Slate's Audio Book Club

The Slate Audio Book Club: Tenth of December

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:37:26 +0000

Slate critics Dan Kois and David Haglund discuss George Saunders’ celebrated collection of short stories.

The Slate Audio Book Club: Swann's Way

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:34:50 +0000

Emily Bazelon, David Haglund, and Meghan O'Rourke celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

The Audio Book Club: Going Clear

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:53:00 +0000

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Lawrence Wright's epic investigation into Scientology.

The Audio Book Club: Arcadia by Lauren Groff

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:30:00 +0000

Slate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune.

The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:00:00 +0000

Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday.

The Audio Book Club: Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:00:00 +0000

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Emily Bazelon discuss Katherine Boo’s National Book Award-winning story of life in a Mumbai slum.

The Audio Book Club: Zadie Smith’s NW

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:30:00 +0000

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Zadie Smith’s novel about four Londoners from the same council estate.

Slate Audio Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss David Mitchell's epic novel.

The Audio Book Club: How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:30:00 +0000

Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O’Rourke, and David Haglund discuss Sheila Heti’s polarizing novel about life and art.

Audio Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:32:00 +0000

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the plot-twisting thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

Audio Book Club: Capital by John Lanchester

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and David Haglund discuss the sprawling London novel Capital by John Lanchester.

Audio Book Club: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin discuss the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James.

Audio Book Club: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:31:11 +0000

Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Alison Bechdel's comic memoir Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama

Audio Book Club: The Good Mother by Sue Miller

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:00:00 +0000

Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and special guest novelist Amy Bloom discuss Sue Miller's The Good Mother on the novel's 25th anniversary.

Audio Book Club: This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:34:03 +0000

Slate editors discuss Helen Schulman's "This Beautiful Life," a new novel about a video that goes viral and ruins the lives of two teenagers at a posh New York City private school.

Audio Book Club: The Submission by Amy Waldman

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:58:00 +0000

For Slate's September Audio Book club, Yale art historian and architect Kishwar Rizvi joins Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin to discuss The Submission, Amy Waldman's novel about memorializing 9/11.

Audio Book Club: Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Michael Agger, Emily Bazelon, and Julia Turner talk about the memorable themes and intricate structure of Jennifer Egan's prize-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad.

Audio Book Club: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:39:00 +0000

Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Joining them are two Potter enthusiasts: Emily’s son Simon, 8, and Hanna’s daughter Noa, 10. They discuss death, loyalty and Snape's love for Lily.

Audio Book Club: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:30:00 +0000

Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ latest historical novel, Caleb’s Crossing.

Audio Book Club: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:30:00 +0000

Our critics, including Yale historian David Blight, discuss the Civil War classic The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara.

Audio Book Club: Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:30:00 +0000

In this week’s audio book club, Slate’s Daniel Engber, David Plotz and Hanna Rosin discuss Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, about his quest to compete in the U.S. Memory Championships, and what he learned about the human brain along the way.

Audio Book Club: Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Audio Book Club, Slate’s Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Hanna Rosin discuss Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, a new novel about the struggle of a family who runs an alligator-wrestling theme park.

Audio Book Club: Emma Donoghue’s Room

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Slate’s Audio Book Club discusses Emma Donoghue’s Room, a best-selling novel about a 5-year-old boy raised by his mother in a shed where she has been held prisoner since before he was born.

Audio Book Club: "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Hanna Rosin, Ann Hulbert, and Nina Shen Rastogi discuss Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Lydia Davis’ Translation of Madame Bovary

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:49:04 +0000

Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin and Margaret Talbot discuss the new translation of Gustave Flaubert's nineteenth century French classic Madame Bovary. Relive your college days with this dissection of the original desperate housewife.

Audio Book Club: "Lord of Misrule," by Jaimy Gordon

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Jaimy Gordon's book, Lord of Misrule. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Nicole Krauss’ Great House

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:55:35 +0000

In this week’s gabfest, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, along with The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot, discuss Nicole Krauss’ latest novel, Great House. They discuss why this novel is less light hearted than Krauss’ last one, The History of Love.

Audio Book Club: "Remainder," by Tom McCarthy

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:43:22 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Tom McCarthy's book, Remainder. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:38:23 +0000

In this week's audio book club, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin and The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. The novel follows Patty and Walter Berglund's failing marriage and serves as a commentary on how we live.

