OPEN BOOK
by Scott Simon
In mid-march 2020, with school moving online and the installation of a special line in Scott’s home office, we started to “shelter in place.” As we contemplated hours at home, and moments of solitude, we thought about how to put a little joy into our lives. We gratefully looked at the books around us and began a daily Videocast. Its called Open Book and we invite you to join us. Elise, our 16-year-old daughter (now 19!), is the technical crew and an increasing editorial participant. Daisy, our poodle, is a frequent guest and contributor.
They air daily, usually at 6:15 pm ET, but they are available for viewing anytime on Twitter or this website. Every guest has brought moments of levity, insight and feeling to our day. We are grateful to them, and to you for participating and/or watching.
To see these and/or participate directly please join us on Twitter.
March 16, 2020
“Tonight’s visit: Langston Hughes poems, and your questions as we check in on each other. And, oh, a special guest:”
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March 17, 2020
“Watch live”
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March 18, 2020
“Tonight’s reading from Studs Terkel’s WORKING, and a visit from the great novelist Rebecca Makkah, too”
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March 19, 2020
“Tonight’s reading—about Babe Ruth, from Jane Leavy’s great bio—and special guest Caroline Leavitt talks A Mighty Blaze”
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March 20, 2020
“Tonight’s get together: we read Shel Silverstein, and talk about tomorrow’s show, and of course, take any questions:”
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March 22, 2020
“TONIGHTS VISIT—A READING FROM HEM, AND A VISIT WITH @rick_bayless ”
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March 23, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: we read some overlooked Dorothy Parker, and have special guest Scott Simons @scottsimonwvla ”
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March 24, 2020
“Tonight’s reading from Graham Greene, and a convo with @JamesMartinSJ, a great author, thinker, and joke-teller, in fact ”
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March 25, 2020
“Open book for tonight—a reading from Terrence McNally, RIP, and a visit with @NinaTotenberg! Oh, another Daisy haiku ”
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March 26, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: we read a little Saul Bellow, and then—@WimpyKid on Greg and his universe. Hope you can join us! ”
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March 27, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: we read Advise and Consent, and talk to legendary lawyer and Watergate memoirist, @JillWineBanks ”
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March 28, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: the people behind the cheesecake! Eli’s of Chicago (they have a cookbook)—and class. ”
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March 29, 2020
“Our Open Book—a reading from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and a convo with Lori Gottlieb on her work in these times, too. ”
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March 30, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: we’ll read Sonia Sanchez on Ella Fitzgerald, and ring up @ChinaForbes for talk and a song! ”
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March 30, 2020
“HEY—another Open Book! With Jim and Jeanne Gaffigan! ”
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March 31, 2020
“Open Book tonight: a reading from Mordecai Richler, then we speak with @petersagal on Running, Vice, and laughter! ”
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March 31, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book—art in the time of the Covid. A reading from Unforgettable, a look at Lautrec, and @jerrysaltz! ”
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April 1, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a reading from Take Me Out; a convo with great announcer @Jason Benetti, about lit and film. ”
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April 2, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: reading from a new book about the Gold Rush and a Chinese family. ”
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April 3, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book. A reading from The Little Prince, then we introduce @exlarson (THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE) ”
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April 5, 2020
“Tonight—movie night! Open Book has a Ginsberg poem, then @shawnlevy to talk films to find now. ”
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April 6, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: we’ll read Gwendolyn Books, her hopes for young people, and from Pete Hamill’s A DRINKING LIFE ”
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April 7, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a reading from Groucho on his dinner w/ TS Eliot (really!) and @Piper and @Larry Smith ”
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April 8, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book—the fabulous @GilbertLiz is our guest. Also a reading from Carl Sandburg. ”
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April 9, 2020
“The grrreat James McBride (GOOD LORD BIRD, THE COLOR OF WATER, etc.) ”
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April 10, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: we’ll welcome @greenfield64, after a reading THE GAY PLACE, to talk about political lit and film ”
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April 11, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book with@halseanderson Her great YA novel Fever newly pertinent! She’ll read, we’ll talk, and can’t wait ”
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April 12, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book. We’ll read a poem by Chris Abani, and have a visit from @hughacheson to talk food, lit, film, etc. ”
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April 13, 2020
“Our Open Book tonight so excited to welcome @MsTerryMcMillan (WAITING TO EXHALE, HOW STELLA GOT) ”
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April 14, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book with @olivierblanchard A reading from JK Galbraith, and our convo on economics and life. ”
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April 15, 2020
“Our Open Book tonight with @DMiliband of the International Rescue Committee on the special vulnerability of refugees ”
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April 16, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a reading from Red Smith, with resonance for these gameless times, and @JeremySchapp! ”
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April 17, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: @simon_schama OBE reads from his own Citizens, and we’ll talk lit, art, and history… ”
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April 18, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book with @Scalzi and Thornton Wilder! ”
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April 19, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a reading from @ParisReview Plimpton/Hem interview, then @EmilyNemens PR’s editor and novelist! ”
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April 20, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: words from George Carlin, then we bring in @mrmattwalsh to talk about comic words, books, series ”
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April 21, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book opens with a note from Thornton Wilder, then a remarkable new book on a great quake, great response ”
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April 22, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a reading from Hem you likely haven’t heard, then wise words from @WajahatAli on family and grace. ”
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April 23, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a reading from Jimmy Breslin, then we’re joined by Pulitzer winner @ConnieSchultz, now a novelist. ”
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April 24, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: poems from Gertie and Neruda, then @HottieCouture (WORN ON THIS DAY) on what to wear to a pandemic! ”
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April 25, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book: a poem by James Weldon Johnson about the glory of song, and then more musical glory w/ @marinalsop! ”
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April 26, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book opens with a reading from Joan Didion, then we look forward to conversing with @EmilyMandel! ”
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April 27, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book with lyrics of a song we think we know, then the enormously entertaining @glovebox on words ”
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April 28, 2020
“Tonight Open Book opens with Happy Birthday, Wordsworth! Then, @SopanDeb on his memoir, culture, and who knows? ”
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April 29, 2020
“Tonight’s Open Book opens with Halberstam, then @David Folkenflik ”
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April 30, 2020
“Our Open Book tonight: a reading Sir Harold Nicolson on humor, then struggling young novelist Christopher Buckley ”
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May 1, 2020
“We open Open Book w/ a reading from a famed wartime diary, then Elizabeth Samet (SOLDIER’S HEART) on the power of words: ”
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May 2, 2020
“So nice to welcome @shteyngart to Open Book! He’ll read, kvetch, and converse, and hope you have questions for our crew! ”
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May 3, 2020
“A special Saturday night Open Book with @KenBurns, who will read from Twain, talk film, and archives we leave now ”
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May 4, 2020
“Tonight we’ll have a reading from Dalton Trumbo (an amazing complaint letter) then @rayadverb Dave Barry on humor now ”
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May 5, 2020
“Tonight, we open with a poem by Nick Flynn on tattoos, then tattoo artist, classicist, punker and memoirist, Phuc Tran ”
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May 6, 2020
“TONIGHT: a reading from Delmore Schwartz on Marilyn; then a convo on movie, literature, and dreams with Sam Wasson! ”
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May 7, 2020
“We’ll have a reading from Ernie Pyle’s astounding reporting from Sicily WWII, then @RodLurie director writer critic ”
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May 8, 2020
“Our family reads a heart-stopping Hem section on Paris, then welcomes @ElaineSciolino to talk Paris lit winding river ”
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May 9, 2020
“Our family opens with a read from E.B. White on NYC, then Mr. New York, @opinion_joe, our friend, on words, loss, art ”
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May 10, 2020
“Our family’s Open Book begins with a reading from Wm. Shirer then converses w/ great writer of history Rick Atkinson! ”
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May 11, 2020
“Tonight, our family makes room for two Chicago Scotts. The best: Scott Turow (preceded by a reading from Unforgettable ”
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May 12, 2020
“Tonight, our family gets to speak with Greil Marcus, the great music and culture critic, after an Elvis poem. Join us! ”
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May 13, 2020
“Our family welcomes @FannySinger to our Open Book to talk ALWAYS HOME, food lit, and lighting these days with beauty ”
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May 14, 2020
“Our family gets to welcome another to our Open Book: Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren, on writing, pictures, and… ”
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May 15, 2020
“On our family Open Book: a reading from Nelson Algren, and the story behind his inscription. We’ll explain. Questions? ”
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May 16, 2020
“Our family welcomes to great novelist, Tim O’ Brien, after a reading from Wharton’s A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (and felt art) ”
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May 17, 2020
“Our family gets to meet @John Moe, after a reading from Joseph Heller, to talk about feeling low (who doesn’t?) now. ”
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May 18, 2020
“About to go live with Jarrett Krosoczka (LUNCH LADY, etc) to talk art, words, and—lunch! What a life he’s had! ”
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May 19, 2020
“Our family gets to talk to @thealicewu on THE HALF OF IT, coming of age stories, retold, and telling stories today ”
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May 20, 2020
“Our family welcomes @amyjoburns to talk about words and stories in the hills, and the writing life now ”
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May 21, 2020
“Our family gets to meet @TerryTempestWilliams to talk about the words and art of blooms, birds, and our times ”
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May 22, 2020
“A poem by Auden, then our family gets together Dave Isay of @StoryCorps to talk power of conversation, words, warmth- ”
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May 23, 2020
“A poem by Auden, then our family gets together Dave Isay of @StoryCorps to talk power of conversation, words, warmth- ”
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May 24, 2020
“Our family get-together for Open Book tonight—with our daughters’ godfather, the great writer Wen Huang! ”
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May 25, 2020
“Our guest for our family get together tonight: the peerless and prolific Kate DiCamillo! WINN-DIXIE, DESPEREAUX, TIGER! ”
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May 26, 2020
“Our family gets to get together with Ann Patchett (Bel Canto, The Dutch House) after words from Joan Didion. ”
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May 27, 2020
“Our get together with great critic, Proust biographer, Roth memoirist, and his own, Benjamin Taylor. First, a Roth read: ”
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May 28, 2020
“A reading from classic sports bio, VEECK—AS IN WRECK, then classic sport himself, Andrew Zimbalist (CIRCUS MAXIMUS) ”
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May 29, 2020
“Our family opens with a poem about a poodle on a busy day, then craves to hear from you! ”
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May 30, 2020
“Wow. We get together with @jennyhan tonight, to talk writing YA. We open with a reading about young love—wormy ”
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May 31, 2020
“We’ll open with a reading from Sontag’s THE VOLCANO LOVER, then our family gets together with Arlene Alda (JUST KIDS…) ”
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June 1, 2020
“Our family shares a bit from a French story about a blue dog then—the Bard of Card books, @sandyboynton: ”
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June 2, 2020
“Our family will open with a reading from THE WELL OF LONLINESS,then @tomfriedman ”
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June 3, 2020
“Oscar Wilde & Patti Smith! Poet Laureate of Punk talks Wilde’s De Profundis (lyrical intro to new @foliosociety edition ”
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June 4, 2020
“All the questions you’d like to ask from the author of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, Anthony Doerr. After Ellison ”
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June 5, 2020
“A D-Day anniversary reading, then our family gets together with the wise @StepCarter to talk about law, lit, and times ”
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June 6, 2020
“Happy Birthday Gwendolyn Brooks! We’ll read one of her poems, then hope to hear from you about what’s moved you! ”
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June 7, 2020
“1984’s anniversary. We’ll read an excerpt, then our family gets together with Carlos Eire (WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA) ”
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June 8, 2020
“A reading from Baldwin’s GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, than @azarnafisi of READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN. Our fam to yours! ”
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June 9, 2020
“A reading from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, then a great young novelist, @MeghaMaj, joins our family to talk about art & place ”
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June 10, 2020
“A reading about US Grant, then our family gets to welcome back Elizabeth Samet (A SOLDIER’S HEART) to talk names, statue ”
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June 11, 2020
“Tonight—readings from a humorist I may need to introduce, Richard Armour (AMERICAN LIT RELIT) You can then join us! Live ”
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June 12, 2020
“A reading from Jan Morris’ CONUNDRUM, then we get to meet @gojeanfraziergo to talk PIZZA GIRL and the writing life. ”
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June 13, 2020
“We’ll open with words from Anna Politkovskaya, humorous and telling. Then our family & @juliaioffe, Russia and reading ”
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June 14, 2020
“We read once more from THE FRONT PAGE, then @lisanapoli on UP ALL NIGHT and the key to happiness from Bhutan ”
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June 15, 2020
“Lines from James Thurber, then our family meets today’s Thurber Interpreter, @KeithOlbermann, to talk lit, wit, bball ”
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June 16, 2020
“A piercing reading from MLK from a book I had as a teen. We had a guest; didn’t confirm, but if they call, they’re on! ”
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June 17, 2020
“A reading from Bill Buford, that does not flatter sports fans, then our family gets together with @hbryant42! ”
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June 18, 2020
“A reading from Wilder’s original preface to OUR TOWN, then our family welcomes @HESherman great critic, editor, etc “
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June 22, 2020
“A poem from a surprising source, then a certifiable genius @agordonreed on TJ, Hemings, biography, lit, and law
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June 23, 2020
“A reading of one of my fave Sondheim lyrics and words from him, then @BobbyRiversTV on films, lit, lyrics
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June 24, 2020
“A reading, then @SamanthaJPower on the writing life, memoir, and family
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June 25, 2020
“We’ll read from Hem’s A MOVEABLE FEAST, then our family gets together w/ @bill_buford (DIRT) to talk lit, food, family
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June 26, 2020
“A reading from The Diary of a Young Girl, a family message, a reading from an interview tomorrow, and yr questions:
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June 29, 2020
“On #TipYourCap2020 a reading about a day for 42, and the real BoSox curse. Then @arshaycooper A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING
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July 1, 2020
“On the anniversary of my mother’s death, I’ll just read some words from Unforgettable, inc. her fashion pronouncements.
