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Joost Hiltermann on Iraq on the Edge
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Joost Hiltermann speaks with Nathan Thrall about the political crisis facing Iraq as it prepares for parliamentary elections in 2010 and the departure of American troops the following year. To read Hiltermann's article, "Iraq on the Edge," please visit nybooks.com, or read his latest blog post on Iraqi politics at blogs.nybooks.com 
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Chris Jordan on Midway Atoll and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Photographer and activist Chris Jordan speaks with Eve Bowen about his recent photographs, taken at one of the world's most remote marine wildlife sanctuaries, of albatross chicks killed by plastic waste that their parents have mistaken for food. To read more and see Jordan's images of the chicks, please visit http://blogs.nybooks.com
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Jerome Groopman on the Changing Medical Profession
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Nov 04, 2009
Jerome Groopman speaks with Andrew Martin about how regulation of shift length, the struggle to control costs, and the rise of "evidence-based" medicine have changed the way doctors learn and practice. To read Dr. Groopman's article, "Diagnosis: What Doctors are Missing," please visit nybooks.com
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James Bamford on the National Security Agency
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
James Bamford talks to Nathan Thrall about the politics behind the Bush administration's evasion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the technology and scope of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program. To read Bamford's article on the NSA in the November 5 issue of the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Frederick Seidel Reads Selected Poems
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Wed, Oct 21, 2009
Frederick Seidel reads selections from his work, drawing on poems originally published in the New York Review and those collected in his recent volume, Poems 1959-2009. To read more of his poetry, as well as a piece by Dan Chiasson about Seidel's work, please visit nybooks.com. For a blog post by Charles Simic about the challenges Seidel's work poses for critics and readers, go to the NYR Blog at blogs.nybooks.com
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Norman Manea on Herta Müller
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Mon, Oct 19, 2009
Norman Manea speaks with Hugh Eakin about Romanian-born German writer Herta Müller, the 2009 Nobel laureate in literature. To read a transcript of this podcast, please read Manea's latest post to the NYRBlog, at blogs.nybooks.com
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Lawrence Weschler on David Hockney
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Thu, Oct 01, 2009
Lawrence Weschler talks about David Hockney's relationship to technology, his upcoming show at PaceWildenstein in New York City, and about the work the artist has been doing since relocating from California to Bridlington, England. To read Weschler's article on David Hockney's recent series of sketches done on the iPhone, and to see a slide show of those images, please visit nybooks.com
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David Cole on the Lawyers Who Authorized Torture
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Thu, Sep 24, 2009
David Cole talks to Hugh Eakin about the Bush Administration lawyers who--as recently as 2007--approved illegal CIA interrogations, and why we need a full investigation of their actions. To read Cole's article, which appears in the October 8, 2009 issue of the Review, or his other writing for the magazine, please visit nybooks.com
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Joyce Carol Oates on Shirley Jackson
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Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Joyce Carol Oates talks to Sasha Weiss about the writer Shirley
Jackson -- her place in the writing of the 1950s, the renewal of
interest in her work, and how she created her tidy, wicked stories in
the midst of her chaotic life. To read more of Joyce Carol Oates's work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Garry Wills on the Death of Conservatism
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Thu, Sep 10, 2009
Garry Wills speaks with Hugh Eakin about the end of the age of Buckley, the rise of right-wing radicalism, and the crisis facing the American conservative movement. To read Wills's review of Sam Tanenhaus's new book on these issues, or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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James M. McPherson on Abraham Lincoln
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Sep 02, 2009
Historian James M. McPherson talks to Charles Petersen about the career, worldwide impact, and enduring political legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
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Fintan O'Toole on Flann O'Brien
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Wed, Aug 26, 2009
Sasha Weiss speaks with Fintan O'Toole, columnist for the Irish Times, about the genius and misfortune of the great Irish novelist Flann O'Brien. To read O'Toole's article, or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Freeman Dyson on Amateur Scientists and the New 'Age of Wonder'
