The Book Show

Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers.

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October 15, 2019 00:30:00
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#1630: Jacqueline Woodson’s “Red At The Bone”

Jacqueline Woodson is the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of “Another Brooklyn” and “Brown Girl Dreaming.” Her latest novel, “Red at...

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October 08, 2019 00:30:00
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#1629: Terry Tempest Williams “Erosion: Essays of Undoing”

Terry Tempest Williams is renowned for her singular body of literature on the environment and our experiences of home.  Her new book “Erosion: Essays...

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October 01, 2019 00:30:00
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#1628: Edwidge Danticat’s “Everything Inside”

Edwidge Danticat’s new book “Everything Inside” is a collection of stories about community, family, and love. Set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to...

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September 25, 2019 00:30:00
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#1627: Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book “Talking To Strangers”

Malcolm Gladwell’s books bestselling books include “The Tipping Point,” “Blink” and “Outliers.” In his first book in six years, “Talking to Strangers: What We...

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September 09, 2019 00:30:00
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#1625: Bob Berman’s New Book “Earth-Shattering”

The majority of celestial space is inactive and will remain forever unruffled. But when cosmic violence does unfold, it changes the very fabric of...

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September 03, 2019 00:30:00
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#1624: Ibram X. Kendi’s “How To Be An Antiracist”

Ibram X. Kendi is the founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. He is also a columnist at The...

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