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Liminal Writing with Ces and LeeLiminal Writing: Inspired by Parul Sehgal's line "Pain, it has been said, is the great censor, the eater of words" Episode 4: Liminal Writing - Exploring the Impact of Pain on ExpressionIn this episode of Liminal Writing, the hosts Ces Millado and Lee Moran delve into the emotional depths inspired by a line from an article written by Parul Sehgal in the Sept 2024 edition of The New Yorker: 'Pain, it has been said, is the great censor, the eater of words.' This is Parul's opening line in her review of Garth Greenwell's novel "Small Rain".Ces and Lee share their personal reflections and experiences on how pain affects their ability to express...2025-01-0314 min
Ordinary Unhappiness60: Love and Work feat. Joseph Earl ThomasAbby and Patrick welcome writer and academic Joseph Earl Thomas, author of the 2023 memoir Sink and a new novel, God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer. Set over the course of a single, chaotic day in a North Philadelphia hospital, Thomas’ novel unfolds across a multiplicity of geographies and timelines, and weaves together a dense network of human attachments in all their pleasures and pains. The conversation ranges widely as Abby, Patrick, and Joseph discuss what “trauma” means in popular discourse, literary criticism, and real-world trauma centers; the pleasures of food, video games, and genre expectations; Freud, the family, and authentic human...2024-07-201h 40
The Archive ProjectZadie Smith, in conversation with Parul Sehgal (REBROADCAST)In this episode of The Archive Project, we feature Zadie Smith in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Parul Sehgal from the 2023 Portland Arts & Lectures series.
Smith is one of the preeminent fiction writers of our age. She burst onto the stage in the year 2000 with her debut novel, White Teeth. It was a huge bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic, and signaled a bold new talent had entered the literary world. Since then, she has published six novels, two collections of stories, and three collections of essays in addition to dozens of book reviews and...2024-06-1000 minThe Archive ProjectZadie Smith, in conversation with Parul SehgalIn this episode of The Archive Project, we feature Zadie Smith in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Parul Sehgal.
Smith is one of the preeminent fiction writers of our age. She burst onto the stage in the year 2000 with her debut novel, White Teeth. It was a huge bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic, and signaled a bold new talent had entered the literary world. Since then, she has published six novels, two collections of stories, and three collections of essays in addition to dozens of book reviews and criticism in some of the most...2023-11-1352 min
The Closet Writer ChroniclesPrathyush Parasuraman: Making Of A MaverickIt's our mid-season finale and I'm talking to Prathyush Parasuraman! The episode opens with Prathyush talking about what creativity and storytelling means to him. We chat about his career from pursuing a PhD in Economics to a dramatic move to Mumbai to pursue a career in writing. He shares his earliest memories of being creative and his influences. We also talk about books and movies! Later, he talks about his relationship with gender and sexuality. The episode ends with a fun rapid fire and an excerpt from a story written & narrated by Prathyush.
Prathyush...2022-12-201h 30
The Martin ChroniclesThe InformationDan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss the ambitious novel that upended Martin Amis' personal, professional, and dental life: The Information. Dan quizzes Parul and Jason about the details of 1995's wildest lit-world gossip, and the panel argues about a novel about literary envy that inspired £500,000 worth of literary envy before it was even published. 2022-11-141h 10
Keep the Channel OpenYanyiThere’s a way in which the end of a serious relationship can shake your entire concept of yourself, and through your grief you have to find yourself again. Yanyi’s latest book of poems, Dream of the Divided Field, braids poems about heartbreak and implied emotional violence with poems about transition and immigration. Each has a similar but distinct sense of a loss of self, a search for self, a yearning for connection and belonging, a sometimes violent disconnection—to a partner, to a place or culture, to oneself and one’s own body. In our conversation, Yanyi and I di...2022-03-301h 09
Good Writing PodcastWhat Makes a Story Feel Complete? Chekhov, George Saunders, and Occasion for StoryEmily has Ben read an Anton Chekhov short story about a sad lady’s sad day and discuss occasion for story. Why is this the day that you tune into your character’s life? How can we as writers make a story feel complete?