Audio Book Club: "Super Sad True Love Story," by Gary Shteyngart

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:35:06 +0000

Jacob Weisberg, Jody Rosen and Troy Patterson discuss Gary Shteyngart's book, Super Sad True Love Story. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: "The Imperfectionists," by Tom Rachman

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:21:53 +0000

Julia Turner, June Thomas and Troy Patterson discussTom Rachman's book, "The Imperfectionists." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: "Imperial Bedrooms," by Bret Easton Ellis

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:03:08 +0000

Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Bret Easton Ellis’ book, Imperial Bedrooms. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: "Reality Hunger - A Manifesto," by David Shields

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:13:59 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Jody Rosen discuss David Shields’ book, Reality Hunger - A Manifesto. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

DoubleX Audio Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:51:10 +0000

DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon, along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot, discuss Rebecca Skloot's new non-fiction book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee: Slate's Audio Book Club

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:53:56 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Emily Bazelon discuss Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mockingbird. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

DoubleX Audio Book Club: The Surrendered

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:45:35 +0000

DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Chang-rae Lee's new novel, The Surrendered.

Audio Book Club: "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," by Michael Lewis

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:24:57 +0000

Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Daniel Gross discuss Michael Lewis' book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:01:47 +0000

Troy Patterson, Jacob Weisberg, and John Swansburg discuss Hilary Mantel's book, Wolf Hall. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: White Noise, by Don DeLillo

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:49 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Stephen Metcalf, and Troy Patterson discuss Don DeLillo's book, White Noise. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: Lit, by Mary Karr

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:04:01 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Mary Karr's memoir, Lit. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Audio Book Club: Vladimir Nabokov

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:39:04 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Vladimir Nabokov's book, The Original of Laura. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Audio Book Club: Raymond Carver Stories

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:29:25 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson compare two versions of a story by Raymond Carver - "The Bath," and "A Small Good Thing." One version was heavily edited by Gordon Lish. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the stories before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:31:39 +0000

Meghan O’Rourke, Michael Agger, and Troy Patterson discuss Nicholson Baker's book, The Anthologist. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson discuss J.D. Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Audio Book Club: A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century, by Cristina Nehring

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:21:40 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and guest Laura Kipnis discuss Cristina Nehring's "A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: Thy Neighbor's Wife, by Gay Talese

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:47:06 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Gay Talese's "Thy Neighbor's Wife." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program

Audio Book Club: John Cheever's 'The Swimmer,' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard To Find'

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:29:27 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss two short stories - John Cheever's 'The Swimmer,' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard To Find.' We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Audio Book Club: Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:34:46 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:10:02 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Katie Roiphe, Troy Patterson, and James Surowiecki discuss David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: Rabbit, Run, by John Updike

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:01:36 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Note on Infinite Jest and Rabbit, Run

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:55:59 +0000

The Slate Audio Book Club's discussion of Infinite Jest will be posted in March. In the meantime, we'll be discussing Rabbit, Run by John Updike the week of Feb. 16. Listen for more details.

An Inauguration Novella, Part 5 of 5

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:53:26 +0000

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 5 of 5.

An Inauguration Novella, Part 4 of 5

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:36:06 +0000

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 4 of 5.

An Inauguration Novella, Part 3 of 5

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:37:45 +0000

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 3 of 5.

An Inauguration Novella, Part 2 of 5

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:51:09 +0000

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 2 of 5.

An Inauguration Novella, Part 1 of 5

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:07:50 +0000

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 1 of 5.

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:14:35 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Night of the Gun, by David Carr

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:01:58 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss New York Times columnist David Carr's The Night of the Gun, a memoir in which he uses his journalistic skills to dig up the details he's forgotten about his earlier life as a drug addict. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. The next book we'll be discussing is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Slate's Audio Book Club: American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:03:53 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss the novel American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:55:44 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:55:34 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:47:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Jacob Weisberg discuss the novel All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate: Audio Book Club: Eat, Pray, Love

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:06:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Bookclub: Tree of Smoke

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:50:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and James Surowiecki discuss the novel Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Audacity of Hope

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and John Dickerson discuss The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "The Road," by Cormac McCarthy

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 30 May 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, along with a new biography of Wharton by Hermione Lee. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read The House of Mirth before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "Independence Day" by Richard Ford

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel Independence Day by Richard Ford. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the nonfiction book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by journalist Michael Pollan. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "Everyman" by Philip Roth

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Everyman by Philip Roth.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "Saturday" by Ian McEwan

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Saturday by Ian McEwan. Thanks to the Housing Works Book Store Cafe in New York City for providing the venue for this month's club meeting.

Slate's Audio Book Club: "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion

podcasts@slate.com (Slate Magazine) — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:30:00 +0000

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe sit down at the Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York's Soho neighborhood to discuss The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's memoir of the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne, during which her daughter also came close to death.