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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June 25, 2019 00:30:00
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#1614: Journalist Ruth Reichl Discusses Latest Book “Save Me the Plums”

Ruth Reichl is an award-winning journalist, honored with six James Beard Awards for her journalism, magazine feature writing, and criticism. Her latest book, “Save...

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June 18, 2019 00:30:00
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#1613: Rick Atkinson’s “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777”

Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson, who wrote the best-selling “Liberation” trilogy about the American effort in Europe during the Second World War, has now...

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June 04, 2019 00:30:00
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#1611: Author Dave Eggers’ Latest “The Parade: A Novel”

From the bestselling author of “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” “The Circle,” “A Hologram for the King,” and “What Is the What” comes...

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May 28, 2019 00:30:00
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#1610: New York Times Bestselling Author David McCullough’s “The Pioneers”

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times Bestselling author, and master historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story...

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May 21, 2019 00:30:00
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#1609 – Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen became a go-to writer on the joys and challenges of family, motherhood, and modern life, in her nationally syndicated column. In her...

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May 14, 2019 00:29:59
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#1608 – Nathan Englander

Nathan Englander once again tackles the complexities of contemporary Jewish life in his new novel, “kaddish.com.” When an atheist’s Orthodox father dies, he is...

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