Even better, the list features three stories from tenth of december, including the story after which the book takes its name. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. I cant think of one good thing to say about the book. The audio book club on tenth of december slate magazine. Our critics discuss george saunders book of short stories. Karen russells swamplandia in this weeks audio book club, slates emily bazelon, john dickerson, and hanna rosin discuss karen russells swamplandia. Slate is a generally leftwing online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the united states from a progressive perspective. He is the author of four story collections, including in persuasion nation and tenth of december.
Slate is a usbased english language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former new republic editor michael kinsley, initially under the ownership of microsoft as. Slates audio book club is brought to you by, with more than. To listen to the audio book club discussion of tenth of december, click the arrow on. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold livelyand sometimes heateddebates. Join slates critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Critics christina cauterucci, mark harris, and katy waldman discuss lucia berlins dazzling short story collection. No one belongs here more than you audiobook by miranda. One womans search for everything across italy, india, and indonesia. It is, in short, the perfect subject for our first audio book club. Tenth of december by george saunders, a riotously imaginative collection of stories impresses tom cox. Poet ocean vuongs debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. Slate s audio book club comes to you on the third monday of every month. Consider dipping into slates audio book club, a monthly podcast of lengthy conversations about newish. But it is included here because stephen metcalf, who.
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This month, brow beat editor david haglund, slate senior editor emily. Slates audio book club is brought to you by audible. All stories from the new collection have an asterisk. But whereas saunderss previous works have only pulsed with hope, tenth of december locates a new and striking humanity.
These stories take on the big questions and explore. Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the united states. Katy waldman is joined by slates laura miller and jamelle bouie to compare and contrast colson whiteheads the underground railroad and the new book by ben winters underground. An essay, a digital comic, short stories, and a parenting. To listen to the audio book club discussion of swanns way, click the arrow on the player below. This month, the audio book club presents a heated discussion of elizabeth gilberts eat, pray, love.
Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. It is a story of inaction with enormous consequences. To listen to the audio book club discussion of swanns way, click the arrow. It takes place in futuristic england where young teenage criminals are given a second chance. In this weeks audio book club, slate editors emily bazelon and hanna rosin, and the new yorkers margaret talbot, discuss emma donoghues room, a bestselling novel about a 5yearold boy raised. Book clubs join one of hhbs booksellers for a book club meeting. Listen to episodes of audio book club on podbay, the fastest and easiest way to listen to the. Julys collection of stories, no one belongs here more than you, won the frank.
On its 10th anniversary, slate unveiled a redesigned website. As of mid2015, it publishes about 1,500 stories per month. For readers of hillbilly elegy and strangers in their own land a new york post mustread book a newsweek best new book one of the weeks 20 books to read in. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. See more ideas about books to read, good books and books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively and sometimes heated debates about. George saunders reads his story from the april 6, 2020, issue of the magazine. Listen to saunders read from and answer questions about the book. To read more about slate s book club initiative, click here. Dark secrets 2 book by elizabeth chandler official. Listen to the audio book club s discussion of tenth of december. Having just turned forty, have resolved to embark on grand project of writing every day in this new black book just got at officemax. My chivalric fiasco, one of tenth of decembers funniest stories, takes place in a theme park devoted to medieval court. See more ideas about books, good books and books to read.
This mainstream podcast has made many of my literary friends angry due to the low quality of discourse. Best books and writing podcasts we could find updated may 2020. The audio book club on eat, pray, love slate magazine. To listen to the slate audio book club discussion of leo tolstoys anna karenina, click the arrow on the player below. Look for our next discussion on itunes or on the slatehome page on monday, oct. On earth were briefly gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who.
Saunders won the man booker prize in 2017 for his novel, lincoln in the bardo. George saunders has been a writers writer, a sentence. Shakespeares version of the story for their audiences, especially in troubled political times. Our hourlong discussion of magical thinking is led by slate s. Its the first book by douglas coupland ive ever read and likely to be the last. Her body and other parties audiobook by carmen maria. The title of saunderss fourth collection doesnt reference any regularly observed holiday, but for the macarthurcertified geniuss fans, a new collection, his first in six years, is a cause to celeb. These are all the books that have been discussed on the podcast as of january 2017. The audio book club goes swanns way slate magazine. Her most recent book is the first bad man, a novel. Slate critics discuss carmen maria machados vividly saturated and undefinable stories. Tenth of december and victory lap weave together multiple narrators, and the latter brilliantly skewers sheltered suburbanites and overly aggressive helicopter parents.