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Books We Can't Forget

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Original Air Date:

November 16, 2019

Is there a book you can’t forget? A book that left a mark on you? To the Best of Our Knowledge has just launched a brand-new micropodcast. It’s called Bookmarks. Tiny stories from writers, about the books they love most. This week, we’ll preview Season One and celebrate books and reading with an eclectic cast of writers from around the country.

Anne Lamott on 'Pippi Longstocking'

Anne Lamott

Bookmarks

Writer Anne Lamott says that the children’s classic made her feel like there was room in the world for imaginative, adventurous girls who just might wear mismatched knee socks.

Length:

3:35

Powerful Book Encounters

Chloe and Anne

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People really remember the first books they fall in love with. That came up in a conversation Anne had on stage with three writers — Chloe Benjamin, Natalia Sylvester and Rebecca Traister. They were each sharing a favorite book.

Length:

7:58

Tommy Orange on 'A Confederacy Of Dunces'

Tommy Orange

Bookmarks

Tommy Orange says he wasn't much of a reader in his early years. But a chance encounter with an absurd, experimental novel by John Kennedy Toole showed him a path to writing a novel that was truly his own.

Length:

2:55

Reading As Our First Window To The World

girl reading

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New York Times Book Review Editor Pamela Paul on why reading — and more importantly, a deep connection to when, why, where and how of what we read — is so important at every age.

Length:

10:00

A Book Club On The Day Of The Book Choosing

Piles of books

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Who says reading has to be a solitary experience? Producer Shannon Henry Kleiber brings us along to her yearly reading ritual: a gathering of super smart, funny women who make an entire reading plan for the next 12 months — together.

Length:

6:01

Jericho Brown on 'The Witches Of Eastwick'

Jericho Brown

Bookmarks

As a black, gay poet, Jericho Brown considers it “hilarious” that he discovered sex through one of the whitest writers in American history — John Updike.

Length:

3:11

The Book Burning That Brought All Of Los Angeles Together

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Author Susan Orlean on how the worst library fire in American history brought an entire city together to save 700,000 books.

Length:

13:52

Show Details 📻

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November 16, 2019

Guests:

Chloe Benjamin

Chloe Benjamin

Writer

Anne Lamott

Writer

Rebecca Traister

Rebecca Traister

Writer

Natalia Sylvester

Author

Tommy Orange

Writer

Pamela Paul

Editor of The New York Times Book Review

Shannon Henry Kleiber

Producer/Interviewer and Writer

Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown

Poet

Susan Orlean

Writer

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November 18, 2019

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