The Weekly Reader

452 - Fiction Fights Back: The Dream Hotel, by Laila Lalami, and The Antidote, by Karen Russell

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

More episodes

452 - Fiction Fights Back: The Dream Hotel, by Laila Lalami, and The Antidote, by Karen Russell

Thu, 08 May 2025
451 - Good Stories: "Atavists" by Lydia Millet and "Good Women" by Halle Hill

Wed, 30 Apr 2025
450 - Modern Predicaments: "Jane and Dan at the End of the World" by Colleen Oakley and "Rental House" by Weike Wang

Wed, 23 Apr 2025
449 - Cats From Japan: The Blanket Cats, by Kiyoshi Shigematsu and Mornings Without Mii, by Mayumi Inaba

Thu, 17 Apr 2025
448 - Listen to This: New Audio Memoirs

Wed, 09 Apr 2025
447 - Weekly Reader Live at CityLit Festival 2025

Thu, 27 Mar 2025
446 - Europe in Wartime: "33 Place Brugmann" by Alice Austen and "Maya and Natasha" by Elyse Durham

Wed, 19 Mar 2025
445 - Listening to Joan Didion

Wed, 12 Mar 2025
444 - Inheritance: "The Magnificent Ruins" by Nayantara Roy and "Like Mother, Like Mother" by Susan Rieger

Wed, 05 Mar 2025
443 - I Dream of Joni Mitchell

Thu, 27 Feb 2025
442 - Short Stories: New Books From Curtis Sittenfeld, Erika Krouse, and by Amor Towles

Mon, 24 Feb 2025
441 - Career Opportunities: "Mona Acts Out" by Mischa Berlinski and "How to Sleep at Night" by Elizabeth Harris

Mon, 17 Feb 2025
440 - When Bad Things Happen to Good Writers

Mon, 10 Feb 2025
439 - When Bad Things happen to Good Writers

Mon, 10 Feb 2025
438 - Coming of Age: "Playworld" by Adam Ross and "The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus" by Emma Knight

Mon, 03 Feb 2025
437 - Coming of Age: "Playworld" by Adam Ross and "The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus" by Emma Knight

Wed, 29 Jan 2025
436 - Immigration Matters: "Mothers and Sons" by Adam Haslett and "Homeseeking" by Karissa Chen

Tue, 21 Jan 2025
435 - A Few We Missed

Fri, 10 Jan 2025
434 - Local Authors

Tue, 07 Jan 2025
433 - Majestic Memoirs: "Patriot" by Alexei Navalny and "Cher: The Memoir, Part One" by Cher

Fri, 13 Dec 2024
432 - The Holiday Spirit: "Time of the Child" by Niall Williams and "Love You A Latke" by Amanda Elliot

Thu, 05 Dec 2024
431 - Naomi & Me: "I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas" and "Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems" by Naomi Shahib Nye

Tue, 26 Nov 2024
430 - Family Life: "Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney and "The Wildes" by Louis Bayard.

Wed, 20 Nov 2024
429 - Road Trips: "Goyhood" by Reuven Fenton, and "How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?" by Anna Montague

Fri, 15 Nov 2024
428 - Celebrity Memoirs Part Two: Chung, Tucci, Bourdain, Pacino

Tue, 12 Nov 2024
427 - Celebrity Memoirs Part One: "From Here to the Great Unknown" by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and "All I Ever Wanted" by Kathy Valentine

Fri, 01 Nov 2024
426 - Medicine Women: "The Waters" by Bonnie Jo Campbell and "The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern" by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Thu, 24 Oct 2024
425 - Transitions

Thu, 17 Oct 2024
424 - Small Towns, Big Stories

Mon, 14 Oct 2024
423 - For Mature Audiences: "We Were the Universe" by Kimberly King Parsons and "Olive Days" by Jessica Elisheva Emerson

Wed, 02 Oct 2024
422 - Reality Adjacent: "Colored Television" by Danzy Senna and "Small Rain" by Garth Greenwell

Fri, 27 Sep 2024
421 - Friends and Stories: "Mina's Matchbox" by Yoko Ogawa and "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout

Fri, 20 Sep 2024
420 - Podcasters and Ghostwriters: "Listen for the Lie" by Amy Tintera and "I Want You More" by Swan Huntley

Mon, 16 Sep 2024
419 - Women, Politics, and Power: "One Way Back" by Christine Blasey Ford and "True Gretch" by Gretchen Whitmer

Fri, 06 Sep 2024
418 - Great Memoirs: "The Friday Afternoon Club" by Griffin Dunne and "Do Something" by Guy Trebay

Wed, 04 Sep 2024
417 - New England Vacations: "Sandwich" by Catherine Newman and "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach

Tue, 27 Aug 2024
416 - Talk to the Animals: "Bear" by Julia Phillips and "The Horse" by Willie Vlautin

Tue, 13 Aug 2024
415 - Take Me to the Beach: "The Same Bright Stars" by Ethan Joella and "Swan Song" by Elin Hilderbrand

Wed, 31 Jul 2024
414 - Women of Sports: "Headshot" by Rita Bullwinkel, and "Coming Home" by Brittney Griner

Fri, 26 Jul 2024
413 - Poor Dear Planet: "Pearce Oysters" by Joselyn Takacs and "Beep" by Bill Roorbach

Thu, 18 Jul 2024
412 - Great American Novels: "Long Island Compromise" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and "Familiaris" by David Wrobliewski

Thu, 11 Jul 2024
411 - Epic India: "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese and "Victory City" by Salman Rushdie

Mon, 08 Jul 2024
410 - Women Warriors: "Daughters of Shandong" by Eve Chung and "The Women" by Kristin Hannah

Wed, 26 Jun 2024
409 - Hot Summer Reads: "Come and Get It" by Kiley Reid and "Margo Has Money Troubles" by Rufi Thorpe

Tue, 25 Jun 2024
408 - Stranger Things: "Real Life and Other Fictions" by Susan Coll and "The Husbands" by Holly Gramazio.

Wed, 12 Jun 2024
407 - A Trio of Thrillers: "One of Our Kind" by Nicola Yoon, "Death in the Air" by Ram Murali, and "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore

Wed, 05 Jun 2024
406 - New Gay Comic Novels from Stephen Rowley and Stephen McCauley

Thu, 30 May 2024
405 - New Memoirs from Salmon Rushdie and Daniel Handler

Tue, 21 May 2024
404 - Eat the Rich: Wives Like Us, by Plum Sykes, and Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan

Wed, 15 May 2024
403 - Midlife Adventures: "The Lady Waiting" by Magdalena Zyzak, and "All Fours" Miranda July

Wed, 08 May 2024

Vis flere episoder

Flere arts podcasts

Other %(radios)s podcasts

Find din radiostation