On the way, Ben and Emily get derailed by a difference of opinion sparked by George Saunders’s analysis of the story. Should you consider the reader’s interpretation and anticipate the reader’s reaction to your story as you’re writing? Ben says no. Emily says absolutely yes. Tune in for the pros and con...2022-02-281h 07
OkuluszOkulusz - Féltékenység az irodalomban, Jo Nesbo: A féltékenység-szakértő és más történetekValószínűleg nincsen olyan ember ezen a bolygón, aki ne lett volna már féltékeny. Parul Sehgal indiai születésű, New York-i irodalomkritikus szavaival élve a féltékenység tulajdonképpen tehát amatőr regényíróvá tesz minket. Ebben az epizódban szó lesz majd drámákról, szépirodalmi alkotásokról, Jo Nesbo-ról, a féltékenység-szakértőről pedig a férjemmel, Zsolttal osztjuk meg egymással a meglátásainkat.2022-02-2436 min
The Gray Area with Sean IllingA Yellowjackets creator spills his gutsVox's Constance Grady talks with Bart Nickerson, the co-creator of new TV show Yellowjackets, which airs on Showtime. Yellowjackets follows a girls' soccer team, stranded in the Canadian wilderness in 1996 as teenagers — and also the present-day middle-aged women that some of the survivors become. Bart and Constance discuss the role of trauma on television, the process of crafting characters across two timelines, and why the struggle for survival (and cannibalism) fits a story about adolescence.Host: Constance Grady (@constancegrady), staff writer, VoxGuests: Bart Nickerson, co-creator (with Ashley Lyle) of Yellowjackets on ShowtimeRe...2022-01-2744 min
Know Your EnemyJoan Didion, Conservative (w/ Sam Tanenhaus)When Joan Didion died at the age of 87 in December, her early conservatism figured into a number of obituaries and commentaries, but was rarely discussed in detail. Matt and Sam turned to Sam Tanenhaus, William F. Buckley, Jr.'s biographer and knower of all things National Review, to discuss Didion's early writing for the magazine, her roots in California conservatism, and how her politics changed—and didn't—over the course of her long career. Along the way, they discuss why she loved Barry Goldwater and hated Ronald Reagan, why she finally stopped writing for National Review, and how she compar...2022-01-131h 39
Political GabfestWell, Obviously It’s Jan. 6Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Jan. 6, with guest Jamelle Bouie and what to make of omicron's impact on schools, and the Theranos case.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Matt Levine for Bloomberg: “Slaying the Blood Unicorn”Wall Street Journal: Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes: History of the WSJ Investigation Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine: “I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner?”2022-01-061h 11Political GabfestWell, Obviously It’s Jan. 6Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Jan. 6, with guest Jamelle Bouie and what to make of omicron's impact on schools, and the Theranos case.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Matt Levine for Bloomberg: “Slaying the Blood Unicorn”
Wall Street Journal: Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes: History of the WSJ Investigation
Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine: “I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner?”
