Books Show: 'Harlem Shuffle', 'Detransition, Baby', 'New York, New York, New York', 'Klara and the Sun', 'No One Is Talking About This', 'Matrix'

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[REBROADCAST FROM September 14, 2021] Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead joins us to discuss his latest novel, Harlem Shuffle, a family drama and crime novel set in 1960s Harlem.

[REBROADCAST FROM February 22, 2021] A new novel tells the story of a New York woman named Reese who is thrown into crisis when her girlfriend, Amy, decides to detransition, and then gets another woman pregnant. Author Torrey Peters joins us to discuss her acclaimed debut, Detransition, Baby.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 3, 2021] New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation argues that over the past few decades, three different New York Cities have emerged. Author Thomas Dyja joins us to discuss these iterations of the city. 

[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 30, 2021] We air highlights from our virtual book club series, “Get Lit with All Of It,” with Nobel Prize Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. His New York Times bestselling novel, Klara and the Sun, follows the story of an 'Artificial Friend' named Klara. Klara is a highly intelligent AI purchased by a teenager named Josie, whose mother ultimately has unusual plans for Klara's role in the family.

[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 6, 2021] We air highlights from our March "Get Lit with All Of It" book club event with author and poet Patricia Lockwood, which took place virtually live on March 31. We spent the month reading Lockwood’s debut novel, No One Is Talking About This, which follows an unnamed narrator as she explores sudden Internet fame while grappling with grief and loss.

[REBROADCAST FROM November 1, 2021] We air highlights from our interview with author Lauren Groff as part of our October "Get Lit with All Of It" virtual book club event. We spent the month reading her book, Matrix, which tells the story of Marie de France, a 12th century nun who is expelled from the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine, only to find power as the prioress of a failing abby.