The Weekly Reader
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For lovers of literary fiction and memoir, The Weekly Reader is a four-minute round-up of the best new books on the national scene. University of Baltimore professor, author, and longtime All Things Considered commentator Marion Winik joins WYPR’s producer Lisa Morgan, former co-host of The Signal, in studio to share two picks each week.
They curate the best of the buzzy books you're hearing about elsewhere, and keeping an eye out for those of special interest to Baltimoreans. When Winik, who reviews for People, Kirkus Review, and the Washington Post, brings her trademark humor, thoughtful insights, and refreshing honesty to book criticism, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you on your literary adventures.
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When Bad Things Happen to Good WritersGreat art is often created in the wake of terrible tragedy – think Guernica, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The Vietnam Memorial.
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When Bad Things happen to Good WritersGreat art is often created in the wake of terrible tragedy – think Guernica, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The Vietnam Memorial.
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Coming of Age: "Playworld" by Adam Ross and "The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus" by Emma KnightRemember the 1980s? Remember college? Even if you weren’t alive, or never attended university, you’ll feel like you’ve gone back in time with this week’s picks.
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Coming of Age: "Playworld" by Adam Ross and "The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus" by Emma KnightComing of age can be a challenge, no matter where, or when, you do it.
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Immigration Matters: "Mothers and Sons" by Adam Haslett and "Homeseeking" by Karissa ChenImmigration is and always has been such a complex issue, you may not even realize how much it touches your everyday life.
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A Few We MissedOur Evenings, by Alan Hollinghurst, and Pony Confidential, by Chrstina Lynch
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Local AuthorsOn this edition of The Weekly Reader, we'd like to turn your attention to a pair of local authors whose work reflects and illuminates the world around us: The Play’s the Thing, by James Magruder, and Behind You Is the Sea, Susan Muaddi Darraj
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a pair of high-profile memoirs that reveal the complex lives of two vastly different, widely influential people: Patriot, by Alexei Navalny, and Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ah, December! On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels to help get you in the mood to celebrate the season, however, and whatever, you choose: Time of the Child, by Niall Williams, and Love You A Latke, by Amanda Elliot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a unique collaboration involving the celebrated poet Naomi Shahib Nye, Ann Alejandro, and our own Marion Winik: "I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.