Best Isabelle Cruz Podcasts (2024)

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Sally Rooney's "Intermezzo": Our Book Club Conversation 38:55

7d ago38:55

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Sally Rooney is a writer people talk about. Since her first novel, “Conversations With Friends,” was published in 2017, Rooney has been hailed as a defining voice of the millennial generation because of her ability to capture the particular angst and confusion of young love, friendship and coming-of-age in our fraught digital era. “Intermezzo,” her…

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Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading 52:49

14d ago52:49

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Halloween is just around the corner, so we turned to two great horror authors — Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones — for their recommendations of books to read this season. Books discussed: "Mean Spirited," by Nick Roberts "Maeve Fly," by CJ Leede "Come Closer," by Sara Gran "It," by Stephen King "Experimental Film," by Gemma Files "A Head Full of G…

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The Ezra Klein Show: Salman Rushdie 1:00:53

21d ago1:00:53

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Salman Rushdie's "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," has been nominated in the nonfiction category as part of this year's National Book Awards, which will take place in mid-November. This week, we are running Rushdie's conversation with Ezra Klein from earlier this year. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everythi…

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Stanley Tucci on His Year in Eating and a Look at the National Book Awards 46:35

28d ago46:35

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The actor-director-producer Stanley Tucci is also, famously, an avid eater, who has explored his enthusiasm for food through his travel show “Searching for Italy” and through two books: “Taste,” in 2021, and now a food diary, “What I Ate in One Year." In this week’s episode, Tucci discusses his new book with host Gilbert Cruz and talks about bad me…

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Jean Hanff Korelitz on "The Sequel" 38:35

1M ago38:35

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In 2021, the novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz had a hit with “The Plot,” a book that was partly a mystery, partly a thriller and entirely a delicious sendup of the publishing industry. It told the tale of a once-promising writer, Jacob, who steals somebody else’s story idea and reaches undreamed-of levels of success before things go very badly for him.…

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Book Club: 'The Hypocrite,' by Jo Hamya 41:55

1M ago41:55

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Jo Hamya’s novel “The Hypocrite” follows a famous English novelist as he watches a new play by his daughter, Sophia, in London. The lights go down in the theater, and immediately the novelist realizes: The play is about him, the vacation he took with Sophia a decade earlier and the sins he committed while they were away. The novel is an art monster…

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The Fall Books We're Looking Forward To 31:19

2M ago31:19

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This weekend marks the official start of autumn, so what better time to take a peek at the fall books we’re most excited to read? On this week’s episode, Gilbert Cruz chats with Joumana Khatib and Anna Dubenko about the upcoming season of reading and the books on the horizon that they’re looking forward to most eagerly. Books mentioned in this week…

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Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker' 46:37

2M ago46:37

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Robert Caro’s 1974 biography “The Power Broker” is a book befitting its subject, Robert Moses — the unelected parochial technocrat who used a series of appointed positions to entirely reshape New York City and its surrounding environment for generations to come. Like Moses, Caro’s book has exerted an enduring and outsize influence. This week, Caro …

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Kate Atkinson on the Return of Jackson Brodie 44:48

2M ago44:48

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The British writer Kate Atkinson has had a rich and varied career since her debut novel, “Behind the Scenes at the Museum,” won the Whitbread Book of the Year award in 1996; her 14 subsequent books have included story collections, historical fiction and an inventive speculative novel, “Life After Life,” that landed on the Book Review’s recent surve…

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Isabel Wilkerson on 'The Warmth of Other Suns' 39:12

2M ago39:12

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As part of its recent "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This week, Isabel Wilkerson joins host Gilbert Cruz to discuss "The Warmth of Other Suns," her sweeping history of the movement of Black Americans from the south to points north ove…

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Book Club: 'My Brilliant Friend,' by Elena Ferrante 50:56

3M ago50:56

50:56

This July, The New York Times Book Review published a list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. The top choice was “My Brilliant Friend,” by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein. The book is the first novel in Ferrante’s so-called Neapolitan quartet, which tracks the lifelong friendship between Lenù and Lila, two women from a rough nei…

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Jennifer Egan on 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' 41:08

3M ago41:08

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As part of its recent 100 Best Books of the 21st Century project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This week, Jennifer Egan joins host Gilbert Cruz to discuss her Pulitzer-winning novel about the music industry, “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” and talks, among other things, about th…

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Liz Moore on Her Summer Camp Mystery "The God of the Woods" 39:39

3M ago39:39

39:39

A summer camp in the Adirondacks. A rich girl gone missing, 14 years after her older brother also disappeared. A prominent local family harboring dark secrets. Liz Moore’s new novel, “The God in the Woods,” turns these elements into a complex and suspenseful meditation on parenting and social class and the rituals of summer friendship. On this week…

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What We're Reading This Summer 32:34

3M ago32:34

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It’s August, which means that Labor Day and back-to-school are just around the corner. The vacation that seemed so leisurely a month ago suddenly feels a little more frantic. But there’s still time to squeeze in a last batch of summer reading. On this week’s episode, host Gilbert Cruz chats with his colleagues Joumana Khatib and Anna Dubenko about …

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21st Century Books Special Edition: George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo' 41:21

