival highlight designed to engage festival attendees, who are also writers, in an informal conversation with the featured guest authors. Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. Recorded On: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two novels about two rather uncommon families: What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz, and Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two short books by a favorite author, Jenny Offill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, may we suggest an audio book or two? Our book critic Marion Winik makes the case for listening to Sarah Blake's The Postmistress and James McBride's Deacon King Kong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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