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Edward Hopper: Night Shadows, 1921
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Wolfgang Laib: Wax Room
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Culture GabfestStation 2022This week, the panel begins by breaking down just what makes HBO’s pandemic series Station Eleven so successful with Slate’s senior managing producer of podcasts and co-host of Slate’s Working podcast, June Thomas. Next, the panel appreciates the legacy that writer Joan Didion left behind. Finally, the panel rehashes the 2021 edition of Slate’s Movie Club (including Dana’s list of the year’s best films) while discussing the future of film.In Slate Plus, the panel responds to Parul Sehgal’s article “The Case Against the Trauma Plot” in the New Yorker.Email us at cult...2022-01-0559 min
LongformRerun: #371 Parul Seghal (Dec 2019)Parul Sehgal, a former a book critic for The New York Times, is now a staff writer at The New Yorker.“My job is I think to be honest with the reader and to keep surfacing new ways for me and for other people to think about books. New vocabularies of pleasure and disgust.”Show notes:
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“Mothers of Invention: A Group of Authors Finds New Narrative Possibilities in Parenthood” (Bookforum • 2015)
“In Letters to the World, a New Wave of Memoirs Draws on the Intimate” (New York Times •...2021-12-221h 01
Why We WriteWriters Should Write Book Reviews with Tony EprileMFA in Creative Writing faculty Tony Eprile has reviewed books, and of course, been reviewed. On this episode, he gives us a peak into his workshop on book reviews and shares the reasons why authors should write them, the pitfalls many new reviewers fall into, and the best practices (hint: don't go full Simon Cowell). Mentioned in this episodeColson Whitehead's scathing review of Richard Ford's "The End of the Affair"Parul Sehgal finds racial and gender imbalances in her review of 125 years of New York Times reviews. About To...2021-10-2639 min
מקום טוב לרגשותמקום טוב לרגשות | #2 | אברהם טלבשיחה אישית ופתוחה על קנאה.על מה היא מאפשרת ואיפה היא מגבילה. על היכולת להרגיש כאב ומה המחיר שזה גובהמה זה מבחינתו קשר קרוב ולמה הוא מצפה כשהוא שואל משהו לשלומו.למה אנשים בוחרים לשתף אותו בסודות שלהם גם אנשים שהוא בקושי מכיר. הכנות של אברהם טל כובשת. היכולת שלו לייצר אינטימיות היא מדהימה וזו הייתה שיחה שנתנה מקום ממש טוב לרגשות. אפילו עכשיו בימי הקורונה אני שומעת אנשים שעושים השוואות לאחרים. איך זה שלא בניתי לוז לילדים שלי ? כולם עם סדר יום מלא פעיליות חוץ ממני...איך זה שאני לא מייצרת כלום ? כולם בעשיה חוץ ממני ... למה אני במצב רוח ירוד וכולם כאלה קולים ? הקנאה יכולה להוביל אותנו לתחושת ערך נמוך לדיכדוך לביקורת על עצמינו אבל אם היא במינון עדין היא יכולה דווקא לגרום להשתקקות , להנעה לפעולה , למוטיבציה להשיג את מה שחשוב לנו. מצרפת כתבה על פרופסור ריצ'ארד סמית שמדבר דווקא על הכוח של הקנאה ואיך היא יכולה לשרת אותנו https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001271462 והרצאת טד מעניינת שכולה שיר הלל לקנאהhttps://www.ted.com/talks/parul_sehgal_an_ode_to_envy/transcript?language=he#t-738750 במה אתם מקנאים ?2021-08-3148 min
fiction/non/fictionWhy Be A Critic? Laura Miller on Reading, Listening to, and Writing About BooksAcclaimed Slate books and culture columnist Laura Miller joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss the ins and outs of being a critic. Miller discusses a recent piece about diversity and representation in audiobook narration. She also talks about reading for pleasure versus work, and why, when she’s not reviewing, she often finds herself listening to authors.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 ex...2021-07-291h 00
The Book ReviewAn Outsider Finds Suspense in HollywoodThe actress and thriller writer Catherine Steadman visits the podcast this week to talk about “The Disappearing Act,” her new suspense novel about the absurdities of Hollywood. Steadman was drawn to the idea of setting a story during pilot season, when actors from all over the world descend on Los Angeles once a year and compete for lead roles in new TV series.“It’s a sort of competitive world where friendships are made really quickly, and people will find their nemesis — someone who looks just like them who keeps snatching away parts from them,” she says. “It’s a very st...2021-07-0258 min
Get BookedIt's Sexy FlourAmanda and Jenn discuss books set in Polynesia and Ireland, aristocratic mysteries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.FeedbackDetransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (rec’d by Elizabeth)Books DiscussedThe Vanishing Half by Brit...2021-07-0150 minThe Book ReviewReimagining the Aftermath of a Wartime AttackFrancis Spufford’s new novel, “Light Perpetual,” is rooted in a real event: the rocket attack on a Woolworth’s in London, killing 168 people, toward the end of World War II. Spufford fictionalizes the tragedy and invents five children who survive it, trailing them through the ensuing decades to discover all they might have done and seen if they had lived. On this week’s podcast, Spufford says that he settled on this real-life incident for intentionally arbitrary reasons.