Soundings From The New York Review

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Interviews, conversations, discussions, events and more from the writers and staff of The New York Review of Books

Episodios

  • Pandemic Journal

    15/04/2020 Duración: 41min

    In this series, New York Review contributors document the coronavirus outbreak around the world. Featuring readings by Eduardo Halfon in Paris, Anastasia Edel in Oakland, Miguel-Anxo Murado in Madrid, Ruth Margalit in Tel Aviv, Mark Gevisser in Cape Town, Elisa Gabbert in Denver, Simon Callow in London, Lauren Groff in Gainesville, Anna Badkhen in Lalibela, and Sylvia Poggioli in Rome.

  • President Obama and Marilynne Robinson: A Conversation—II

    26/10/2015 Duración: 30min

    In the second part of this exclusive conversation, President Obama and writer Marilynne Robinson discuss literature, politics, competition, American restlessness, teaching, and citizenship. The conversation was recorded on September 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • President Obama and Marilynne Robinson: A Conversation

    12/10/2015 Duración: 31min

    In this exclusive conversation, President Obama and author Marilynne Robinson discuss topics ranging from the problems of American democracy and the responsibilities of citizenship to the challenges of Christianity and their shared sense of the values and virtues of small-town America. The conversation was recorded on September 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. This is the first part of their conversation; the second part will appear on October 26.

  • Civil Rights & Policing

    05/10/2015 Duración: 33min

    A panel discussion with Laurie Robinson, co-chair of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, critic and novelist Darryl Pinckney, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The panelists reflect on issues of race and bias in law enforcement and whether the recommendations of the White House Task Force, if implemented, can practically address and dismantle sources of conflict, deepening racial divisions, and high rates of incarceration in the US. Recorded on September 20, 2015 at the Brooklyn Book Festival.

  • Literary Journalism: A Discussion

    03/05/2013 Duración: 11min

    Ian Buruma, Joseph Lelyveld, Zoë Heller, Alma Guillermoprieto, and Andrew Delbanco discuss the future of literary journalism. This podcast was recorded on April 3, 2013 at the New York Public Library.

  • Michael Chabon on the Mysteries of Pittsburgh

    15/03/2013 Duración: 19min

    Michael Chabon reads from his piece about writing his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Chabon spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • Daniel Mendelsohn on September 11 at the Movies

    15/03/2013 Duración: 16min

    Daniel Mendelsohn reads from his 2006 piece, "September 11 at the Movies," a review of United 93 by Paul Greengrass and World Trade Center by Oliver Stone. Mendelsohn spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • Mark Danner on Reporting from the Campaign Trail

    14/03/2013 Duración: 17min

    Mark Danner discusses his time as an editorial assistant at The New York Review and as a contributor from the campaign trail. Danner spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • Darryl Pinckney on James Baldwin

    13/03/2013 Duración: 12min

    Darryl Pickney discusses his lifelong engagement with the writing of James Baldwin. Pinckney spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • Mary Beard on Reading the Classics

    12/03/2013 Duración: 12min

    Mary Beard discusses The New York Review’s coverage of the classics throughout its history. Beard spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • John Banville on Hubert Butler

    08/03/2013 Duración: 07min

    John Banville discusses his 1997 review "The European Irishman," on the work of Hubert Butler. Banville spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • Joan Didion on the Central Park Jogger

    07/03/2013 Duración: 17min

    Joan Didion reads from her 1991 essay "New York: Sentimental Journeys" about the Central Park jogger case. Didion spoke on February 5, 2013 at Town Hall in New York City, in a celebration of The New York Review's 50th anniversary.

  • Steve Coll on the Killing of Osama bin Laden

    09/10/2012 Duración: 06min

    Steve Coll addresses the political implications of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and how the author of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden sidestepped legal issues to publish his book.

  • Henri Cole Reads Selected Poems

    25/05/2012 Duración: 20min

    Henri Cole reads from his recent book of poems, Touch (2011), and talks about his search for what he calls the "essentialness of emotion."

  • Jonathan Freedland on the Royal Wedding

    28/04/2011 Duración: 22min

    Jonathan Freedland talks with Emily Greenhouse about gilded-coach celebrity in an era of austerity, the hereditary principle, and why all bets are off when it comes to Wills and Kate.

  • Andrew Delbanco on Mark Twain

    14/04/2011 Duración: 16min

    Andrew Delbanco talks with Andrew Martin about the first volume of Mark Twain’s unabridged Autobiography and the distinctive joys and challenges of reading Twain in the twenty-first century.

  • Geoffrey O'Brien on Duke Ellington

    11/03/2011 Duración: 17min

    Geoffrey O'Brien talks with Chris Carroll about Duke Ellington's mid-career crisis and stunning comeback, revisiting his often-overlooked albums of the 1960s and 1970s.

  • Robert Gottlieb on Charles Dickens

    13/08/2010 Duración: 15min

    Robert Gottlieb speaks to Andrew Martin about Charles Dickens's troubled life, his best and worst novels, and how to read without editing.

  • Derek Walcott, Two Poems

    09/07/2010 Duración: 04min

    Poet Derek Walcott recites "Fare Well" by Walter de la Mare, and reads "The Hulls of White Yachts," from his latest collection White Egrets.

  • Charles Rosen Plays Chopin

    01/07/2010 Duración: 18min

    Charles Rosen plays the music of Frédéric Chopin and talks to Chris Carroll about the composer's surprising radicalism and the critical controversy surrounding his work, the mysterious spianato style, and whether there is a right way to play Chopin's music.

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