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Wed, Aug 19, 2009
Freeman Dyson talks to Charles Petersen about Richard Holmes's book 'The Age of Wonder,' his own education in chemistry and poetry, and how amateur biotechnology might help solve the problem of global warming. To read Dyson's article, or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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J.M. Coetzee Reads From 'Summertime'
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Aug 12, 2009
J.M. Coetzee, the novelist and 2003 Nobel laureate, reads from his new novel, 'Summertime,' forthcoming from Viking in December. To read the excerpts from the novel that appeared in our July 16 and August 13 issues, please visit nybooks.com
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Michael Massing on Reinventing the News
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Aug 05, 2009
Michael Massing talks to Charles Petersen about the rise of blogs and the ascent of online journalism. To read Massing's "The News About the Internet" or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Adam Hochschild in Eastern Congo
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Wed, Jul 29, 2009
Adam Hochschild talks to Hugh Eakin about the epidemic of violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To read Hochschild's article from the August 13 issue of the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Ronald Dworkin on Sotomayor & the Roberts Court
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009
Ronald Dworkin talks to Hugh Eakin about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, the growing conservatism of the Roberts Court, and the myth that judges can decide cases simply by fidelity to the law. Dworkin's piece on the hearings will appear in an upcoming issue of the Review. To read more of his writing on the Supreme Court, please visit nybooks.com
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Timothy Snyder on the Reality of the Holocaust
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Mon, Jul 13, 2009
Timothy Snyder speaks with Sasha Weiss about how we can better understand the Holocaust and the mass killings under Stalin as a particularly Eastern European phenomenon. To read more of Snyder's work, please visit nybooks.com
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Roger Cohen in Tehran
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Jul 08, 2009
Roger Cohen speaks to Hugh Eakin about the protests that followed Iran's June 12 election, the crackdown, and the consequences for the future of the Iranian regimes.
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Claire Messud Reads "Land Divers"
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Novelist and critic Claire Messud, author most recently of The Emperor's Children, reads her new story "Land Divers,"Â from the Review's Summer Fiction Issue. To read Messud's story, or her other work from the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Michael Tomasky on Obama's Strategy
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Mon, Jun 22, 2009
Michael Tomasky speaks with Hugh Eakin about public perception of the President and his policies, the thinking behind the administration's ceding of authority to Congress, and the sheer pace of Obama's Washington. To read Tomasky's 'The Unencumbered Man' or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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David Cole on the Future of Same-Sex Marriage
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Jun 15, 2009
David Cole speaks with Michael Shae about the recent California supreme court ruling, the changing demographics that support nationwide acceptance of same-sex marriage, and the legislative and political options likely to be pursued by future activists. To read Cole's article, or his other work for the review, please visit nybooks.com
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Nicholas Kristof on Darfur
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Mon, Jun 08, 2009
Nicholas Kristof speaks with Sasha Weiss about reporting on Darfur, the International Criminal Court's recent indictment of Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, and what the Obama administration might do to prevent escalation of the Darfur conflict. To read more of Kristof's work, please visit nybooks.com
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Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan in Crisis
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Jun 01, 2009
Ahmed Rashid speaks with Hugh Eakin about the continuing conflict between the Taliban and the Pakistani government, the humanitarian crisis in Swat, and the violence that has spread from the border with Afghanistan to within sixty miles of the capital, Islamabad. To read Rashid's article, "Pakistan on the Brink," or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Helen Epstein on Prison Reform
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Mon, May 25, 2009
Helen Epstein speaks with Eve Bowen about the programs developed by prison reformer Sunny Schwartz, and their promise for transforming the American penal system. To read Epstein's article, or other pieces on prison reform from the Review's archives, please visit nybooks.com
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Christopher Ricks on John Keats