“The ordinariness is kind of the point,” he says. “I wanted something that was terrible but not exceptional. Something which...2021-06-0449 minThe Book ReviewMichael Lewis on 'The Premonition'In 2018, Michael Lewis published “The Fifth Risk,” which argued, in short, that the federal government was underprepared for a variety of disaster scenarios. Guess what his new book is about? Lewis visits the podcast this week to discuss “The Premonition,” which recounts the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.“It wasn’t just Trump,” Lewis says. “Trump made everything worse. But there had ben changes in the American government, and changes in particular at the C.D.C., that made them less and less capable of actually controlling disease and more and more like a fine academic institution that...2021-05-071h 05The Book ReviewBlake Bailey on Writing His Life of Philip RothBlake Bailey’s long-awaited biography of Philip Roth has generated renewed conversation about the life and work of the towering American novelist who died at 85 in 2018. Bailey visits the podcast this week to take part in that conversation himself.“Most of Philip’s life was spent in this little cottage in the woods of Connecticut, standing at a desk and living inside his head 12 hours a day,” Bailey says. “This is not unique to Philip. This is a phenomenon that I experienced vis-à-vis my other subjects, too. They don’t see people very clearly. They sort of see themse...2021-04-091h 01The Book ReviewTillie Olsen and the Barriers to CreativityA.O. Scott, The Times’s co-chief film critic, returns to the Book Review’s podcast this week to discuss the work of Tillie Olsen, the latest subject in his essay series The Americans, about writers who give a sense of the country’s complex identity. Olsen, who died in 2007 at 94, was known best as the author of “Tell Me a Riddle,” a collection of three short stories and a novella published in 1961. She also wrote rigorous depictions of working-class families, conveying the costs of living for burdened mothers, wives and daughters.“I think people should read her now for...2021-03-261h 03
Grand TamashaSonia Faleiro on Life and Death in India’s HeartlandOne night in the summer of 2014, two teenage girls living in a remote village in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh went missing. Hours later, they were found dead and hanging from a tree in a mango orchard. A media frenzy ensued that propelled the case to the front pages of national newspapers and prime time cable news. It was quickly decided that this was another clear-cut case of rape and murder in India’s heartland. A haunting new book, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing, by the author Sonia Faleiro reveals that the trut...2021-02-2440 minThe Book ReviewThis Land Is Whose Land?When Simon Winchester takes on a big subject, he takes on a big subject. His new book, “Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World,” travels through centuries and to places like Ukraine, New Zealand, Scotland, the United States and elsewhere. On this week’s podcast, he talks about the history of private land ownership and a few of the many aspects of this history that caught his attention.“The whole notion of trespass I find absolutely fascinating,” Winchester says. “There is this pervasive feeling — it’s not uniquely American, but it is powerfully American — that once you own...2021-02-121h 01The Book ReviewJames Comey and Truth in GovernmentJames Comey’s “Saving Justice,” arrives three years after his first book, “A Higher Loyalty.” Joe Klein reviews it for us, and visits the podcast this week to discuss, among other subjects, how the new book is different from the first.“It doesn’t differ very much at all, actually,” Klein says, “except for one thing: He rehearses all of the confrontations he had with Donald Trump in both books, but in the second book he places that in the context of the need for truth and transparency in government, which I think is a valuable thing. The book is a repe...2021-01-151h 03
A Phone Call From PaulA Conversation with Parul SehgalParul Sehgal is a book critic at The New York Times. She was previously a columnist and senior editor at The New York Times Book Review. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Slate, Bookforum, The New Yorker, Tin House, and The Literary Review, among other publications, and she was awarded the Nona Balakian Award from the National Book Critics Circle for her criticism. She has been a featured speaker at TED and teaches at Columbia University and the Center for the Humanities at CUNY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-07-0255 min
A Phone Call From PaulA Conversation with Parul SehgalParul Sehgal is a book critic at The New York Times. She was previously a columnist and senior editor at The New York Times Book Review. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Slate, Bookforum, The New Yorker, Tin House, and The Literary Review, among other publications, and she was awarded the Nona Balakian Award from the National Book Critics Circle for her criticism. She has been a featured speaker at TED and teaches at Columbia University and the Center for the Humanities at CUNY.