3M ago41:21

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As part of its recent "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This week, George Saunders — who had three books on the list, including his short story collections "Pastoralia" and "Tenth of December" — joins host Gilbert Cruz to discuss his nov…

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Sarah Jessica Parker on Her Life in Publishing 35:44

3M ago35:44

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Sarah Jessica Parker has been a familiar presence on TV, movie screens and Broadway stages for five decades. But since 2016 she has also been a force in the book world, initially at the helm of the fiction imprint SJP for Hogarth and for the past two years with SJP Lit, an imprint at the independent publisher Zando. Parker visits the podcast this w…

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Min Jin Lee on 'Pachinko' 34:58

3M ago34:58

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As part of its recent "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This week, Min Jin Lee joins host Gilbert Cruz to discuss her novel, as well as the book she's read the most times — George Eliot's "Middlemarch." “I’m willing to say it’s the best …

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Book Club: Let's Talk About "The Talented Mr. Ripley," by Patricia Highsmith 46:12

3M ago46:12

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Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 thriller “The Talented Mr. Ripley” follows a young, down-on-his-luck scammer, Tom Ripley, who is looking to reverse his fortunes. When he receives a job offer to go to Italy and retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich socialite on an endless holiday, Tom finds the perfect opportunity to work his way into the upper crust. But as …

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Colson Whitehead on 'The Underground Railroad' 36:20

4M ago36:20

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As part of its recent "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This week, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead joins host Gilbert Cruz to discuss his 2016 novel. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything fr…

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What It's Like to Write a King Arthur Tale 32:46

4M ago32:46

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Lev Grossman, author of fantasy novel "The Magicians" and its two sequels, joins host Gilbert Cruz to talk about writing his version of Camelot in "The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur." Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts…

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The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 37:05

4M ago37:05

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This week The New York Times Book Review rolled out the results of an ambitious survey it conducted to determine the best books of the 21st century so far. On this week’s episode, Gilbert Cruz chats with fellow editors Tina Jordan, Scott Heller and Joumana Khatib about the results of that survey and about the project itself, including the willingne…

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Book Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita Bullwinkel 34:06

4M ago34:06

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Rita Bullwinkel’s impressive debut novel, “Headshot,” follows eight teenagers fighting in the Daughters of America Cup, a youth women’s boxing tournament staged in a dilapidated gym in Reno. Each chapter details a match between fighters, bout after bout, until finally a champion is declared. We are thrown into the high-octane theater of each fight,…

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Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir 37:50

5M ago37:50

37:50

Every family has its stories, and every family has its drama — and some families, like the one the actor and director Griffin Dunne was born into, have an excess of both. His uncle was the writer John Gregory Dunne, his aunt was Joan Didion and his father was Dominick Dunne, who became famous for his Vanity Fair dispatches from the trial of the man…

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10 Books to Check Out This Summer 28:27

5M ago28:27

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Summer is upon us and you're going to need a few books to read. Book Review editors Elisabeth Egan and Joumana Khatib join host Gilbert Cruz to talk through a few titles they're looking forward to over the next several months. Books discussed in this episode: "Farewell, Amethystine," by Walter Mosley "The Cliffs," by J. Courtney Sullivan "Horror Mo…

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Elin Hilderbrand on Her Final Nantucket Summer Book 37:38

5M ago37:38

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For many years now, Elin Hilderbrand has published a novel every summer set on the island of Nantucket. With her 30th book, 'Swan Song,' the bestselling author says she will step off that hamster wheel and try something new. On this week's episode, she and host Gilbert Cruz talk about her career, what she's reading, and what's next. Unlock full acc…

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Sally Rooney's "Intermezzo": Our Book Club Conversation 38:55

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Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading 52:49

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The Ezra Klein Show: Salman Rushdie 1:00:53

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Stanley Tucci on His Year in Eating and a Look at the National Book Awards 46:35

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Jean Hanff Korelitz on "The Sequel" 38:35

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Book Club: 'The Hypocrite,' by Jo Hamya 41:55

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The Fall Books We're Looking Forward To 31:19

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Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker' 46:37

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Kate Atkinson on the Return of Jackson Brodie 44:48

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Isabel Wilkerson on 'The Warmth of Other Suns' 39:12

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Book Club: 'My Brilliant Friend,' by Elena Ferrante 50:56

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Jennifer Egan on 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' 41:08

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Liz Moore on Her Summer Camp Mystery "The God of the Woods" 39:39

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What We're Reading This Summer 32:34

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21st Century Books Special Edition: George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo' 41:21

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Sarah Jessica Parker on Her Life in Publishing 35:44

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Min Jin Lee on 'Pachinko' 34:58

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Book Club: Let's Talk About "The Talented Mr. Ripley," by Patricia Highsmith 46:12

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21st Century Books Special Edition: Colson Whitehead on 'The Underground Railroad' 36:20

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What It's Like to Write a King Arthur Tale 32:46

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The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 37:05

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Book Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita Bullwinkel 34:06

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Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir 37:50

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10 Books to Check Out This Summer 28:27

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Elin Hilderbrand on Her Final Nantucket Summer Book 37:38

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