The Book Show

June 17, 2025 • 00:27:15

The Book Show | Chris Bohjalian - The Jackal's Mistress

Set during the final stretch of the Civil War, author Chris Bohjalian’s “The Jackal’s Mistress” tells the story of Libby, a woman stuck in...

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June 10, 2025 • 00:27:08

The Book Show | Helen Phillips - Hum [encore]

Helen Phillips is one of the most interesting and original writers working today. In her latest novel, “Hum,” she turns her eye to marriage,...

June 03, 2025 • 00:27:24

The Book Show | Miranda July - All Fours [encore]

“All Fours,” a new novel by Miranda July, tells the story of a semi-famous artist who announces her plan to drive cross-country on a...

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May 27, 2025 • 00:27:26

The Book Show | Russell Shorto - Taking Manhattan

In 2004, Historian Russell Shorto published “The Island at the Center of the World,” a book about Manhattan and the role of the Dutch...

May 20, 2025 • 00:27:27

The Book Show | Adrian McKinty - Hang On St. Christopher

Adrian McKinty’s latest novel, “Hang on St. Christopher,” brings readers to July 1992 when The Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after...

May 06, 2025 • 00:27:27

The Book Show | Joy Harjo - Washing My Mother's Body

Poet Joy Harjo’s poems are described as musical, intimate, political and wise, intertwining ancestral memory and tribal histories with resilience and love. Her latest...