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Podcast BukuTimes Critics Talk About Their Year-End ListsDwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai on the top books of 2019.2019-12-2041 min
The Book ReviewTimes Critics Talk About Their Year-End ListsDwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai on the top books of 2019.
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.2019-12-2041 min
LongformEpisode 371: Parul SehgalParul Sehgal is a book critic for The New York Times.
“I write about books, I review books, but in a sense, to do my job at a newspaper also puts that pressure on a piece to say: why should you read or care about this? You’re trying to tweeze out what is newsworthy, what is interesting, what is vital about this book….My job is I think to be honest with the reader and to keep surfacing new ways for me and for other people to think about books. New vocabularies of pleasure and disgust.”
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The Book ReviewToni Morrison's LegacyWesley Morris, Parul Sehgal and Dwight Garner talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom talks about her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.”
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.2019-08-091h 07
Podcast BukuToni Morrison's LegacyWesley Morris, Parul Sehgal and Dwight Garner talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom talks about her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.”2019-08-091h 07
London Review Bookshop PodcastRace and Poetry Reviewing: Kayo Chingonyi, Bhanu Kapil, Ilya Kaminsky and Parul Sehgalhttp://media.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/2019-06-21-race-and-poetry-event.mp3An evening of discussion and poetry readings with poets Kayo Chingonyi, Bhanu Kapil, Ilya Kaminsky and New York Times book critic Parul Sehgal. This lively event brings together eminent poets, critics and editors for a public panel discussion on diversity and the current state of poetry reviewing culture in the UK and the US, followed by poetry readings from Kayo Chingonyi and Bhanu Kapil. The panel event featured a transatlantic discussion of race and poetry reviewing with Ilya Kaminsky, Kayo Chingonyi and Parul Sehgal, chaired by Sandeep Parmar and introduced by Sarah Howe. This event also launched the 2019 report on ‘Th...2019-07-0259 min
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastRyan Chapman & Ira SilverbergSatire can be the last, best way to critique difficult topics, and Ryan Chapman's blistering novel, RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN, takes on, among other things, incarceration, literature's standing in the culture, and intellectual pretension. He and James talk novellas, using contemporary cultural references, writing to a melody, and publishing a book after working in the field. Plus, literary advocate, legend, and Ryan's editor, Ira Silverberg. - Ryan Chapman: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ryan-Chapman/140796679 Buy RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501197307 Ryan and James discuss: Joseph Helle...2019-05-281h 36
Slate ConversationsParul SehgalParul Sehgal is a book critic at the New York Times. She sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss the daily life of a book reviewer, looking hard at the novels of very bad men, and the current state of cultural criticism. Email: ask@slate.comTwitter: @IHaveToAskPod Podcast production by Max Jacobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-04-0629 min
Slate BooksABC: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoKaty Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Laura Bennett discuss Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. This episode is Katy's last episode as host of the Audio Book Club, but watch this space for more about the future of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-01-2949 minSlate BooksABC: Swing Time by Zadie SmithSlate's Katy Waldman and Laura Miller discuss Zadie Smith's new novel, Swing Time with The New York Time's Parul Sehgal.The Slate Audio Book Club is brought to you by ThirdLove, the lingerie brand using real women’s measurements to design better-fitting bras. Try one of their best-selling bras for free for 30 days by visiting thirdlove.com/bookclubAnd by Blue Apron. Create delicious, home-cooked meals with fresh ingredients delivered right to your door. Get your first THREE meals FREE when you go to BlueApron.com/Audioclub. Learn more about your ad...2017-03-1359 minSlate BooksABC: All the Single LadiesSlate critic, Katy Waldman, is joined by Parul Sehgal of the New York Times Book Review and culture critic, Meghan O'Rourke, to discuss Rebecca Traister's All the Single Ladies. Next month, Slate's Audio Book Club will discuss The Girls by Emma Cline. Read the book and join us for a conversation in August! Slate's Audio Book Club is brought to you by Audible.com, with more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free 30-day trial and a free audiobook at Audible.com/AudioBookClub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-07-1650 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of Helen Gurley BrownThis week, Moira Weigel discusses new biographies of Helen Gurley Brown; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Juliet Nicolson talks about “A House Full of Daughters”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2016-07-1543 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of Helen Gurley BrownThis week, Moira Weigel discusses new biographies of Helen Gurley Brown; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Juliet Nicolson talks about “A House Full of Daughters”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-07-1543 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘You’ll Grow Out of It’This week, Jessi Klein discusses her new essay collection; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Antonio