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July 2, 2020
“Family watching Hamilton. But I’ll shamelessly promote tomorrow’s show, upcoming readings, and show you home studio.
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July 3, 2020
“On the 4th, we’ll read from @halseandersons grrreat novel, CHAINS. An important chapter in our family, too.
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July 6, 2020
“A reading from the open of SUNNYSIDE PLAZA. We’ll take any questions, and hope to be joined by Elise, Paulina, and Wyett
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July 7, 2020
“Our family welcomes Dr. Michele Harper (THE BEAUTY IN BREAKING) doctors, healing, words. Elise, Wyett, P-you there?
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July 8, 2020
“Our family gets to meet Ron Stallworth (THE BLACK KLANSMAN) tonight—what a story! Elise asks your questions!
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July 9, 2020
“Readings from David Mitchell’s Utopia Avenue & Charlie Kaufman’s Antkind—and a little shameless promotion for our show:
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July 10, 2020
“Just a man reading his book on our Open Book. Join us to meet Sally Miyake and her friends at SUNNYSIDE PLAZA!
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July 13, 2020
“Our family so honored to join @Andrew_Solomon on we’re all feeling, “far from the tree” these days
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July 14, 2020
“We look forward to playing @BCDreyer’s new game, STET! with him. Wait–he must already know the answers! Write gooder!
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July 15, 2020
“Our family welcomes Erica Heller, to talk ONE LAST LUNCH. Who would you invite? Figure from history—or someone you miss?
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July 16, 2020
“Around these times of 25 year since the losses and crimes of the war in Bosnia, I’ll read the open of PRETTY BIRDS:
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July 17, 2020
“An Open Book right now—to go over tomorrow’s show. Join us, if you can!
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July 20, 2020
“We read a scriptural verse to mark the remarkable life and gift of John Lewis:
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July 21, 2020
“We share the story of the zebra that came to live on our balcony. We hope you like the first 1/3 of Stripey’s Story!
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July 22, 2020
“Part II of our unread (til now) story of Stripey, the zebra who came to live on our balcony. Do you like it? Let us know
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July 23, 2020
“On Hem’s birthday, we’ll read from A FAREWELL TO ARMS, then, the conclusion of Stripey’s story. Tell us what you think!
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July 24, 2020
“A reading from the animal welfare classic, DOMINION, then our family tells us about Daisy’s session with a pet psychic!
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July 27, 2020
“We read from my stepfather’s copy of the speech Gov. Adlai Stevenson gave to welcome delegates to Chicago, July 23 1952.
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July 28, 2020
“On this first night of the 2020 Cubs season, we’ll read a section from MY CUBS about the show of the park itself-
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July 29, 2020
“On our family movie night (maybe yours, too!) we’ll read from Pauline Kael about what can go into a great movie:
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July 30, 2020
“How do you call a great game without a crowd? Our guest, the great @JasonBenetti will tell us—but running late. Fill!
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July 31, 2020
“Okay now—let’s play Stet! With the great @BenjaminDreyer. And take your questions!
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August 2, 2020
“A truly OPEN BOOK: I read revisions of our story of Stripey, the zebra on our balcony. The process laid bare. Like it?”
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August 3, 2020
“A reading from Great Shakes, then our family welcomes @austintichenor of @reduced to talk Shakespeare McNuggets”
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August 4, 2020
“Our family welcomes @robkugler (A DOG NAMED BEAUTIFUL) to talk about how animals can connect, us, too.”
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August 5, 2020
“Our family gets together with the extraordinary poet/mortician Thomas Lynch (THE DEPOSITIONS) to talk about the poetry o”
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August 6, 2020
“We’ll read from John Hersey, then promo tomorrow’s show, including two great writers (David Sheff, Nate Marshall):”
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August 8, 2020
“A reading from MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, then true family Open Book w/ our friend @BeschlossDC to talk VP’s and history.”
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August 9, 2020
“Our family welcomes @LarryTye to talk about writing an artful biography of a brute (DEMAGOGUE) And worm update!”
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August 10, 2020
“Our family gets together @david_sheff (THE BUDDHIST ON DEATH ROY, BEAUTIFUL BOY) to talk about writing, addiction,family”
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August 11, 2020
“A Plimpton reading, then our family asks @ajjacobs–how do you do all that stuff?”
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August 12, 2020
“A reading from Sandburg, then our family will hear those same echoes in the poems of @illuminatemics. Join us!”
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August 13, 2020
“Tonight, a reading from Eric Weiner’s book on (dead) philosophers and—pictures of Stripey!”
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August 14, 2020
“I’ll be finishing up interview with RZA of Wu Tang Clan during Open Book time tonight, so we’ll come in to talk show!”
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August 16, 2020
“Family movie night w/ Sam Wasson (THE BIG GOODBYE; FOSSE, etc.) to talk films and yr opinions. Contact us!”
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August 17, 2020
“Our family meets @CarinBerger (author, illustrator THE LITTLE YELLOW LEAF, A PERFECT DAY) to talk art and lit-“
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August 18, 2020
“Wow. Our family (and you) get to have magic moments with @MrTeller on our Open Book!”
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August 19, 2020
“Our family gets to meet Madeleine Ryan to speak of writing novels with and seen through autism, A ROOM CALLED EARTH.”
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August 20, 2020
“Our family meets @KathleenMRooney (CHER AMI AND MAJOR WHITTLESEY) to talk about literature from a pigeon’s point of view”
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August 21, 2020
“A short reading from one of my books! WINDY CITY, between conventions, then promo for tomorrow’s show, and pandas!”
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August 23, 2020
“Our family will continue our reading and invite you to join us in that—and marking Daisy’s birthday!”
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August 24, 2020
“FREE THERAPY! Our family gets together w/ @LoriGottlieb1 (MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE) to talk about getting throug”
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August 25, 2020
“A reading from a classic, then we get together w/ @MegWClayton (THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON) to talk novels from history-“
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August 26, 2020
“A reading from Simone deB, the our family greets @Eric_Weiner (SOCRATES EXPRESS) to talk philosophy, trains, life, lit:”
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August 27, 2020
“Our family gets together with most luminary lit personage yet: @stu_rush, who did a 4 minute story & set off an incident”
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August 28, 2020
“Our family gets together with @AskingAmy? What vital life questions do you need answered?”
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August 31, 2020
“Aug 31: my mother’s birthday. Our family’s Open Book will open one of mine: UNFORGETTABLE. My mother & Lar Daly:”
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September 1, 2020
“A reading from Kael on movie glamor, then @MarkHarrisNYC (PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION) on film lit and future.”
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September 2, 2020
“Anniversary gift for my wife: our family gets together w/ @ariannahuff (THRIVE, etc.) to talk about life in our times:”
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September 3, 2020
“Our family w/ Patricia Morrisroe (THE WOMAN IN THE MOONLIGHT), w/ the story behind the music, the woman and the man:”
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September 4, 2020
“Yes–our family gets to look at and talk pandas and other wonderful creatures w/ @Amivee!”
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September 5, 2020
“A reading from Alan Seeger, than our family & @HaroldHolzer (Presidents vs. the Press) on old antagonisms.”
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September 6, 2020
“On this Labor Day weekend, I’ll read from my intro to the @foliosociety reissue of Studs Terkel’s class WORKING”
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September 7, 2020
“For Labor Day, our family will read from Whitman’s SONG FOR OCCUPATIONS. And then, enlist your opinion on a title:”
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September 8, 2020
“Our family meets–The Crime Lady! @sarahw (UNSPEAKABLE ACTS, THE REAL LOLITA) to talk crime lit and life. Yeow!”
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September 9, 2020
“Our family couldn’t really vacation. But we meet @conorknighton (LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS) for his tour of national parks.”
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September 13, 2020
“Our lucky family kicks off Saturday movie night w/ Sam Wasson (BIG GOODBYE, 5TH AVE, 5AM, etc) to talk CA movies”
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September 14, 2020
“Our family, still damp from swim, gets together w/ @bonnietsui (WHY WE SWIM) to talk swim lit, Chinatowns, & General Ts”
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September 15, 2020
“We read from THE PRISONER OF 2ND AVENUE (Neil Simon, no relation, darn) from a period of previous anxiety. Laughs and…”
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September 16, 2020
“We’ll read a little more from Neil Simon’s THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE—and ask for your help on an interview:”
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September 17, 2020
“On our Open Boo,, we open Rewrites, Neil Simon’s memoir, to tell how he wrote the end of THE PRISONER OF 2ND AVE”
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September 19, 2020
“On family movie night, we talk sports flicks w/ @TomGoldmanNPR RBG Tribute Edition (LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, etc.)”
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September 23, 2020
“We read a poem, then meet a genius (besides my wife) @ProfSaraSeager (THE SMALLEST LIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSE) Are we alone”
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September 24, 2020
“Tonight, I read about Gale Sayers from my own HOME AND AWAY. A great player, star, and man. RIP and thanks.”
