The Weekly Reader
The Weekly Reader
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.Social links:
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Majestic Memoirs: "Patriot" by Alexei Navalny and "Cher: The Memoir, Part One" by Cher
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a pair of high-profile memoirs that reveal the complex lives of two vastly different, widely influential people: Patriot, by Alexei Navalny, and Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher.
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The Holiday Spirit: "Time of the Child" by Niall Williams and "Love You A Latke" by Amanda Elliot
Ah, December! On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels to help get you in the mood to celebrate the season, however, and whatever, you choose: Time of the Child, by Niall Williams, and Love You A Latke, by Amanda Elliot.
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Naomi & Me: "I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas" and "Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems" by Naomi Shahib Nye
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a unique collaboration involving the celebrated poet Naomi Shahib Nye, Ann Alejandro, and our own Marion Winik: "I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas."
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Family Life: "Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney and "The Wildes" by Louis Bayard.
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about the complicated ways we share our lives, and love, with others:Intermezzo, by Sallie Rooney, and The Wildes, by Louis Bayard.
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Road Trips: "Goyhood" by Reuven Fenton, and "How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?" by Anna Montague
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that prove, once again, that sometimes, you just need a good road trip to sort yourself out: Goyhood, by Reuven Fenton, and How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague.
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Celebrity Memoirs Part Two: Chung, Tucci, Bourdain, Pacino
On this edition of our series about celebrity memoirs, we review four more superstar tell-all's that are well worth your time, whether you enjoy them on the page or listen to the audiobooks: Connie, by Connie Chung, Taste by Stanley Tucci, Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, and Sonny Boy, by…
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Celebrity Memoirs Part One: "From Here to the Great Unknown" by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and "All I Ever Wanted" by Kathy Valentine
On this edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new engaging memoirs from the entertainment industry: From Here to the Great Unknown, by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, All I Ever Wanted, by Kathy Valentine.
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Medicine Women: "The Waters" by Bonnie Jo Campbell and "The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern" by Lynda Cohen Loigman
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about female practitioners of folk remedies and herbal medicine and the special roll they play in many cultures: The Waters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell, and The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, by Lydia Cohen Loigman. All titles available at…
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Transitions
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books about changing times, changing attitudes, and changing lives: Mona of the Manor, by Armistead Maupin, and Frighten the Horses, by Oliver Radclyffe.
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Small Towns, Big Stories
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two books, one a new novel and the other a re-issue of a somewhat overlooked classic about some of the larger issues facing the denizens of small town America: The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich, and Broke Heart Blues, by Joyce Carol Oates.
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