The Weekly Reader
The Weekly Reader
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----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.
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Famous and Funny: "The Land and Its People" by David Sedaris and "Famesick" by Lena Dunham
Famous and Funny: "The Land and Its People" by David Sedaris and "Famesick" by Lena Dunham
Two new revealing essay collections from a pair of familiar, funny, and influential artists.
May 27
3 min
Family Memoirs: A Room in Bombay, by Manil Suri, and Keeper of My Kin, by Ada Ferrer
Family Memoirs: A Room in Bombay, by Manil Suri, and Keeper of My Kin, by Ada Ferrer
Two new memoirs about the transcendent power of love and family.
May 21
3 min
Cults and Their Discontents
Cults and Their Discontents
What makes someone join a cult? And how do they get away?
May 14
3 min
Memoir Roundup: "Small Town Girls" by Jayne Anne Phillips, "Labor" by Mary Afsari, and "She's Under Here" by Karen Palmer
Memoir Roundup: "Small Town Girls" by Jayne Anne Phillips, "Labor" by Mary Afsari, and "She's Under Here" by Karen Palmer
What makes a truly great memoir?
Apr 28
3 min
Monica Lewinsky Special: "Dear Monica Lewinsky" by Julia Langbein, "Young Jane Young" by Gabrielle Zevin, and "Everything is Perfect" by Kate Nason
Monica Lewinsky Special: "Dear Monica Lewinsky" by Julia Langbein, "Young Jane Young" by Gabrielle Zevin, and "Everything is Perfect" by Kate Nason
Sex. Power. Privilege. And Monica Lewinsky!
Apr 22
3 min
Love Among the Stars: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and "American Fantasy" by Emma Straub
Love Among the Stars: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and "American Fantasy" by Emma Straub
What would you do to be famous, or almost famous?
Apr 15
3 min
Citylit Festival Preview
Citylit Festival Preview
Three authors who will be in conversation with Marion Winik at this weekend's 23rd annual Citylit Festival
Apr 8
3 min
Internet Famous: "What A Time To Be Alive" by Jade Chang and "I Could Be Famous" by Sydney Rende
Internet Famous: "What A Time To Be Alive" by Jade Chang and "I Could Be Famous" by Sydney Rende
What happens when your only goal is to “go viral” online, and then, somehow, it actually happens?
Apr 1
3 min
Uncommon Women: "Big Nobody" by Alex Kadis and "The Beheading Game" by Rebecca Lehmann.
Uncommon Women: "Big Nobody" by Alex Kadis and "The Beheading Game" by Rebecca Lehmann.
Some people are born to live unusual, extraordinary lives.
Mar 26
3 min
Remember The Seventies: "Lake Effect" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and "Judy Blume: A Life" by Mark Oppenheimer
Remember The Seventies: "Lake Effect" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and "Judy Blume: A Life" by Mark Oppenheimer
Dispatches from a tumultuous decade in American history.
Mar 18
3 min
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