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September 27, 2020
“A reading from Teddy White then family gets to meet great novelist Tom Perrotta (ELECTION; LITTLE CHILDREN) life & lit”
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September 28, 2020
“Our family meets @RebeccaSkloot (THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS) to talk about science lit & responsibilities now.”
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September 30, 2020
“Great dog poems by Collins and Parko, then our family w/ @DogUmwelt (OUR DOGS, OURSELVES) on canine lit. Daisy included!”
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October 1, 2020
“Tonight, with family at the barn, we’ll read from Dorothy Parker’s great @ParisReview interview (I first read as a kid!)”
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October 3, 2020
“Our family gets together with @getnicced (DEAR JUSTYCE) to talk about her great YA novel began w/ texts, and lit:”
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October 4, 2020
“Reading from Bouton, then our family greets @EmilyNemens (THE CACTUS LEAUGE) to talk MLB, bball lit, @parisreview”
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October 5, 2020
“Our family gets together with John Kelly (SAVING STALIN, THE GREAT MORTALITY), on writing history in our times.”
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October 6, 2020
“Our family plays Boom Again w/ Brian Hersch (Taboo, Super Scattergories). Please help! And how do you design games?”
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October 7, 2020
“We’ll read from Herman Wouk’s THE CAINE MUTINY. What happened to those strawberries, anyway?”
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October 8, 2020
“With family at the barn, we read another scene from Herman Wouk’s THE CAINE MUTINY. Where are those damn strawbe-“
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October 11, 2020
“Our family gets to play Boom Again with Brian Hersch again—and we need your help!”
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October 12, 2020
“A reading from T. White, then our lucky family gets together w/ fab historian @HaroldHolzer (PRESIDENTS VS. THE PRESS)”
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October 13, 2020
“A reading from @riva_lehrer’s amazing memoir GOLEM GIRL, then our family gets together with the author/artist.”
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October 16, 2020
“On a night of dueling town halls, a reading on teevee political broadcasts from the classic THE LAST HURRAH by O’Connor”
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October 18, 2020
“Lucky family get together with Ann Patchett & Robin Preiss Glasser for ESCAPE GOAT! What a collaboration!”
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October 19, 2020
“We read from Jan Morris, peerless stylist, on NYC, the our family greets @theurbanologist to talk cities, haiku, times”
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October 20, 2020
“A reading from Sorenson’s KENNEDY, then our fam meets @MarkSalter55 (THE LUCKIEST MAN) to talk speech lit, life lesson”
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October 21, 2020
“A reading from Art Buchwald on the old IHT in Paris, then we introduce the distinguished BarryBlitt (NY’er cartoonist)”
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October 23, 2020
“I’ve got a WBEZ zoom appearance to make (will send a link on Twitter) but wanted to read from Buchwald’s Paris memoir”
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October 24, 2020
“With the fam at the barn, another reading tonight from Art Buchwald’s wonderful I’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS. Romantic passage”
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October 25, 2020
“We’ll read more of Buchwald’s Paris memoir (on the joys of demonstrations), and promo tomorrow morning’s show:”
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October 25, 2020
“We read a hilarious note from Umberto Eco, then our fam gets together w/ @marshalederman to talk about fave screen & lit”
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October 26, 2020
“A reading from Doggy-Dog World by Hilary Leichter from the TINY NIGHTMARES collection—and Daisy’s reply haiku!”
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October 27, 2020
“A reading from Neil Simon on mental health & fam welcomes friend @opinion_joe (“All The Devils Are Here,” etc.)!”
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October 28, 2020
“A poem, Numbers, by Mary Cornish. Then our family joins on @profkeithdevlin to talk the poetry of numbers”
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October 29, 2020
“In TINY NIGHTMARES @TheLincoln says, “fear made humans.” We’ll talk about short horror lit w/ our fam and a master.”
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October 30, 2020
“A reading from T. White from 1960, then Paul Kendrick on writing a book that begins with an MLK/JFK story:”
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November 1, 2020
“A poem by Martha Hollander, then to commemorate my great old editor, Dan Menaker, I’ll read from novel PRETTY BIRDS:”
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November 2, 2020
“A long promised Open Book reading from Mann’s Buddenbrooks, and then—unveiling an attempt at a novel…”
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November 3, 2020
“I’ll read Election day Section from THE LAST HURRAH on our Open Book (w/ Irish accent to make me late mither cringe)”
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November 4, 2020
“A poem by Langton Hughes, then our family welcomes @StepCarter (EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK, BACK CHANNEL, etc.) to talk times”
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November 5, 2020
“We’ll read an unexpected section from Buchwald’s I’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS—on adoption…”
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November 6, 2020
“We’ll read an unexpected section from Buchwald’s I’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS—on adoption…”
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November 8, 2020
“A reading from ADVISE & CONSENT, then our family plays @TheBoomAgain with Brian Hersch, the inventor. Join us!”
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November 9, 2020
“A question for Alex, then our family meets @CarlosLozadaWP (WHAT WERE WE THINKING). How do you read 150 books?”
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November 10, 2020
“An inadvertent kickoff of a literary game, then our fam welcomes @specterm (FAUCI, DENIALISM) to talk about his art.”
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November 11, 2020
“Tonight, to mark Veteran’s Day, we read from Stephen Crane’s THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Has a surprising history!”
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November 12, 2020
“An opening line from Heller, then our family meets @susieyyang (WHITE IVY) to talk road from pharmacy to tech to writing”
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November 13, 2020
“With fam at barn, we crave your reaction to what could, might, maybe will be a novel in the making. Tell us!”
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November 14, 2020
“A promo for tomorrow’s show (but how do we top last week’s presidential winner?) A reading from SHUGGIE BAIN:”
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November 15, 2020
“A special Open Book tonight in which our family talks about what it means to us…”
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November 16, 2020
“Our family welcomes @jimrossmeskimen to talk about the art of imitation–voice, manner, phrases–in sate & fakes”
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November 17, 2020
“A reading from TH White in 1968, then our family meets @TimAlberta (AMERICAN CARNAGE) to talk the art of writing history”
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November 18, 2020
“A reading from EB White on America, then our family with @teruclavel on WORLD CLASS, her family’s education in Asia”
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November 19, 2020
“A reading from JK Galbraith, then our family meets another witty econ, @JustinWolfers to talk the narrative of economics”
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November 20, 2020
“On family barn night, I’ll read a little more from working novel, WINS, LOSSES, AND SAVES—to hear what you think!”
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November 22, 2020
“Our family misses theatah, so we welcome @HESherman (ANOTHER DAY’S BEGUN) to talk us through great films about stage.”
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November 23, 2020
“Our family gets together with Douglas Stuart (SHUGGIE BAIN) Booker prize winner. How do you turn trauma into art?”
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November 24, 2020
“Short reading tonight (alas, I have a Zoom appearance) from PERESTROIKA IN PARIS by Jane Smiley. Charm equinified!”
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November 25, 2020
“Another barn night—may I please read more from WINS, LOSSES, AND SAVES, the developing baseball novel?”
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November 26, 2020
“On tonight’s Open Book Caroline Richard Simon will recommend a book (alas, probably not one of mine). French?”
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November 27, 2020
“We’ll read a holiday scene, then welcome our friends the @MarcSchulmanChi @ElisCheesecake Say hello & let me thank all!”
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November 27, 2020
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show—and we’ll open a couple of your presents—and read some Yeats!”
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November 27, 2020
“Recording this week’s essay on Yeats’ SECOND COMING, then our show’s billboards:”
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November 29, 2020
“We’ll read from @Pontifex eloquent letter, then fam welcomes @JamesMartinSJ to talk–holiday films!”
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November 30, 2020
“We’ll read a post from Emily (uh, get it?), then our family meets w/ @HottyCouture to talk fashion & THE WAY WE WED.”
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December 1, 2020
“Alas, our friend @doriegreenspan has connection problems. So Caroline Richard Simon presents her literary gift ideas!”
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December 2, 2020
“A reading from a great western novelist that may surprise you, then another: @simonxinhan (NIGHTS WHEN NOTHING HAPPENED)”
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December 3, 2020
“Caroline Richard Simon talk Proust & Dreyfus on our fam’s Open Book–in English!–w/ Robert Siegel!”
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December 4, 2020
“With family barn night, I’ll pick up my “workshop” reading from WINS, LOSSES, AND SAVES, proposed baseball novel:”
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December 5, 2020
“A crass promo for tomorrow’s Weekend Edition! And some readings…
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December 6, 2020
“A reading from E.E. Cummings, then our family w/ @doriegreenspan to talk bake & lit for hols. And Daisy haiku! Questions”
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December 7, 2020
“Tonight, our fam’s Open Book becomes Open Bowl. Caroline Richard Simon will read Proustian segment and talk vinaigrette”
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December 8, 2020
“Our family gets together with Hampton Sides (ON DESPERATE GROUND, IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE, etc.)to talk writing history.”
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December 9, 2020
“A poem from Nickole Brown, then Jane Smiley (PERESTROIKA IN PARIS), to talk about putting words in the mouths of animals”
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December 10, 2020
“A reading about Chuck Yeager from Tom Wolfe, to mark a great pilot punching a hole in the sky. And your letters…”
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December 11, 2020
“A reading about Chuck Yeager from Tom Wolfe, to mark a great pilot punching a hole in the sky. And your letters…”
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December 12, 2020
“On family barn night, we’ll read a little more of working novel, WINS, LOSSES, AND SAVES. Whaddya think of it?”
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December 12, 2020
“A promo for tomorrow’s show, extolling the likes of Ron Elving, Mira Nair, and great reporters telling pandemic stories:”
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December 13, 2020
“Our fam greets @stevedolinsky (PIZZA CITY USA–hint: not NYC) to talk Sat film night staple & restaurant challenges:”
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December 14, 2020
“We’ll have a reading from the master, John le Carre, than Caroline Open Book takes over to talk health, words, and yoga.”
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December 15, 2020
“A le Carre reading, then fam welcomes pal @ajjacobs to talk about what he cherishes this season from living biblically.”
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December 16, 2020
“Caroline takes over our Open Book w/ @LostNCheeseland The New Parisienne: The Women & Ideas Shaping Paris.”
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December 17, 2020
“So @quinncy and I will read from Neil Simon’s THE ODD COUPLE, then talk child stardom, home schooling, film lit!”
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December 18, 2020
“Our family’s barn night–but we’ll l light Hanukkah candles and I’ll still “workshop” a section of WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES”
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December 20, 2020
“Our fam and recollections of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin, etc. w/ @AndrewBlauner (THE PEANUTS PAPERS).”
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December 21, 2020
“Tonight our fam’s Open Book becomes and Open Bowl as Caroline talks 3 cakes & 3 cookbooks. Suggestions welcomed!”
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December 22, 2020
“A reading from Sondheim, then our fam greets @GREERChicago on art of writing greeting cards. What would you do 2020?”
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December 24, 2020
“A reading from Book of Matthew, then our fam welcomes @StepCarter (EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK, etc.) to talk lit and times”
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December 25, 2020
“We’ll read my Christmas Eve poem, then the first part of Truman Capote’s A CHRISTMAS MEMORY. Lit quality will rise.”
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December 26, 2020
“We’ll finish reading Capote’s A CHRISTMAS STORY, and some lyrics from @timminchin, too.”
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December 27, 2020
“Tonight we share a beautiful tribute to his mother from @Kasparov63, then game designer Brian Hersch and Boom!”
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December 28, 2020
“Our Open Book is Open Bowl tonight, w/ The Other French Chef (Caroline) on Pommes Anna. & an Attwood poem. Classics all!”
