The Weekly Reader
Wednesdays at 2:33 p.m.
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.
Latest Episodes
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Move over, Oliver Twist! Step aside, Lil Orphan Annie! Growing up can be just as hard in the modern era. -
Spooky stories for scary times from Ling Ma and Ainslie Hogarth. -
new work from one of our most beloved (and most prolific) authors, Elin Hilderbrand. -
Texas-sized tales from The Lone Star State: Bobby Finger's "The Old Place" and Stacy Swann's "Olympus, Texas." -
Exactly who is living "The American Dream," and what does it mean? Two new novels explore the notion. -
What really goes on behind the glitz and glamour of Hollywood? -
In praise of funny books and the women who write them! -
Will we ever tire of stories about fabulously wealthy people? -
The past is never far behind us, so how do we get the present right? -
Do you ever read a book and then decide you have to find all the books ever written by the author, and read them, too? Jean Hanff Korelitz this week.
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On this episode of The Weekly Reader we review a great new biography of Malcolm X, and we share some thoughts about the controversial new biography of Philip Roth. -
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels featuring Unforgettable Female Protagonists. Marion Wink reviews Kasuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, and Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle. -
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.
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about life lessons learned whilst on the job: Mateo Askaripour's Black Buck and Chang Rae Lee's My Year Abroad.
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs that explore what it means to be "American" in the current cultural melting pot of the… -
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… -
All the world's a stage! This week on The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that take us behind the scenes of stage and screen: Ethan Hawke's A… -
Today on The Weekly Reader, we are marking four years on the air! To celebrate, we are featuring two very different books about babies: Detransition,… -
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…