García Martinez talks about “Chaos Monkeys”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2016-07-1045 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘You’ll Grow Out of It’This week, Jessi Klein discusses her new essay collection; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Antonio García Martinez talks about “Chaos Monkeys”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-07-1045 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Hogs Wild’This week, Ian Frazier talks about “Hogs Wild”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Barry Friedman discusses two new books about law enforcement; and John Williams, Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2016-07-0144 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Hogs Wild’This week, Ian Frazier talks about “Hogs Wild”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Barry Friedman discusses two new books about law enforcement; and John Williams, Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-07-0144 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: Why Populism Now?This week, Sam Tanenhaus talks about new political books; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Calvin Trillin discusses “Jackson, 1964”; listeners share some of their favorite summer reading memories; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2016-06-2453 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: Why Populism Now?This week, Sam Tanenhaus talks about new political books; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Calvin Trillin discusses “Jackson, 1964”; listeners share some of their favorite summer reading memories; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-06-2453 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: Susan Faludi’s ‘In the Darkroom’This week, Susan Faludi discusses her new memoir, “In the Darkroom”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; James Lee McDonough talks about his new biography of William Tecumseh Sherman; listeners share some of their favorite summer reading memories; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2016-06-1745 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: Susan Faludi’s ‘In the Darkroom’This week, Susan Faludi discusses her new memoir, “In the Darkroom”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; James Lee McDonough talks about his new biography of William Tecumseh Sherman; listeners share some of their favorite summer reading memories; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-06-1745 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘First Dads’This week, Joshua Kendall talks about “First Dads”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Judith Warner discusses “The End of American Childhood”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-06-1041 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘First Dads’This week, Joshua Kendall talks about “First Dads”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Judith Warner discusses “The End of American Childhood”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Before the Fall’This week, Noah Hawley talks about “Before the Fall”; Andrew Solomon discusses “Far and Away”; Marjorie Ingall on the season’s new Y.A. novels; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-06-0346 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Before the Fall’This week, Noah Hawley talks about “Before the Fall”; Andrew Solomon discusses “Far and Away”; Marjorie Ingall on the season’s new Y.A. novels; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets’This week, Adam Hochschild talks about Svetlana Alexievich’s “Secondhand Time”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Stephanie Danler discusses her debut novel, “Sweetbitter”; Jojo Moyes talks about the film adaptation of her novel “Me Before You”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-05-2751 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets’This week, Adam Hochschild talks about Svetlana Alexievich’s “Secondhand Time”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Stephanie Danler discusses her debut novel, “Sweetbitter”; Jojo Moyes talks about the film adaptation of her novel “Me Before You”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Romanovs’This week, Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new history of the Romanovs; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Laura Miller talks about new audiobooks of childhood favorites; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-05-2342 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Romanovs’This week, Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new history of the Romanovs; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Laura Miller talks about new audiobooks of childhood favorites; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Romanovs’This week, Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new history of the Romanovs; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Laura Miller talks about new audiobooks of childhood favorites; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-05-2042 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Romanovs’This week, Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new history of the Romanovs; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Laura Miller talks about new audiobooks of childhood favorites; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Gene’Siddhartha Mukherjee talks about “The Gene”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Jennifer Szalai discusses two books about taste; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading.2016-05-1345 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Gene’Siddhartha Mukherjee talks about “The Gene”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Jennifer Szalai discusses two books about taste; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading.