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December 29, 2020
“Just a couple days from Jan 1 polar bear swims, our fam greets @bonnietsui (WHY WE SWIM) on why we do, and surfing USA”
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December 30, 2020
“We’ll read our own rom-com then @LizHackett (FALLING INN LOVE, LOVE GUARANTEED) tells us how it’s really done!”
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December 30, 2020
“A reading from Gilda Radner on @TheSecondCity then @rjcutler on his BELUSHI doc and life behind the lens.”
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December 31, 2020
“We’ll read from Ferlinghetti for New Year’s eve! How to put poetry into our lives!”
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January 2, 2021
“We’ll read, ahhhem, another installment of the working Wins, Losses, Saves. Whaddya think?”
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January 3, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Bowl tonight: salt-roast branzini, mayonnaisse, and cannele. But not all in same bowl.”
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January 4, 2021
“Our fam gets together w/ Thomas Lynch, great poet, essayist (THE DEPOSITIONS) and–undertaker, to talk lit, rhyme, times”
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January 5, 2021
“A reading from Mamet on character, then our fam meets @jodipicoult (SMALL GREAT THINGS +25 more) to talk writing, ❤️.”
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January 6, 2021
“On this sad and sickening day, our fam will read from William Shirer and speak w/ our daughter’s godmother, @jackilyden”
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January 8, 2021
“On bar night, we’ll read again from work in progress: WINS, LOSSES, AND SAVES:”
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January 9, 2021
“Our Friday night promo for our show tomorrow—on yet another week of historic, grim news. But two good books!”
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January 10, 2021
“We’ll read a little more from Shirer’s BERLIN DIARIES, and Roth’s THE PLOT TO STEAL AMERICA at the end of a week for the”
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January 11, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Bowl: she’ll talk crepes, and a celebratory entree, as I try not to break another chair.”
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January 12, 2021
“A combo of Carolines! A reading from Stefan Zwieg, then Caroline Weber (QUEEN OF FASHION) talks w/ Caroline Simon:”
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January 13, 2021
“A reading from Ian Hunter, then our fam gets together w/ @ConnieSchultz DAUGHTERS OF ERIETOWN to talk her novel, columns”
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January 14, 2021
“On family barn (note n this week!) night, I’ll read from amazing book you gave us, then from working WINS, LOSSES, SAVES”
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January 15, 2021
“Our Friday night promo for our show tomorrow—Daisy is here, too!”
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January 17, 2021
“Our fam w/ @BCDreyer (Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide…) & will play his game STET! & trade overused words”
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January 18, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Bowl tonight features French Revolution, Pomelos, and Salt Baked Salmon. Vive!”
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January 19, 2021
“Our fam will read from MLK and the story of his most famed speech from Taylor Branch’s PILLAR OF FIRE to honor him today”
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January 20, 2021
“We had a family accident today. But to mark the paperback publication of SUNNYSIDE PLAZA today, we’ll read from it!”
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January 21, 2021
“On a momentous day, or fam gets together w/ @GilbertLiz (CITY OF GIRLS, etc.) to talk happiness and writing.”
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January 22, 2021
“On barn night (though, no barn tonight), would you like to hear a little more of WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES? There’s a homer!”
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January 23, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show—will include some photos, too, from David Gilkey-“
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January 24, 2021
“Our family will think about thinking (and life) w/ our pal @ebb663 (THE 5 ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE THINKING & so much else)”
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January 25, 2021
“Caroline returns to life on Open Bowl! To talk about home-made broth (not to be confused w/ Hyman Roth).”
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January 26, 2021
“We’ll read from W&B’s THE FINAL DAYS, then our fam meets @rachel_handler for the “hole story” on bucatini and celebs”
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January 27, 2021
“Our fam w/ dear friend Laura Hillenbrand (SEABISCUIT; UNBROKEN) who has sold millions of books and is her own best story”
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January 28, 2021
“Caroline and two idols: Robert Siegel and Honore de Balzac (LE COMEDIE HUMAINE–whatever that means!)”
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January 29, 2021
“On (no barn) Barn night, we’ll read more from WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES, in progress!”
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January 30, 2021
“Our promo tonight for tomorrow’s show, in which I get to mention that we interviewed Justin Timberlake…”
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February 1, 2021
“Our fam welcomes @SheilaWeller (GIRLS LIKE US) to talk her classic music history of Carole, Carly & Joni:”
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February 2, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl: Hachis Parmentier, the dish that was France’s potato revolution. To the pans!”
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February 3, 2021
“A reading from Tony Bennett and me on Arlen, then our fam welcomes Robert Kapilow (LISTENING FOR AMERICA) on art of song”
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February 4, 2021
“Our fam welcomes son & father, Paul & Stephen Kendrick (NINE DAYS) to talk writing history (& as a pair).”
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February 5, 2021
“Our fam w/ a 90th birthday greeting to the great Judith Viorst (ALEXANDER AND…books; LULU AND…& poetry)on her times\”
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February 6, 2021
“We’ll read a little more of WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES, work in progress. Novel set on Chicago Otters. Fiction. Mostly…”
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February 6, 2021
“A promo for our show tomorrow—the books we’ll feature, and…talk of goats!”
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February 7, 2021
“Our fam just couldn’t wait to get together again w/ @RobKapilow to talk about the art & joy of song!”
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February 8, 2021
“Caroline poaches pears on our Open Bowl. Heard there’s a sports event at the same time, but what’s a better life skill?”
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February 9, 2021
“Our fam gets to talk to @MarkHarrisNYC on his great Mike Nichols bio and theater and film art.”
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February 10, 2021
“Special treat: our Open Book Caroline asks Paulina to tell us of the world of screen games she loves. A world revealed!”
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February 11, 2021
“We’ll read a favorite scene from SUNNYSIDE Plaza tonight, and send thought to @stu_rush and family. Join us!”
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February 12, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show (including @stu_rush, to speak of his parents), and two fine books and impeachment”
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February 13, 2021
“Our fam gets together w/ @JamesMartinSJ (LEARNING TO PRAY) on a good night for it.”
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February 14, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl, the great Laura Hillenbrand (SEABISCUIT and UNBROKEN) joins her for Laura’CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE.”
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February 15, 2021
“Our fam welcomes @SusanMihalic to talk about her powerful new novel about horses and a young woman, DARK HORSES.”
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February 16, 2021
“Our whole fam w/ Anne Browning, @UWResilience Lab, on resilience lessons this winter. (Open Heart)”
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February 17, 2021
“Our fam w @IrisKrasnow (CAMP GIRLS) to talk about her book on returning to summer camp years later. Name tag in socks?”
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February 18, 2021
“As spring training opens, I’ll read from my book on Jackie Robinson about some of the othegreats the Dodgers considered.”
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February 19, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show: Texas, @BobiWine, Mayor Lightfoot, and Ali Benjamin’s new novel:.”
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February 20, 2021
“A short read from Wilder, then our fam w/ @HESherman (ANOTHER DAY’S BEGUN) on the endurance of OUR TOWN and theater.”
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February 21, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl–hummus! Simple, but needs care. She’ll confab w/ great French chef, Solange Gregoire. Chips up!”
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February 22, 2021
“A poem from Browning, then Martha Teichner (When Harry Met Minnie), dogs, people, true love.”
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February 23, 2021
“We’ll read some Ferlinghetti then our fam talks to @krysboydthink about TX post-snow & her art of interviews.”
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February 24, 2021
“We’ll read Ferlinghetti on Paris and Pisa, then @Amy_Stewart on Kopp sisters cops books, plants, cocktails, & our worms.”
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February 25, 2021
“On family barn night, I’ll read a re-worked section of the working novel, which may now be called ANOTHER YEAR (maybe).”
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February 26, 2021
“A promo for tomorrow’s show, including a reading from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s THE COMMITTED, a great novel.”
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February 27, 2021
“We’ll read @itstonybennett on Duke Ellington from JUST GETTING STARTED, then our fam w/ Rob Bamberger @wamu885 hot jazz”
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February 28, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl, profiteroles (she’ll pronounce them, too!) Elise Sylvie Jia Mei Golden Globe Simon directs.”
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March 1, 2021
“Billy Collins reads poems from WHALE DAY with our family–and to you. ‘Nuff said. Join us! Questions?”
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March 2, 2021
“A reading from Pauline Kael, then Gary Parker (“one of America’s most anonymous and most experienced filmmakers”)”
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March 3, 2021
“Our fam gets to talk to Malcom Wright about an unpublished mss. by his masterful grandfather, Richard Wright:
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March 4, 2021
“Want to hear more of WINS, LOSSES, SAVES? For your delectation and appraisal, please!”
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March 5, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show: two fine novels, a truffle of a film, and politics.”
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March 6, 2021
“Our fam with Ali Benjamin (THE SMASH-UP; THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH, etc.) to talk rewriting Wharton, kid lit, & writing:”
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March 7, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Bowl, directed by Elise Simon, shows fun w/ linguine, garlic, &…? You’ll want Smell-O-Vision for this!”
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March 8, 2021
“Mailer on Ali. Then our fam w/ @kennerly on 50th anniversary of his famous Ali-Frazier photo.Elise Hume Simonsly directs”
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March 9, 2021
“We’ll read TAKES from Lillian Ross (recording an interview; and Truffaut on children) then author Tom Feegel on soap art”
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March 10, 2021
“A reading from SUNNYSIDE PLAZA, then our fam w/ Jo Owens (A FUNNY KIND OF PARADISE) fine novel set in nursing home”
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March 11, 2021
“On our fam’s barn night, I’ll read from WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni sees Miriam; talks w/ nurse Jo. Emotional pitch hit.”
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March 15, 2021
“We’ll read about the Ides of March.”
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March 17, 2021
“We’ll read about a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago. Of course!”
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March 18, 2021
“On family barn night: a plot may be signaled inside WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. What do you think?”
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March 19, 2021
“A promo tonight for tomorrow’s show, including our two books…”
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March 21, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl, sharing the production of a terrific meal many of you helped bring about. Amazing video!”
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March 22, 2021
“A good time for our fam to get together w/ @ameliapangg to talk about her writing.”
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March 23, 2021
“On a somber night, I’ll read a passage from a draft of my play Kaa-Zowie, that begins with going on in shadow of tragedy”
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March 24, 2021
“We’ll read another section from Kaa-Zowie, a play in progress. Scene opens w/ clowns backstage: “What does laughter do?”
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March 25, 2021
“On fam barn night, I’ll read a pivotal new chapter of WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES, & try our first migration of Open Book:”
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March 26, 2021
“We’re migrating to @Twitter video—come join us at 6:15 et 3:15 PT for our promo!”
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March 26, 2021
“Promo for tomorrow’s show will go over show and read from our featured books on 1948 Cleveland WS team and music”
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March 27, 2021
“On our family’s Open Book, we’ll read from our family’s open book: Exodus, and what lead to the flight from bondage”
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March 30, 2021
“Sure would be ironic if our Open Books aren’t stored on @Twitter to RT, but this live video of a sideways candle is.”
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March 31, 2021
“Caroline and I will read from play in progress KAA-ZOWIE (Laughter on the 23rd floor meets Days of Wine & Roses).”
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April 1, 2021
“On family barn night, we’ll read another chapter of novel in progress, WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES—on Opening Day:”
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April 2, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including a reading from Rickie Lee Jones grrreat new memoir!”
