Audio Book Club: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

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Audio Book Club: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

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Aug 7, 2014

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Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Hanna Rosin discuss Roz Chast's cartoon memoir about her parents' decline.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Aug 7, 2014

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Join Slate's critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively - and sometimes heated - debates about the works. Part of the Panoply Network.

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Slate's Audio Book Club: American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss the novel American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Bookclub: Tree of Smoke: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and James Surowiecki discuss the novel Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: John Cheever's 'The Swimmer,' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard To Find': Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss two short stories - John Cheever's The Swimmer, and Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard To Find. . by Slate Books
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An Inauguration Novella, Part 3 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 3 of 5. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
58 min listen
Slate's Audio Book Club: All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Jacob Weisberg discuss the novel All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
54 min listen
Slate's Audio Book Club: Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
36 min listen
Audio Book Club: Lit, by Mary Karr: Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Mary Karr's memoir, Lit. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
48 min listen
An Inauguration Novella, Part 1 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 1 of 5. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson discuss J.D. Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century, by Cristina Nehring: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and guest Laura Kipnis discuss Cristina Nehring's "A Vindication of Love." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill: Slate's Audio Book Club: Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill by Slate Books
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Slate: Audio Book Club: Eat, Pray, Love: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
60 min listen
Slate's Audio Book Club: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
47 min listen
DoubleX Audio Book Club: Lydia Davis’ Translation of Madame Bovary: Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin and Margaret Talbot discuss the new translation of Gustave Flaubert's nineteenth century French classic Madame Bovary. Relive your college days with this dissection of the original desperate housewife. by Slate Books
39 min listen
Audio Book Club: The Submission by Amy Waldman: For Slate's September Audio Book club, Yale art historian and architect Kishwar Rizvi joins Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin to discuss The Submission, Amy Waldman's novel about memorializing 9/11. by Slate Books
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Note on Infinite Jest and Rabbit, Run: The Slate Audio Book Club's discussion of Infinite Jest will be posted in March. In the meantime, we'll be discussing Rabbit, Run by John Updike the week of Feb. 16. Listen for more details. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Rabbit, Run, by John Updike: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
54 min listen
Audio Book Club: Life After Life: Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Katy Waldman discuss Kate Atkinson’s historical novel about a British woman who lives World War II over and over again. by Slate Books
42 min listen
Audio Book Club: Vladimir Nabokov: Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Vladimir Nabokov's book, The Original of Laura. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
48 min listen
Audio Book Club: Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel: Troy Patterson, Jacob Weisberg, and John Swansburg discuss Hilary Mantel's book, Wolf Hall. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Night of the Gun, by David Carr: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss New York Times columnist David Carr's The Night of the Gun. by Slate Books
49 min listen
An Inauguration Novella, Part 2 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 2 of 5. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: Thy Neighbor's Wife, by Gay Talese: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Gay Talese's "Thy Neighbor's Wife." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: "The Imperfectionists," by Tom Rachman: Julia Turner, June Thomas and Troy Patterson discussTom Rachman's book, "The Imperfectionists." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein: In this week’s audio book club, Slate’s Daniel Engber, David Plotz and Hanna Rosin discuss Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, about his quest to compete in the U.S. Memory Championships, and what he learned about the human brain along the way. by Slate Books
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An Inauguration Novella, Part 4 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 4 of 5. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," by Michael Lewis: Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Daniel Gross discuss Michael Lewis' book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
47 min listen

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Audio Book Club: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

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