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The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Pumpkinflowers’This week, Matti Friedman discusses “Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Judith Shulevitz talks about Angela Duckworth’s “Grit”; Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales discuss “Thunder Boy Jr.”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal discuss what people are reading.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Pumpkinflowers’This week, Matti Friedman discusses “Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Judith Shulevitz talks about Angela Duckworth’s “Grit”; Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales discuss “Thunder Boy Jr.”; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal discuss what people are reading.2016-05-0655 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Listen, Liberal’Thomas Frank talks about “Listen, Liberal”; Lydia Millet discusses her new novel, “Sweet Lamb of Heaven”; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Listen, Liberal’Thomas Frank talks about “Listen, Liberal”; Lydia Millet discusses her new novel, “Sweet Lamb of Heaven”; and Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-04-2932 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’This week, Michael Kinsley discusses “Old Age”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Eric Fair talks about “Consequence”; Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-04-2240 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’This week, Michael Kinsley discusses “Old Age”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Eric Fair talks about “Consequence”; Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; and Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal talk about what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2016-04-2240 minSlate BooksABC: When Breath Becomes AirCritics Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Paul Kalanithi's bestselling memoir, When Breath Becomes Air. Join us next month to discuss A Hologram for the King by Dave Egger's.Slate's Audio Book Club is brought to you by Fun Home, winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical. The Associated Press calls this groundbreaking production, “The best of what Broadway can do.” Get tickets at FunHomeBroadway.com.And by Audible.com, with more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free 30-day trial and a free audiobook at AudiblePodcast.com/ABC. 2016-04-0940 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘West of Eden’This week, Maria Russo discusses Jean Stein’s “West of Eden,” A. O. Scott talks about “Better Living Through Criticism” and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-02-1939 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘West of Eden’This week, Maria Russo discusses Jean Stein’s “West of Eden,” A. O. Scott talks about “Better Living Through Criticism” and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Next month, Slate's Audio Book Club will discuss A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin. Read the book and join us for a conversation in February!