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April 3, 2021
“Our fam gets together w/ @CarrieJurney California veterinarian we profiled on our show to talk about their work:”
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April 3, 2021
“Daisy eventually takes over the broadcast as our family gets together with a distinguished veterinarian @CarrieJurney”
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April 3, 2021
“Daisy eventually takes over the broadcast as our family gets together with a distinguished veterinarian @CarrieJurney”
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April 4, 2021
“Does this broadcast store? Because we’re finding it hit and miss. Just finished an epic on veggies, and nothing…”
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April 5, 2021
“We’ll read another scene from play-in-progress Kaa-Zowie, touching on addiction issues (amid some laughs, too).”
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April 6, 2021
“A reading from @dawniewalton‘s great oral history of a group you’ll almost remember, they’re so vivid: Opal & Nev.”
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April 6, 2021
“A reading from @dawniewalton‘s great oral history of a group you’ll almost remember, they’re so vivid: Opal & Nev.”
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April 7, 2021
“Our fam gets together w/ @BaseballBrit from current observation perch watching South Korean baseball. Bibimball?”
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April 8, 2021
“On family barn night, another reading from work in progress Wins, Losses, and Saves. Comments sought!”
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April 9, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including reading from two novels by Kirsten Valdez Quade and Paul Theroux:”
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April 11, 2021
“OnCaroline’s Open Bowl: Soba Noodle, Aubergine and Mango Amazing Creation.
@ottolenghi -inspired.”
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April 12, 2021
“Our fam will greet old pal @rjrapoport to talk repub of his Bobby Jones book (THE IMMORTAL BOBBY) & sports lit:”
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April 13, 2021
“Unexpected mid-day treat: a family Open Book with the great @RickieLeeJones LAST CHANCE TEXACO.”
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April 13, 2021
“No need to watch—a practice session of our Open Book technology, directed by Elise Sylvie Jia Mei Spielberg”
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April 14, 2021
“Our fam will get together w/@susanorlean to speak of her short YOU ARE READY FOR TAKEOFF , ORCHID THIEF, etc.”
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April 15, 2021
“On this sad Jackie Robinson Day, I’ll read from my book about JR’s first meeting with Branch Rickey-“
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April 16, 2021
“Encore of the astoundingly eloquent Malcom Wright on new, first publication of his grandfather’s (more timely yet) THE MAN WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND:”
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April 17, 2021
“I’ll read a little from work in progress WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES (novel set on a baseball team). & crave yr comments:”
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April 19, 2021
“Our family gets to meet Kirsten Valdez Quade (THE FIVE WOUNDS) to talk about her funny and remarkable debut novel.”
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April 20, 2021
“Our family gets together w/ the great @PaulTheroux_(UNDER THE WAVE AT WAIMEA) to talk writing & waves:”
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April 21, 2021
“A reading from work in progress Wins, Losses, & Saves. Plot thickens. Not too thick I hope! What do you think?”
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April 22, 2021
“Okay take two for Wins, Losses, & Saves.”
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April 23, 2021
“A promo for tomorrow’s big show! Stellar array of grrreat voices, although, alas, just mine tonight…”
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April 25, 2021
“Pre-Oscar family get-together w/@BobbyRiversTV who’ll tell us what he’s liked, what’s good, whom he wishes well.”
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April 26, 2021
“Our family has an encore tonight (another Elise birthday observance(, with the amazing
@TempestWilliams with the world abloom again, in so many places. She is lyrical and magical, and we often think on this:”
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April 27, 2021
“An encore with our family and the great writer and swimmer @bonnietsui as we zoom-otically attend a gala for @WBUR a truly great station and group of dear friends.”
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April 28, 2021
“Our fam w/ @LAGurwitch (YOU’RE LEAVING WHEN?) to talk writing funny in testing times. She says we can all be Blanche”
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May 2, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Bowl with family tonight: all about rice. It’s not just what pads out the good stuff in a burrito!”
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May 3, 2021
“Our fam gets together w/ great poet Peter Balakian (OZONE JOURNAL, BLACK DOG OF FATE) to talk poetry and Armenia:”
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May 5, 2021
“We’ll read more from WIP Wins, Losses, & Saves, and crave your reaction.Elise Simon may snack while I read.”
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May 6, 2021
“On family barn night, we’ll read from WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni gets called upstairs. Hmmm…”
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May 7, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s big shoe—err, show. With book excerpts!”
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May 8, 2021
“Get together w/ Lanie Bayless, kitchen force, to talk of art and mixology (and new motherhood). Questions?”
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May 9, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl–edamame dumplings. Green in all ways! (all good ways)”
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May 10, 2021
“Our fam with French historian Julien Pierre Icher to talk about Lafayette beyond his song from ‘Amilton:”
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May 11, 2021
“I’ll read a little more from WIP WIS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Buddy Bailey surprises. Jo packs a bag. Drama! Thrills! ???”
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May 12, 2021
“Our fam get together w/ Pete Davis (DEDICATED) about the value of commitment in our lives.”
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May 13, 2021
“We read another section from WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Manager Leona del Aguila w/ a great clubhouse speech:”
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May 14, 2021
“Our promo for this week’s show, inc. a reading from Daniel James Brown’s new book—and what else we’ll feature:”
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May 15, 2021
“Our fam w/ @williamfleitch to talk about HOW LUCKY, new novel w/ remarkable hero. @Cardinals @Cubs, movies too?”
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May 16, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl: most important meal of the day (breakfast, not snacks!). You’ll be amazed!”
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May 17, 2021
“Our fam with Maggie Shipstead on her great GREAT CIRCLE, a novel that spans the globe and imagination!”
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May 18, 2021
“Our family w/@StaceySwann on her debut novel OLYMPUS TEXAS, Lone Star lit, etc.”
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May 19, 2021
“Jon Levy (YOU’RE INVITED) on our family’s Open Book to talk about the enriching power of relationships in all ways:”
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May 20, 2021
“More Fromm WIP WINS, LOSSES & SAVES. Relief pitcher Ronit Sawa is pitching well, but…”
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May 21, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show!”
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May 22, 2021
“An encore tonight, as our family attends to some joyful family business. It was such fun to get together with Jim Meskimen, the greatest living voice impersonator in the world:”
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May 23, 2021
“Open Book and Bowl family: Elise Sylvie Jia Mei Simon reads the college essay she wrote about our get-togethers:”
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May 24, 2021
“We’ll read from a pretty hilarious WP Kinsella story, LUMPY DROBOT, DH on our Open Book. I’m studying the form.”
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May 25, 2021
“We get together w/@paulhowarth_ (DUST OFF THE BONES) lawyer/writer w/ powerful novel from old Australia outback.”
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May 26, 2021
“Our family w/ @HESherman to talk about the rolling return of live theater this summer into fall. Curtains up!”
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May 27, 2021
“On family barn night, we’ll read more from WIP Wins, Losses, & Saves. Roni insoles let him down. You’ll see…”
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May 28, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from books by Alice Waters and Zakiya Dalila Harris:”
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May 29, 2021
“Our fam together this Memorial weekend w/ @DJamesBrown (FACING THE MOUNTAIN) heroism of Japanese American soldiers:”
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May 30, 2021
“Encore tonight, with our family at a graduation party. A reading from William Wharton’s classic A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, then we get together with the great novelist Tim O’ Brien and his family:”
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May 31, 2021
“On Memorial Day we’ll read from Paul Fussell’s piercing memoir, DOING BATTLE, on being wounded, recovery, or not:”
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Jun 1, 2021
“Our fam gets together w/ @ShiaKapos @politico who writes a daily IL political trivia question which is not trivial!”
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Jun 2, 2021
“Our fam w/@michaeldobbs (KING RICHARD) to talk Watergate and writing history. Join us!”
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Jun 3, 2021
“On barn night, another reading from WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Terry gets good news. Roni gets annoyed. Join us!”
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Jun 4, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from Jesse McCarthy and Ashley C. Ford…”
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Jun 5, 2021
“Our fam w/ Andrew Chaikin (A MAN ON THE MOON) gorgeous @FolioSociety edition. Can we appreciate the intrepid ness?”
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Jun 6, 2021
“Caroline explores and explains cicadas in the French manner on our Open Bowl. Not what you may think! Enjoy!”
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Jun 7, 2021
“@nprscottsimon A reading from a classic, then we get together w/ @MegWClayton (THE LAST TR…”
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Jun 8, 2021
“Our family gets together with the extraordinary poet/mortician Thomas…”
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Jun 9, 2021
“D-Day, buzz bombs, & de Gaulle: we read from Sir Harold Nicolson’s amazing diaries on our Open Book:”
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Jun 10, 2021
“Like to hear another chapter of WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES? Otters play Bighorns. Roni pitches better. But…”
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Jun 11, 2021
“Or promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from books on the Challenger explosion and Yusef Komunyaaka”
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Jun 12, 2021
“A short read from Wilder, then our fam w/ @HESherman (ANOTHER DAY’S BEGUN) …”
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Jun 13, 2021
“On Caroline’s Open Bowl–hummus! Simple, but needs care. She’ll confab w/ g…”
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Jun 14, 2021
“Our fam gets together with @deankoontz who has sold 500 million books, and is now doing NAMELESS. Under his name!”
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Jun 15, 2021
“@nprscottsimo So @quinncy and I will read from Neil Simon’s THE ODD COUPLE, then talk chi…”
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Jun 16, 2021
“On our Open Book, a reading from Chandler’s THE HIGH WINDOW. SoCal, 1942. Palm trees and plunder. A master…”
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Jun 17, 2021
“We’ll read another short chunk from WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni muses on The Game. Bullpen muses on playoffs.”
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Jun 18, 2021
“A promo for our show on the first Juneteenth, including a reading from Brandon Taylor’s new stories.”
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Jun 19, 2021
“Early Open Book from the boarding area!”
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Jun 21, 2021
“@nprscottsimon A reading from Tony Bennett and me on Arlen, then our fam welcomes Robert K…”
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Jun 22, 2021
“We’ll be posting Caroline’s personal tour (highly-condensed) of the Musee Carnavalet (museum of Paris) in 5 episodes tonight. Her introduction. Who is that man in the blue mask?”
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Jun 22, 2021
“We bring Open Bookers inside the Musee Carnavalet (museum of the city of Paris)”
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Jun 22, 2021
“Some more of Caroline’s favorite signs from the Paris city museum-“
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Jun 22, 2021
“The Musee Carnavalet courtyard and cafe, presented by Caroline. Espresso machines and car horns are the music of Paris! (along with Les Mis)”
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Jun 22, 2021
“Some other choice selections from the Paris city museum, presented by Caroline.”
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Jun 22, 2021
“Caroline tells the history of the French Revolution through Musee Carnavalet artifacts in one minute!”
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Jun 22, 2021
“Caroline’s conclusion of Musee Carnavalet in the rain (didn’t post initially–very funny). Great camera work, Elise!”
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Jun 24, 2021
“@nprscottsimon Oscar Wilde & Patti Smith! Poet Laureate of Punk talks Wilde’s De Profundis…”
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Jun 24, 2021
“Caroline cites a correction on our French Revolution in pics from @simon_schama, then asks @julien_icher if the Marquis is due even a little more recognition? And Hubert Robert, “journalist-artist”:”
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Jun 25, 2021
“An encore as we’re on the move. So enjoyed introducing our daughters to the great Patti Smith (by the way: more of Caroline’s Revolutionary tour soon.@nprscottsimon Oscar Wilde & Patti Smith! Poet Laureate of Punk talks Wilde’s De Profundis…”:”
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Jun 25, 2021
“An early Open Book from Normandy to read from WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES:”:”
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Jun 27, 2021
“Open Bookers, a reading from WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES (from France). A new Otter. And a new worry for Roni, too-“:”
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Jun 28, 2021
“@nprscottsimon We’ll read from Hem’s A MOVEABLE FEAST, then our family gets together w/@b
…”
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Jun 29, 2021
“An encore tonight, while on the road in France, reminded of our good time w/ Bill Buford. @nprscottsimon We’ll read from Hem’s A MOVEABLE FEAST, then our family gets together w/ @b”
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Jun 30, 2021
“Double feature for Open Book lit fans: pt I, Caroline Richard Simon takes us through Proust’s room-where-great-thoughts-happen. Hungry for madeleines?”