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Mon, May 18, 2009
Christopher Ricks speaks with Giles Harvey about Posthumous Keats, Stanley Plumly's recent biography of John Keats, and about the poet's death and the idealization he experienced in his "immediate afterlife." To read Ricks's review of the book, please visit nybooks.com
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Andrew Delbanco on the Universities in Trouble
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Mon, May 11, 2009
Andrew Delbanco speaks with Michael Shae about the financial and structural problems facing private and public universities in the aftermath of the economic crisis. To read Delbanco's article on the issue, or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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David Hare Reads "Wall"
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Sun, May 03, 2009
Playwright David Hare reads "Wall," his monologue exploring the impact on Israelis and Palestinians of the construction of the barrier between Israel and the West Bank. To read the full text of "Wall" as published in the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Tim Parks on Pinocchio
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Mon, Apr 27, 2009
Novelist Tim Parks speaks with Andrew Palmer about Geoffrey Brock's new English translation of Carlo Collodi's children's classic Pinocchio, and the book's origins in the political and cultural tumult of 1880s Italy. To read Parks's article on the book or his other writing for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Robert M. Solow on the Economic Crisis
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Mon, Apr 20, 2009
Economist Robert M. Solow speaks with Hugh Eakin about the causes of the current crisis, the importance of credit in the functioning of the world economy, and the ways in which regulation might prevent future disasters. To read Solow's article "How to Understand the Disaster," or his other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Orlando Figes on the Politics of Russian Memory
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Mon, Apr 13, 2009
Historian Orlando Figes speaks with Sasha Weiss about his work reconstructing the history of private life under Stalinism, the recent raid on the Memorial Society, and the threat posed to history and memory by the current Russian regime. To read Figes' review of Jonathan Brent's book In the Stalin Archives, Joseph Frank's review of Figes' book The Whisperers, or Figes' account of the raid on Memorial, please visit nybooks.com
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Pico Iyer on the Dalai Lama
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Apr 06, 2009
Drawing on his long personal relationship with the Dalai Lama, Pico Iyer speaks with Hugh Eakin about the Tibetan leader's stark new view of the Chinese regime and the future of Tibet. To read Iyer's article, or the other pieces mentioned in this podcast, please visit nybooks.com
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John Ashbery Reads Selected Poems from the Review
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Wed, Apr 01, 2009
John Ashbery reads his selections from among the more than forty poems he has published in the Review since the 1970s. For more of Ashbery's work, please visit nybooks.com.
In honor of National Poetry Month, the editors of the Review have chosen thirty poems from our archives and will be making them available for free on our site; we'll be posting a new poem each day at nybooks.com/poetry-month/
This recording © 2009 John Ashbery. All rights belong to the author.
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Dan Chiasson on John Ashbery
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Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Poet and critic Dan Chiasson speaks with Giles Harvey about John Ashbery's life and work, and reflects on the demanding pleasures of reading Ashbery's poetry. To read Chiasson's article, or more work by and about John Ashbery, please visit nybooks.com
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Jonathan Raban on Wendy and Lucy
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Mon, Mar 23, 2009
Jonathan Raban speaks with Charles Petersen about Kelly Reichardt's film "Wendy and Lucy" and the stories of Jon Raymond, and about how these works illuminate and are illuminated by the socioeconomic realities of the contemporary Pacific Northwest. To read Raban's piece on the film, or more of his work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Mark Danner on the ICRC Report on US Torture
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Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Mark Danner speaks with Hugh Eakin about the International Committee of the Red Cross report on the treatment of prisoners held at the CIA's international network of "black sites" since September 11, 2001, and its moral and political implications. To read Danner's article, or his other work for the Review on the treatment of prisoners during the "War on Terror," please visit nybooks.com
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Anita Desai on Azar Nafisi
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Mon, Mar 09, 2009
Novelist Anita Desai speaks with Eve Bowen about "Things I've Been Silent About," the new memoir by Azar Nafisi, and about the limitations of autobiography and the freedoms fiction. To read Desai's review of the book, or her other work for the Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Lorrie Moore on Donald Barthelme
