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#1667: John Dickerson “The Hardest Job In The World: The American Presidency” | The Book Show
On this week’s Book Show, John Dickerson discusses his new book The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency. He takes a deep...
#1666: Megha Majumdar “A Burning” | The Book Show
On this week’s Book Show, Joe Donahue speaks with author Megha Majumdar. Her debut novel, A Burning, centers around three characters whose lives become...
#1665: Lydia Millet “A Children’s Bible” | The Book Show
On this week’s Book Show, Lydia Millet discusses her new book A Children’s Bible. Her novel follows a group of children on a forced...
#1664: Ibram X. Kendi “How to Be An Antiracist” | The Book Show
On this week’s Book Show, Ibram X. Kendi discusses his book How To Be An Antiracist. Kendi is the founding director of the Antiracist...
#1663: Curtis Sittenfeld “Rodham” | The Book Show
This week on The Book Show, from the New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Eligible, a novel that imagines a deeply...
#1662: Lawrence Wright “The End Of October” | The Book Show
On this week’s Book Show, Lawrence Wright discusses his new thriller: The End of October. Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, screenwriter, staff writer...