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Jun 30, 2021
“And Caroline Simon’s pt II tonight: the friendship of Proust and Cocteau (and reappearance of a significant coat):”
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July 1, 2021
“For Open Bookers (or anyone, of course) a reading from France on WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni sees Miriam again…”
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July 2, 2021
“Cocteau, Collette, and the Palais Royal (just your average Paris apartment block, I guess) on Caroline’s Open Ballad (think French way of saying, bal-lade):”
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July 2, 2021
“For Open Bookers (and all) another section WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni w/ Miriam in hospital. The w/ Jo-“
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July 4, 2021
“Caroline continues to explore gardens at Versailles, and encounters especially lyrical guests-“
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July 5, 2021
“@nprscottsimon Our family, still damp from swim, gets together w/@bonnietsui (WHY …”
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July 6, 2021
“@nprscottsimon A poem from a surprising source, then a certifiable genius @agordonreed on …”
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July 7, 2021
“Our Open Book will open and read from Antonia Fraser’s Marie Antoinette: The Journey (her last):”
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July 8, 2021
“We’ll read a little more of WINS, LOSSES, SAVES, WIP. EPIII makes birds fly. Roni realizes something vital…”
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July 9, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Ballad in Marie Antoinette’ “other” palace at Versailles. All jokes aside, she was under constant observation. Even before Alexa and Siri.”
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July 10, 2021
“On movie night for many we Open Book to Pauline Kael’s review of ET. A great writer & critic who could capture joy”
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July 11, 2021
“We’ll read a bit from work in progress WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni called in to pitch, something amazing happens-“
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July 12, 2021
“@nprscottsimon We’ll read from Hem’s A MOVEABLE FEAST, then our family gets together w/
@b”
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July 13, 2021
“We’ll read some phrases and observations from Oscar Wilde collection, BEAUTIFUL AND IMPOSSIBLE THINGS:”
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July 14, 2021
“Caroline Richard Simon on fruit-training in the Versailles garden. Do they dance, too?”
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July 14, 2021
“Tonight, first of back-to-back readings from WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. An amazing event during pitching change. But what?”
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July 15, 2021
“Caroline Richard Simon will show us how the Versailles gardens, now owned by and enjoyed by all the French people, have inspired poodle tonsorial art, too.”
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July 16, 2021
“We’ll read another section from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. MIT Gang tell Roni what happened. Roni muses…”
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July 16, 2021
“Part 1 of 2 from Caroline and Elise Sylvie Jia Mei Truffaut Simon. After the Bastille, what brought so many to these gilded gates?”
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July 16, 2021
“Pt 2 of 2. And as she says, it wasn’t just a Revolution against a regime, but …”
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July 16, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from Helen Ellis essay, Sunjeen Sahota novel. Oh, and Daisy haiku!”
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July 17, 2021
“@nprscottsimon A reading from Simone deB, the our family greets @Eric_Weiner
(SOCRATE…”
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July 18, 2021
“Our fami with @jon_wertheim on his GLORY DAYS. Summer of 84: MJ, Prince, Magic,Bird, and Bruce!”
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July 19, 2021
“Our fam with @TrentDalton, Australian novelist (OUR SHIMMERING SKIES, BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE)”
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July 20, 2021
“Our family talks FOOD AMERICANA with David Page. How did sushi get into gas stations? Goat Cheese ice cream?”
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July 21, 2021
“Our family will talk about THE ISLANDERS with @maryalicemonroe Youngsters stranded w/out internet! But with turtles!”
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July 22, 2021
“A reading from WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. What’s amazing worth? Is there a hope for Miriam? What do you think?”
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July 23, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, and join us now speaking with Tom Goldman at the Olympics to plot our convo!”
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July 24, 2021
“@nprscottsimon Our fam w/ dear friend Laura Hillenbrand (SEABISCUIT; UNBROKEN) who has sol…”
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July 25, 2021
“We’ll read a little more from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. What will Roni do at bat? What’s up for Miriam?”
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July 26, 2021
“Caroline continues her French Revolution tour of art and artifacts, including one especially “incisive” one, if you please…”
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July 26, 2021
“Our Open Book will open White’s THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964 to share a look at saintly Bob Moses in MS:”
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July 26, 2021
“@nprscottsimon Our fam gets together w/ Thomas Lynch, great poet, essayist (THE DEPOSITION…”
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July 26, 2021
“Our Open Book will open White’s THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964 to share a look at saintly Bob Moses in MS:”
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July 27, 2021
“Another section of WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Good news for Miriam, and Roni there after improbable bunt HR:”
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July 28, 2021
“On our Open Book, we open BRANCH RICKEY’S LITTLE BLUE BOOK. Lots of wisdom in his strategies…”
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July 29, 2021
“Another reading from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. While awaiting word on Miriam, Kaz asks Roni a real corker-“
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July 30, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including a reading from AGATHA OF LITTLE NEON, a great debut novel:”
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August 2, 2021
“The book we’ll open on Open Book: Malamud’s THE NATURAL. One of the most iconic scenes in literature. Worth hearing!”
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August 3, 2021
“We’ll read a significant chapter (hope they all are!) of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Miriam’s operation ends, and…”
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August 4, 2021
“Our Open Book will open up classic EB White: on Thurber, Thoreau, and Know-It-All’s:”
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August 5, 2021
“Another reading from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni sees Miriam in recovery, then feels he must go to the field and..”
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August 6, 2021
“Our prom for tomorrow’s show, including a guest appearance from @tomgoldman!”
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August 7, 2021
“To prep for OUR TOWN at https://peterboroughplayers.org/our-town.html we’ll read from Wilder’s preface:”
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August 10, 2021
“On our Open Book, I’ll read poetry by @KathaPollitt I was mostly familiar with her essays. Gob-smacked by her poetry”
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August 11, 2021
“On our Open Book we’ll open Neal Conan’s memoir PLAY BY PLAY. Lyrical, moving, funny. Like our friend.”
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August 12, 2021
“We’ll Open Book another installment from WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. A significant development for Roni–in all ways!”
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August 13, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show. And a reading from a new book about the Paradise fire:”
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August 15, 2021
“We Open Book to read a 1940 dispatch from Virginia Cowles on the fall of Paris on this sad day:”
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August 16, 2021
“Our family Open Book with @lizziejohnsonnn to talk wildfires and her fine book PARADISE:”
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August 18, 2021
“Our family Open Book opens w/ poet and columnist @KathaPollitt to talk writing in so many different forms.”
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August 19, 2021
“Our Open Book will read another installment of WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni sees Miriam, then tells the team…”
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August 20, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show. Afghanistan, Covid. Sobering times. But that’s why we’re here…”
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August 22, 2021
“Our Open Book: a special installment of WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni is called to the mound…”
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August 24, 2021
“Our fam on Open Book with @thomaspierce (THE AFTERLIVES) on writing, reading, teaching, Tuvan singing:”
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August 25, 2021
“On our Open Book, we’ll read a poem by Linda Pastan, then a section from Porter’s classic SHIP OF FOOLS.”
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August 27, 2021
“Promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from THREE ROOMS, & SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE TYPING:”
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August 28, 2021
“Our Open Book will open another chapter of WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES. Roni faces the press, and…”
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August 29, 2021
“On our Open Book our family welcomes great impressionist Jim Meskiman (Renoir of our times!)”
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August 30, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book opens an essay by David Mamet—a letter to his daughters. I may not make it through…”
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August 31, 2021
“Our family welcome @stevenpetrow (STUPID THINGS I WON’T DO…) to talk about the toughest act in life…”
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September 1, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book will read a new section of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. The Otters press on…”
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September 3, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from books by Cass Sunstein & Lauren Groff!”
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September 5, 2021
“Our fam reads from Lillian Ross’ first encounter with the great Francois Truffaut:”
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September 7, 2021
“Our fam’s Open Book with @casssunstein on SLUDGE: as it surrounds, how to get through it:”
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September 8, 2021
“We’ll read a wedding scene from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Please join us! Roni and Jo—and Miriam is there!”
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September 10, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, which will be September 11, 20 years after…”
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September 11, 2021
“On the night of a solemn day, we’ll read a sweet, comic section from GREENE’S OUR MAN IN HAVANA. Father-daughter…”
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September 13, 2021
“We’ll read from work-in-progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Comments craved !The Otters–down to the wire…”
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September 13, 2021
“Our Open Book will open some classic Red Smith on The Babe, Branca, Stan the Man. Supreme stylist.
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September 16, 2021
“Latest installment of WINS, LOSSES, SAVES for your delectation. And comments. Night before the biggest game…”
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September 17, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show. And readings from Percival Everett’s novel, THE TREES, and Quinn Julie Wang’s memoir:”
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September 19, 2021
“Our family friend @JPosnanski continues speaking about his terrific THE BASEBALL 100. Rose, Gibson, Mantle & more”
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September 20, 2021
“We thought @JPosnanski extremely well-dressed to talk about his THE BASEBALL 100 pt 2, including Rose, Josh, the Mick, Bonds and–Turkey!”
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September 20, 2021
“David Mamet wrote, “We are an open book,” and we’ll read his essay, SEMANTIC CHICKENS, on ours.”
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September 21, 2021
“Our Open Book will read from Mamet’s OBSERVATIONS OF A BACKSTAGE WIFE. Inspire his State & Main?”
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September 22, 2021
“Our Open Book will open David Mamet on a cherished…pool hall. Dialog like clacking shots.”
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September 23, 2021
“Our Open Book: another installment of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Biggest game begins…”
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September 24, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from new books by Anthony Doerr and Ruth Ozeki:”
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September 28, 2021
“Our Open Book family meets @QianJulieWang to talk of writing her memoir, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. Questions?”
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September 29, 2021
“Our get together with Percival Everett may be delayed—so do you have any questions about anything to share?”
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September 30, 2021
“The Chicago Otters have a big game against the @Cardinals on our Open Book. Comments craved!”
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October 1, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from Sarah Ruhl’s memoir SMILE and Miriam Chancy’s Haiti novel”
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October 2, 2021
“Our family Open Book w/ makers of LIVE AT MR. KELLY’S, doc about famed Chicago nightclub. Join us!”
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October 3, 2021
“On A Sunday the @ChicagoBears have actually won, we’ll read about Gale and Brian, 40 & 41, from MY book HOME & AWAY”
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October 5, 2021
“Caroline’s Open Book: dream novels and her discoveries of Jay McInerney (BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY; BRIGHTNESS FALLS:”
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October 6, 2021
“On our family’s Open Book Caroline reads Helen MacDonald about night migration of birds over NYC. Look up!”
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October 7, 2021
“We read a new installment of WIP WINS, LOSSES, & SAVES and crave comments. Roni has a huge pitch coming…”
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October 8, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show including readings from new books by Amor Towles and Hayley Kirscher:”
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October 9, 2021
“An encore as we make a visit: a reading from Plimpton then our family asks @ajjacobs how do you do all that stuff anyway?”