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Mon, Mar 02, 2009
Author Lorrie Moore speaks with Andrew Palmer about "Hiding Man," Tracy Daugherty's new biography of Donald Barthelme. To read Moore's review of the book, or her other work for the New York Review, please visit nybooks.com
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Hilton Als on Gus Van Sant's Milk
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Fri, Feb 20, 2009
Critic Hilton Als speaks with Michael Shae about Gus Van Sant's film Milk, about the life and career of the late gay rights activist and San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk. To read Als's review of the film, please visit nybooks.com
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J. Michael Lennon on Norman Mailer
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Mon, Feb 16, 2009
Biographer and archivist J. Michael Lennon speaks with Sasha Weiss about Norman Mailer's letters and what they reveal about his life, his work, and his relationships with his readers and fellow writers. To read a selection of Mailer's letters, with notes by Lennon, please visit nybooks.com
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Tim Flannery on the Superorganism
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Mon, Feb 09, 2009
Tim Flannery speaks with Eve Bowen about "The Superorganism," the new book on insect societies by E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler, and its implications for humanity. To read Flannery's review of the book. or his other pieces on the natural world and humanity's place in it, please visit nybooks.com
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Alison Lurie on John Updike
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Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Author Alison Lurie talks about John Updike's life, work, and place in American literary history. To read "Widcraft," Lurie's review of Updike's final novel, "The Widows of Eastwick," or other work by and about John Updike, please visit nybooks.com
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Robert Malley on Gaza
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Mon, Jan 26, 2009
Robert Malley speaks with Hugh Eakin about the war in Gaza, its political implications for the region, and the steps the Obama administration might take towards achieving peace between Israelis and Palestinians. To read Malley's "How Not to Make Peace in the Middle East," cowritten with Hussein Agha, or his other writing on the region, please visit nybooks.com.
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Darryl Pinckney and Mark Danner on Obama's Inauguration
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Fri, Jan 23, 2009
Frequent Review contributors Darryl Pinckney and Mark Danner speak with Sasha Weiss about Barack Obama's inauguration, his first days in office, and the promise of his presidency. For more of Pinckney's and Danner's coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign and election, please visit nybooks.com
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William Dalrymple on Pakistan
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Mon, Jan 19, 2009
William Dalrymple speaks with Sasha Weiss about the spread of radical Islam in Central and South Asia since September 11, 2001, and its implications for Pakistan's future. To read Dalrymple's "Pakistan in Peril," or more of his writing on South Asia, please visit nybooks.com
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Barry Goldensohn Reads Selected Poems
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Mon, Jan 12, 2009
Poet Barry Goldensohn speaks with Jana Prikryl about his life and career, and reads "The Hundred Yard Dash Man,""Back Roads," and "Driving Westward to San Diego," all previously published in the Review. To read Goldensohn's work, please visit nybooks.com
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Perry Link on China's Charter 08
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Mon, Jan 05, 2009
Perry Link, professor of East Asian studies at Princeton University, speaks with Hugh Eakin about the Chinese state's reaction to Charter 08, a document calling for human rights and democracy signed by thousands of Chinese citizens since its release in December. To read the Charter, or to find more articles by Perry Link, please visit nybooks.com.
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Elizabeth Drew on the President-Elect
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Mon, Dec 15, 2008
Veteran Washington observer Elizabeth Drew talks to Hugh Eakin about Obama's transition strategy, his cabinet picks, and the new style of governance
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Sue Halpern on reportage from Iraq and Afghanistan
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Mon, Dec 08, 2008
Sue Halpern speaks with Eve Bowen about the Army medical textbook War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq, the HBO miniseries Generation Kill, the HBO documentaries Baghdad ER and Section 60, and The Forever War, a book by New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins. To read "The War We Don't Want to See," on which this interview is based, or to find more of Sue Halpern's work, please visit nybooks.com.