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The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: The Year in PoetryThis week, Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss the year in poetry; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; George Saunders talks about children’s books; and Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: The Year in PoetryThis week, Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss the year in poetry; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; George Saunders talks about children’s books; and Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2015-12-2439 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Doomed to Succeed”This week, Scott Anderson discusses “Doomed to Succeed”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Roger Lowenstein talks about “America’s Bank”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal, filling in for Pamela Paul, is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Doomed to Succeed”This week, Scott Anderson discusses “Doomed to Succeed”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Roger Lowenstein talks about “America’s Bank”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal, filling in for Pamela Paul, is the host.2015-10-2530 min
Listen Legally to Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & PanelsThalia Book Club: Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels Audiobook by Elena FerranteListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Thalia Book Club: Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
Author: Elena Ferrante
Narrator: John Waters, Amy Ryan, Zoe Kazan, Sonali Deraniyagala, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Thurman, Parul Sehgal
Format: Original Recording
Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-23-15
Publisher: Symphony Space, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels
Publisher's Summary:
In honor of the release of the concluding installment in the Neapolitan Novels, John Waters, Amy Ryan, Sonali Deraniyagala, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Thurman, and Parul Sehgal celebrate the author with readings and...2015-10-231h 11
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: Richard McGuire’s ‘Here’This week, Richard McGuire talks about “Here”; John Williams has news from the literary world and feedback from readers; Simon Parkin discusses two new books about gaming; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal, filling in for Pamela Paul, is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: Richard McGuire’s ‘Here’This week, Richard McGuire talks about “Here”; John Williams has news from the literary world and feedback from readers; Simon Parkin discusses two new books about gaming; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal, filling in for Pamela Paul, is the host.2015-10-1633 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘NeuroTribes’This week, Steve Silberman talks about “NeuroTribes” and autism; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Elisabeth Egan discusses “A Window Opens”; questions from readers; Maria Russo talks about the season’s children’s books; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2015-08-2152 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘NeuroTribes’This week, Steve Silberman talks about “NeuroTribes” and autism; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Elisabeth Egan discusses “A Window Opens”; questions from readers; Maria Russo talks about the season’s children’s books; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: Shakespeare in LoveThis week, Alan Riding discusses two new books about Shakespeare’s women characters and his personal life; Parul Sehgal and John Williams have news from the literary world; Michelle Orange talks about five new essay collections; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2015-05-2236 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: Shakespeare in LoveThis week, Alan Riding discusses two new books about Shakespeare’s women characters and his personal life; Parul Sehgal and John Williams have news from the literary world; Michelle Orange talks about five new essay collections; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘H Is for Hawk’This week, Vicki Constantine Croke discusses Heather Macdonald’s “H Is for Hawk”; Parul Sehgal has news from the literary world; John Williams talks about Nick Hornby’s “Funny Girl”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2015-02-2027 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: ‘H Is for Hawk’This week, Vicki Constantine Croke discusses Heather Macdonald’s “H Is for Hawk”; Parul Sehgal has news from the literary world; John Williams talks about Nick Hornby’s “Funny Girl”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2015-02-2027 minSlate BooksABC: My Brilliant FriendSlate critics Katy Waldman, David Haglund, and Parul Sehgal discuss the first in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan trilogy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2015-01-0946 min
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’This week, Phillip Lopate discusses Charles D’Ambrosio’s “Loitering”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Sven Beckert talks about “Empire of Cotton”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal is the host, filling in for Pamela Paul.2015-01-0237 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’This week, Phillip Lopate discusses Charles D’Ambrosio’s “Loitering”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Sven Beckert talks about “Empire of Cotton”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal is the host, filling in for Pamela Paul.
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Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: A Rare View of North KoreaThis week, Suki Kim talks about “Without You, There Is No Us”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams have news from the literary world; Meghan Daum discusses “The Unspeakable”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2014-12-1245 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: A Rare View of North KoreaThis week, Suki Kim talks about “Without You, There Is No Us”; Parul Sehgal and John Williams have news from the literary world; Meghan Daum discusses “The Unspeakable”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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.2014-12-1245 minSlate BooksABC: Cheryl Strayed's WildSlate critics Dan Kois, Parul Sehgal, and Katy Waldman discuss Cheryl Strayed's memoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2014-10-1044 minSlate BooksThe Audio Book Club: My StruggleSlate's Dan Kois and David Haglund talk with New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal about Book 1 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's 6-volume autobiographical epic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2014-07-1156 min
TED EducationParul Sehgal: An ode to envyWhat is jealousy? What drives it, and why do we secretly love it? No study has ever been able to capture its “loneliness, longevity, grim thrill” -- that is, says Parul Sehgal, except for fiction. In an eloquent meditation she scours pages from literature to show how jealousy is not so different from a quest for knowledge. A video of this talk2013-10-2513 min