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October 10, 2021
“An encore as we return from a college visit. Our family asks our friend @AskingAmy what everyone really wants to know!”
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October 11, 2021
“Our Open Book tonight will open Roger Kahn’s The Boys of Summer. Heart-piercing during playoffs…”
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October 12, 2021
“On our Open Book, we’ll read what the great critic John Lahr wrote about the art of directing. Join us!”
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October 13, 2021
“On our Open Book, we’ll read what a great critic (and fellow son of a clown), John Lahr, says about the art of directing:”
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October 14, 2021
“Tonight, another reading from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni at bat. Pitch on the way…”
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October 15, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including reading from STATE OF TERROR and MONSTER IN THE MIDDLE (but nice)-“
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October 16, 2021
“Our Open Book with our family and playwright Sarah Ruhl and her superb memoir SMILE, about Bell’s Palsy and what’s i”
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October 17, 2021
“Our Open Book will read from the great Anna Quindlen’s funny, uplifting eulogy for her grandmother.”
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October 18, 2021
“Our Open Book will open to touching remembrances for animals (and Daisy is fine). George Vest swung a jury…”
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October 21, 2021
“A little more of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. What happens to Roni and the Otters in the playoffs? And Miriam?”
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October 22, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from new books from Katie Couric and Nick Offerman. Join us!”
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October 24, 2021
“Our Open Book opens to Fred Allen’s MUCH ADO ABOUT ME, about vaudeville (and reminding me of my father):”
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October 25, 2021
“An encore of one of Caroline’s Open Bowls as we are at an event tonight: Soba Noodle, Aubergine and Mango Amazing Creation. @ottolenghi-inspired.”
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October 26, 2021
“We’ll open Pete Von Shelly’s HISTORY OF MONSTERS. Why are we fascinated by them? Join us!”
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October 27, 2021
“Another installment of work-in-progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni reaches a critical decision. What do you think?”
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October 29, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show. Please join of if you have any questions! We’ll also read a little poetry…”
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October 30, 2021
“On our Open Book our family welcomes Mark Seal for LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANNOLI—The Godfather!”
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October 31, 2021
“Our Open Book opens Michener’s TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Inspired the musical! And…”
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November 1, 2021
“Our Open Book opens to James Michener’s TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, which won a Pulitzer, inspired a musical, and is great reading today”
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November 3, 2021
“Our Open Book tonight will open an utterly charming essay from Arthur Miller on theater. Charming, really!”
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November 4, 2021
“Our family with our friend Steven V. Roberts to speak our friend COKIE: A LIFE WELL LIVED.”
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November 5, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including a reading of a poem from new Folio collection of War Poetry-“
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November 7, 2021
“Our Open Book will open to a David Mamet essay on why some “imperfect” works stay longer with us sometimes…”
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November 8, 2021
“Our family welcomes @timkmak to our Open Book to talk about MISFIRE. Your questions craved!”
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November 11, 2021
“Our family on Veterans Day welcomes Andrew Motion on @FolioSociety Book of War Poetry. Join us please…”
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November 12, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show—despite internet problems. Join us and hope for the best!”
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November 13, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book an Open Plate on entertainment night: an unusual recipe. From me. Need advice!”
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November 14, 2021
“Our family (including Daisy, our dog) speaks with @Jenna_Blum about WOODROW ON THE BENCH, life lessons from….”
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November 17, 2021
“Our family Open Book opens into the world of @asherperlman, cartoonist & comedy writer and vice versa. Join us!”
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November 18, 2021
“We’ll read another installment of work in progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni and Miriam recover. And…”
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November 19, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including readings from Mario Vargas Llosa and Huda Fahmy. Join us!”
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November 20, 2021
“Our family Open Book welcomes @asherperlman who drew great Chicago Dog cartoon for @NewYorker Hard to be funny pro?”
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November 21, 2021
“Our family Open Book with @lairdhunt on his remarkable and eloquent ZORRIE:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”
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November 22, 2021
“We’ll have a brief Nov 22 reading from Jim Bishop, and then our friend @HESherman on the return of live theater.”
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November 23, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book gets to meet @kimquindlen, Chicago comic, author, and vid satirist. Join us!”
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November 24, 2021
“On our Open Book tonight, we open to Alan Bennett, who writes about his thinking that lead to THE LADY IN THE VAN.”
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November 26, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show which will be brief because we have work to do on Stephen Sondheim…”
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November 27, 2021
“Our family Open Book Opens to Sondheim’s FINISHING THE HAT on how lyrics sit on music and aren’t poems. Brill…”
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November 28, 2021
“On our family’s OPEN BOOK, we’ll read Sondheim’s words on Amplification, Art vs Craft, Pencils, and writing voice:”
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November 29, 2021
“Our family’s OPEN BOOK chats with @Bob_Mondello (who has just seen West Story!) about Sondheim and holds flix:”
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November 30, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book presents–ta-dah!–@jodipicoult WISH YOU WERE HERE. Join us!”
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December 1, 2021
“Our family Open Book opens @parisreview Writer’s Chapbook. Thoughts from Rhys, Roth, Shaw, Singer, Updike, Waugh…”
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December 2, 2021
“Another short section from work-in-progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Opening Day in…”
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December 3, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including Patti LuPone, and a great Danish animated documentary-“
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December 4, 2021
“Our Open Book opens to @ParisReview Chapbook on what some great writers read, on their way to greatness:”
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December 6, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book opens to eloquent old Lillian Ross profile of Oleg Popov, a great Russian clown, visiting NYC”
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December 7, 2021
“Caroline presides as our family Open Book welcomes @MegWClayton to speak of THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS-“
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December 9, 2021
“An encore Open Book tonight as we tend to some biz. The great @Doug_D_Stuart on his great novel, SHUGGIE BAIN, from the holiday season last year (and thanks for asking with concern, we’re all doing well now):”
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December 10, 2021
“A promo for our show tomorrow, and we’ll read a little from a lesser-known Auden poem. Good to be with you!”
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December 12, 2021
“Our Open Book opens to Lillian Ross’s touching, wistful portrait of Adlai Stevenson on his 65th birthday. Join us!”
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December 13, 2021
“Our family welcomes Julie Trebault of @PENAmerica about writers in danger around the world. Questions?”
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December 14, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book reading from today’s laundry room find: E. B. White on dog training. Dogs can be trained?”
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December 15, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book will open to more of our E.B. White laundry room find–on the future, in a World’s Fair!”
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December 16, 2021
“Our family open book: E.B. White essay from 1940 on the other, poetic Lindberg, prescient on so much today-“
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December 17, 2021
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show—join us!”
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December 18, 2021
“By popular demand: we’ll read more EB White, on Sundays & radio. Classic writers can be restlessly imaginative-“
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December 19, 2021
“Our family gets together with the great critic @marshalederman to find out what she’s like to watch, or not.”
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December 21, 2021
“Our family Open Book on Irving Berlin. How did he come to write White Christmas, and Holiday Inn? Lyric recollection”
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December 22, 2021
“Our family Open Book opens to Gary Giddins’ SWINGING ON A STAR on Bing, and unexpected Xmas classic”
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December 23, 2021
“In memory of the masterful Joan Didion, we’ll read about her hardest of all holidays in THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING”
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December 25, 2021
“Merry Christmas! Our show pre-records. Join us! Not exactly under the tree, but close…”
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December 25, 2021
“Our family Open Book opens a present: Hermione Lee’s bio of Tom Stoppard including his plans for Christmas Carol!”
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December 26, 2021
“Our family Open Book with @ShawnLevy with his book of poems about people in a year of loss—206:”
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December 27, 2021
“Our family Open Book w/@shawnlevy on the poems he wrote to remember souls lost in 2016, including Prince, Ali, and the nurse in a famous photo from the end of WWII. Makes you reflect on what counts, and stays with us:”
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December 28, 2021
“Join our family to hear a revised top to WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Whaddya think? Join us!”
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December 29, 2021
“Our family Open Book opens @MarkPSeal’s Godfather book, for a seasonal “shooting” on-set. Great film history!”
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December 30, 2021
“Our family’s Open Book w/@kalins (Kitchen Whisperers) about foods, friends, moments we cherish.”
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December 31, 2021
“Our family opens Leo Rosten’s Carnival of Wit, for laughs on New Year’s eve…”
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January 1, 2022
“Our family reads from Leo Rosten’s Carnival of Wit. And, an unexpected appearance from the soul of wit, @stu_rush Happy New Year to all!”
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January 2, 2022
“Our family Open Book reads from Jean Marie Laskas’ G-L-O-R-Y on a football full weekend. Cheer for…”
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January 2, 2022
“Caroline’s Open Bowl shares family-tested recipes for lentil curry soup and tomatoey rice. Join us! Questions craved”
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January 3, 2022
“Caroline’s Open Bowl returns with recipes for a lentil curry soup, then a tomatoey rice, and then–value added!–tofu ceviche! And a haiku from Daisy! Family-tested!”
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January 3, 2022
“Our family will open Leo Rosten’s Carnival of Wit tonight but need you to reply and suggest topics. Please join us!”
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January 5, 2022
“As we near the anniversary of Esquire’s publication of Capote’s great novella, we read from Breakfast at Tiffany’s:”
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January 6, 2022
“Our family Open Book recalls words from Peter Bogdanovich, RIP, and returns to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, too.”
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January 8, 2022
“Our family speaks with the great @BobbyRiversTV on the great Sidney Poitier and his films:”
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January 9, 2022
“Such a great family convo w/ @BobbyRiversTV about the matchless career and legacy of Sidney Poitier:”
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January 9, 2022
“Our family Open Book will reopen & read from Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s: good news and they do the town:”
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January 10, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens & reads from Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s: good news and they do the town:”
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January 10, 2022
“Our family Open Book reads more from Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s: a visitor from Holly’s past…”
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January 11, 2022
“Our family has had such a fine team reading from Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, we do it again! A jolt for Holly:”
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January 12, 2022
“So many have enjoyed our Open Book reading of Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, we’ll go on. Holly tries to recover..”
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January 13, 2022
“On our family barn night, a horsey reading from Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Join us!”
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January 14, 2022
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including a reading from Carl Bernstein’s book that has nothing to do with W’gate!”
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January 16, 2022
“On a snowy night, our Open Book will reopen Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Holly makes the tabs…”
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January 17, 2022
“On a snowy night, our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Holly makes headlines…”
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January 17, 2022
“On our family’s Open Book, we’ll read from @taylorbranch on the moment MLK became another American founder:”
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January 18, 2022
“On our family’s Open Book, we’ll read from @taylorbranch on the moment MLK became another American founder (and we open with an Ali story–his birthday today):”
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January 18, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book reopens Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Will Holly lam it out of NYC?”
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January 18, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book reopens Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Will Holly lam it out of NYC? What will happen to her cat? What does her future hold? (And especially beautiful illustration from
@foliosociety):”
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January 20, 2022
“Reading from @JackieWoodson Garrett Graff and Carmen Maria Machado from the @Scribd e-book we’re in THIS IS LIFE”
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January 21, 2022
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show, including a reading from Edmund White’s new novel, and sneak of essay-“
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January 22, 2022
“Caroline takes over Open Book to share Jay McInerney’s gorgeous into to the @foliosociety Breakfast at Tiffany’s!”
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January 23, 2022
“Our friend @quinncy with her book of MODEST BLESSINGS. What would yours be?”