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William Easterly on Foreign Aid Militarization
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Mon, Dec 01, 2008
William Easterly speaks with Hugh Eakin about the dangers of "aid imperialism"Ôthe militarization of Western foreign aidÔand the role economists have played in this recent transformation of policy. To read Easterly's "Foreign Aid Goes Military!" please visit the Review's website at nybooks.com.
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Daniel Mendelsohn on Constantine Cavafy
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Mon, Nov 24, 2008
Classicist and frequent Review contributor Daniel Mendelsohn speaks with Sasha Weiss about his new translation of the work of Greek poet Constantine Cavafy. To read more of Daniel Mendelsohn's work, or to hear him read from his translations of Cavafy, please visit nybooks.com
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What Happens Now? A Conversation on the 2008 Election
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Mon, Nov 17, 2008
In celebration of the Review's 45th anniversary, Andrew Delbanco, Joan Didion, Jeff Madrick, Darryl Pinckney, Robert Silvers, Michael Tomasky, and Garry Wills discuss the implications of Barack Obama's election. The event, held on November 10, 2008, was hosted by the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
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Martin Filler on Frank Lloyd Wright
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Mon, Nov 10, 2008
Critic and longtime Review contributor Martin Filler speaks with Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn about Frank Lloyd Wright's uniquely American architecture. For more writing by Martin Filler, please visit nybooks.com.
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Helen Vendler on the correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell
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Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Critic and frequent Review contributor Helen Vendler talks to Sasha Weiss about the correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, and reads poems inspired by the poets' lifelong friendship. For more writing by Helen Vendler, please visit nybooks.com.
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The New York Review of Books-Guardian America Election Issues Tour: San Francisco, CA
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Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Martin Kettle, Thomas Powers, Frank Rich, Robert Silvers, and Michael Tomasky discuss the issues shaping the 2008 election campaigns and the challenges and opportunities that will face the new administration. To hear recordings of other discussions from the Tour, or to listen to the speakers individually, please visit nybooks.com
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The New York Review of Books-Guardian America Election Issues Tour: Washington, DC
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Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Elizabeth Drew, Jonathan Freedland, Peter Galbraith, Suzanne Goldenberg, and Michael Tomasky discuss the issues shaping the 2008 election campaigns and the challenges and opportunities that will face the new administration. To listen to the speakers individually, please visit nybooks.com.
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The New York Review of Books-Guardian America Election Issues Tour: Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Wed, Oct 29, 2008
In the first of a series of panels cosponsored by the New York Review of Books and Guardian America, Mark Danner, Frances FitzGerald, Peter Galbraith, and Michael Tomasky discuss the issues shaping the 2008 election campaign and the challenges and opportunities that will face the new administration. To listen to the speakers individually, please visit nybooks.com
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Michael Massing on Ohio's Voters
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Mon, Oct 27, 2008
Frequent Review contributor Michael Massing reports from this crucial swing state, where he's uncovered a surprising trend in voter preferences in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.
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Charles Simic Reads Selected Poems
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Mon, Oct 20, 2008
Former poet laureate Charles Simic reads "Shelley,""In the Library,""Country Fair,""Sunday Papers,""Encyclopedia of Horror,""That Little Something,""Empires,""Crazy About Her Shrimp," and "Evening Walk." To read more of Simic's work, please visit nybooks.com
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Jeff Madrick on the Economic Crisis
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Fri, Oct 17, 2008
Hugh Eakin speaks with economics writer and frequent Review contributor Jeff Madrick about the US policies that led to the international financial crisis and the problems that still lie ahead
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Darryl Pinckney at the Brooklyn Book Festival
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Wed, Sep 24, 2008
As part of the "Consequences to Come" panel discussion, Darryl Pinckney analyzes the voting public, looks at race on the margins, and explains why he believes that Obama canÔand willÔwin in November. Visit nybooks.com/podcasts for the entire conversation.
