Book Review Podcast

This week, Darin Strauss talks about his memoir, "Half a Life"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jennifer Egan discusses her review of Tom McCarthy's new novel, "C"; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
Popout
Original audio source (10bookreview.mp3)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A French blog for Trois autres Malaisie and a new translation for The World of Suzie Wong!

Image
A French blog for my upcoming collection of short stories Trois autres Malaisie has already been set up by my publisher Editions GOPE for some advance publicity. Soon the translation of Transactions in Thai from Lovers and Strangers Revisited will be available free from the blog. Also Editions GOPE is giving new life to Richard Masons The World of Suzie Wong by launching a new revised, unabridged French translation. Chapter two, you may remember, takes place in Malaysia , in a rubber plantation. French translations of The World of Suzie Wong and Lovers and Strangers Revisited ( Trois autres Malaisie) will soon be side by side. I like that. The World of Suzie Wong was not only an international best seller, it ran for many years as a play on Broadway and in London, and the movie version won Nancy Kwan a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in the role of Suzie. Is there a film version for one of my short stories in the making? Or maybe my Penang-set novel The Expatriates Choice,...
Keep reading

How to Prepare Public Presentations that Knock the Socks Off

Image
By Mary Jaksch Have we ever had to give a open presentation? If so, we might remember damp palms, butterflies in your stomach, as good as an strenuous instruct to hide in a cupboard instead of striding onto a stage. If we spin in to a successful writer, chances have been youll have to get used to open speaking. The great news is which we can sense to verbalise publicly with certainty as good as even suffer it. There have been dual keys factors which shift a approach we experience open presentations, a single factor is a have make make make make use of of of of of of mental strategies which capacitate we to feel assured as good as in charge. The alternative factor is a credentials which formula in a display which rocks this is what this post focuses on. In tandem with this post, Ive published an essay upon Goodlife ZEN which covers a psychological as good as earthy strategies which we can have make make make make use of of of of of in sequence to become a cool presenter: How to Speak ...
Keep reading