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Ronald Dworkin at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008
As part of the "Consequences to Come" panel discussion, Ronald Dworkin explores the threats a McCain administration would pose for the Court, the Constitution, and the place of the United States in the world. Visit nybooks.com/podcasts for more.
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Joan Didion at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008
As part of the "Consequences to Come" panel discussion, Joan Didion talks about how the "stories" told by the administration and the campaigns obscure our understanding of political reality. Visit nybooks.com/podcasts for the entire conversation.
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Mark Danner at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008
As part of the "Consequences to Come" panel discussion, Mark Danner examines what the poll numbers hide and reveal, and looks at the impact of negative advertising on the Obama campaign. Visit nybooks.com/podcasts to hear more of the conversation.
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Samantha Power on the 2008 Campaigns and National Security
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Sep 22, 2008
Samantha Power speaks with Hugh Eakin about her article "The Democrats and National Security" (from the August 14, 2008 issue of the Review), the Obama and McCain campaigns, and what the upcoming election means for American foreign policy and national security strategy.
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Oliver Sacks on mania, music, and the ethics of memoir
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Sep 17, 2008
Oliver Sacks speaks with Eve Bowen about Michael Greenberg's new memoir, Hurry Down Sunshine, the work of Kay Redfield Jamison, and music and madness in the new edition of Musicophilia.
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Edward Mendelson on Frank O'Hara, the moralist
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Sep 15, 2008
Edward Mendelson, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, talks with Sasha Weiss about Frank O'Hara and the moral sensibility that informs the poet's work.
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Joseph Lelyveld at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Part II
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Sep 08, 2008
Joseph Lelyveld on Palin's enthusiasm for oil, McCain's silence on Iraq, and the character issues that have energized the Republican base.
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Michael Chabon at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Part II
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Sep 03, 2008
Michael Chabon's closing thoughts on the 2008 Democratic National Convention: observations on the delegates, the Clintons, Obama's speech, and Chabon's reactions to Sarah Palin's nomination.
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Joseph Lelyveld at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Part I
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008
Joseph Lelyveld, frequent contributor and former executive editor of The New York Times, speaks with Hugh Eakin from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Michael Chabon reports from the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Author: The Author: New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Hugh Eakin speaks with novelist Michael Chabon about his impressions of the first two days of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Chabon's report on the Convention will appear in a forthcoming issue of the New York Review.
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Q&A with Vanessa Redgrave and David Hare
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Following the panel discussion, Edward Mortimer invited the audience to participate in a question-and-answer session with Vanessa Redgrave and David Hare. Several audience members contributed questions; the session begins with an audience member continuing an earlier discusson of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with a question about how art functions to give people a way to see themselves from different, and sometimes opposed, political perspectives.
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Vanessa Redgrave and David Hare on Art and Politics
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
On August 10, as part of the 2008 Salzburg Global Seminar, The New York Review of Books cosponsored a panel discussion on art and politics featuring actor Vanessa Redgrave and playwright David Hare, who directed Redgrave in Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking at this year's Salzburg Festival. The conversation was moderated by Salzburg senior vice president and chief program officer Edward Mortimer. The panel was introduced by Review editor Robert Silvers.
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Michael Massing on Iraq's Precarious Future
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Hugh Eakin speaks with Michael Massing about Iraq's precarious future.
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Mary Beard on Jokes
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Aug 04, 2008
Classicist Mary Beard in conversation with Sasha Weiss about what made the Romans laugh.
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Edmund White on Marguerite Duras
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008
Sasha Weiss speaks with Edmund White about Duras's Paris.
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Robert Barnett on China, Tibet and the Olympics
Author: The New York Review of Booksweb@nybooks.com (The New York Review of Books)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008
Tibetologist Robert Barnett discusses the changing face of Tibet with Hugh Eakin.
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