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January 24, 2022
“Our family gets together with Elizabeth George, who has a new bestseller: SOMETHING TO HIDE. But not from us!”
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January 25, 2022
“Elizabeth George (latest bestseller: Something to Hide) is engrossing talking about her latest, and the process of creating characters to speak to her. Join us!”
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January 26, 2022
“Our fam welcomes @carlbernstein (Chasing History: A Kid In The Newsroom) to talk scoops and lit. Questions?”
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January 28, 2022
“We’ll read from a new find: Rose Macaulay DBE essay on eating and drinking:”
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January 29, 2022
“On a snowy Saturday night, our fam gets to play @BoomAgainGame with creator. And haikus from our dog, Daisy!”
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February 2, 2022
“Our fam gets together with Maggie Rowe to speak of writing and her memoir Easy Street. Join us with questions!”
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February 3, 2022
“On our Open Book, we’ll read @parabasis fine account of a faceoff over The Method between two great actors, Marlon &”
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February 4, 2022
“Our promo for tomorrow’s show. Join us with any questions!”
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February 5, 2022
“Our family welcomes back @BobbyRiversTV to talk good films for Black History Month. Join us!\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”
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February 6, 2022
“Simply not a more engaging way to open Saturday night than with our friend @BobbyRiversTV talking about 4 great films to see over Black History Month. What we learned is amazing!”
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February 6, 2022
“We’ll read from Dr. Roger Bannister’s memoir of breaking the 4 minute mile on our family’s Open BooL”
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February 7, 2022
“Our fam reads from Dr. Roger Bannister’s memoir of breaking the 4-minute mile. He took the train to Oxford–coach. Had lunch with family friends. Worried about the wind. Then, ran like it:”
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February 7, 2022
“Our fam with @ajjacobs to talk about writing and putting experiments into our lives. Questions?”
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February 8, 2022
“Our fam with @ajjacobs on our pen Book to talk about writing and putting experiments into our lives. He recollects being insufferably honest, posing nude, and the beauties of touch typing, too.”
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February 8, 2022
“Our fam Open book w/@GishJen (Thank You, Mr. Nixon) short-stories on China/USA, 50 years on:”
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February 9, 2022
“Our fam Open book w/ @GishJen (Thank You, Mr. Nixon) short-stories on China/USA, 50 years on. Complicated thoughts on a real relationship (and matching pairs of red French reading glasses!”
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February 9, 2022
“Our family Open Book with @taylorbranch on MLK, writing history, challenges and rewards. Join us!”
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February 10, 2022
“Our family Open Book w/@taylorbranch, speaking of the greatness and legacy of MLK, writing history, worries about the future of writing history, and finally, college sports. Lyrical…”
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February 11, 2022
“Our family Open Book open to James Baldwin’s eloquent dispatch on the 1962 Patterson-Liston bout in Chicago.”
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February 13, 2022
“Just before Super Bowl, our Open Book reads pointed, funny words about sports from Orwell. George Orwell.”
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February 14, 2022
“Please join us! A Valentine of poetry with @Idharker and the beautiful @foliosociety Love Poems.”
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February 15, 2022
“We salute P.J. O’ Rourke with his own wry words on our family’s Open Book. And Lan Samantha Chang THE FAMILY CHAO!”
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February 16, 2022
“We salute our friend P.J. O’ Rourke for so many wise laughs, then our fam welcomes Lan Samantha Chan to talk about her fine novel, THE FAMILY CHAO, and the art of putting a real life family onto the page:”
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February 17, 2022
“STELLA! Our family welcomes @parabasis to talk The Method. Questions craved! What’s my motivation?”
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February 17, 2022
“We’ll read what writers told @parisreview about reading: Auden, Barth, Capote, Cheever, Didion (and just to the D’ s”
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February 18, 2022
“Promo for tomorrow’s show, including reading from BLACK CLOUD RISING and a Chinese internment camp memoir-“
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February 19, 2022
“On fam movie night, we open Mark Seal’s LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANOLI to read how a Godfather speech was written:”
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February 20, 2022
“How do some great movie speeches get written? We read from Mark Seal’s great book LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANOLI on how a then little-known Robert Towne got a call, saw the book cover, and thought…(Oh, and I get to do my Brando again):”
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February 21, 2022
“Our fam’s Open Book welcomes @vermontgmg on his: Watergate: A New History. New discoveries, even now. Questions?”
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February 22, 2022
“There is always more to be discovered! Our fam’s Open Book welcomes @vermontgmg on his: Watergate: A New History. How has the trade changed? How would history have viewed RMN without it?”
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February 22, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens to life & new work by @riva_lehrer (GOLEM GIRL) we get to see. Questions?”
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February 23, 2022
“What an utterly extraordinary half an hour we got to spend with artist and writer @riva_lehrer and figuring how to make art, and give it urgency, in these times.”
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February 23, 2022
“Our family gets to welcome @Adandozan to talk of BLACK CLOUD RISING, his novel on the African Brigade. Join us!”
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February 24, 2022
“Our family gets to welcome @Adandozan to talk of BLACK CLOUD RISING, his stirring and complex novel on the African Brigade of the Union Army. Eloquent and insightful, and revealing of his own remarkable family history:”
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February 25, 2022
“Tonight, on our Open Book, we’ll read from William Shirer’s Berlin Diary on day Germany renounced a treat:”
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February 25, 2022
“Promo for tomorrow’s show. Lots of Ukraine, and a reading from new novel, CHECKOUT 19. Join us!”
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February 26, 2022
“We’ll Open Book history, reading William Shirer and Dorothy Thompson dispatches on Munich. Vivid, telling.”
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February 27, 2022
“A little reflection, respite on a newsy weekend as be ask @parabasis for screen recommendations, please! Yours?”
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March 4, 2022
“Our promo for this week’s show, including a reading from Azar Nafisi’s READ DANGEROUSLY. Join us!”
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March 5, 2022
“Our family Open Book reading will be Brooklyn: 1947, from my book on Jackie Robinson. Hope in the air.”
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March 6, 2022
“Our first on-location Open Book. Azar Nafisi, on READING DANGEROUSLY. Join us!”
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March 7, 2022
“The lyrical @azarnafisi in her office on reading as a time and travel machine, literature as renewal, refreshment, and tonic, on her book, READING DANGEROUSLY.”
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March 8, 2022
“Our family Open Book tonight will have Caroline speak of her fave recent reads, some new, some old. And nothing by,”
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March 9, 2022
“Our family Open Book tonight will have Caroline speak of her fave recent reads, some new, some old, and almost all by women writers, as it happens:”
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March 9, 2022
“On our family Open Book, clearly inspired by recent events, I’ll read briefly from my Sarajevo novel, PRETTY BIRDS:”
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March 10, 2022
“We read from Pretty Birds, my novel that centers around two teenagers during the Siege of Sarajevo. Obviously suggested by recent, said events. Sorry to be off-mic, but audio still clear:”
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March 10, 2022
“An encore Open Book as we make our way to the @TFOB where, among other stellar authors, we get to say hello in person to @agordonreed. Please enjoy her insights here all over again!”
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March 15, 2022
“Tonight, an encore Open Book as we are in transit. We read of being wary of the Ides of March!”
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March 16, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book on this night will read from Hem’s THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. Just because (a baseball part).”
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March 17, 2022
“On March 17, our Open Book reads from THE LAST HURRAH: Knocko Minihan’s wake. Join us!”
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March 17, 2022
“Alert–full-on brogue! Our Open Book reopens Edwin O’ Connor’s THE LAST HURRAH for St. Patrick’s Day, a scene at Knocko Minihan’s wake. Lift a wee dram with us and enjoy the soaring prose!”
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March 19, 2022
“An encore tonight as we travel: A reading from @dawniewalton‘s great oral history of a group you’ll almost remember, they’re so vivid: Opal & Nev.”
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March 20, 2022
“An encore: OnCaroline’s Open Bowl: Soba Noodle, Aubergine and Mango Amazing Creation. @ottolenghi-inspired.”
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March 21, 2022
“Another encore while we’re out in NorCal: Our family Open Book with @lizziejohnsonnn to talk wildfires and her fine book PARADISE:”
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March 22, 2022
“Our family Open Book from CA: great early essays from the great California writer Joan Didion. Join us!”
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March 23, 2022
“Our family’d Open Book from CA reads essays from a great California writer, Joan Didion: on a Gambler’s Anonymous meeting, and San Simeon:”
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March 23, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book from CA will reopen Joan Didion essay on Hem: a great comments on a great. Join us!”
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March 24, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book from CA will reopen Joan Didion essay on Hem: a great comments on a great. As she points out: who cares about commas, pauses, ands and the use of the? Writers. Passionately…”
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March 24, 2022
“An encore tonight. We remember our dear friend, Cokie Roberts, with Steve Roberts:”
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March 26, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book tonight from California: more of Joan Didion on posthumous Hemingway books. Join us!”
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March 27, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book tonight from California: more of Joan Didion on posthumous Hemingway books. When is a real writer really done writing?”
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March 29, 2022
“Our family Open Book rediscovers Orwell’s The Prevention of Literature. Made me think—a lot…”
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March 31, 2022
“Our family Open Book dares to reach @simon_schama on ice cream–voiced by lesser Simon. Welcome spring!”
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April 2, 2022
“Our encore Open Book while in transit for the opening of @TPRNews. Playwright Sarah Ruhl and her superb memoir SMILE, about Bell’s Palsy:”
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April 5, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book happily welcomes @jasongay sports & humor scribe for @WSJ to talk sports, humor, and his book”
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April 6, 2022
“Our family with @jasongay, who is expansive and lyrical, talking sports, humor, columumning, and life lessons:”
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April 6, 2022
“Tonight our family’s Open Book opens to rediscovering Hart Crane in Nat’l Poetry Month. Please join us!”
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April 6, 2022
“Tonight our family’s Open Book opens to rediscovering Hart Crane in Nat’l Poetry Month, from Ed Hirsch’s great new @LibraryAmerica book (and we also work in some Robert Frost).”
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April 7, 2022
“Our family Open Book welcomes @rbarenbaum to talk Atomic Anna: literary time travel (and perhaps spin, too)”
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April 8, 2022
“Utterly mind-bending and engaging family chat with @rbarenbaum on her time travel tale ATOMIC ANNA. If you could go back in time to change one thing (baseball games don’t count), what would it be? And would it risk other events? Hmmm…”
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April 9, 2022
“Our family Open Book welcomes great critic @BobbyRiversTV to talk Will Smith–flicks and The Slap and suspension.”
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April 10, 2022
“Our friend @BobbyRiversTV is so thoughtful speaking with our family about Will Smith–his movies and career, as well as The Slap. Always so good for him to join us:”
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April 10, 2022
“Our Open Book will open a WWII LIFE dispatch from William Walton on war refugees.”
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April 11, 2022
“Stunning dispatch from LIFE, 1944, by William Walton, artist who was then journalist, on war refugees–German was refugees: “None of the politicians and generals were in that procession. It was only the very old, the very young, and helpless…””
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April 12, 2022
“Our family Open Book will read from Jan Morris on a tough day for New York—and every city, too:”
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April 13, 2022
“Our family welcomes @BonnieGarmus to talk life and LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, and a remarkable character-“
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April 14, 2022
“Our family speaks w/ @DeliaEphron about writing her way through grief and health challenges in LEFT ON TENTH.”
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April 16, 2022
“On this Passover night, our family Open Book opens the Book of Exodus. Hear it as a story, not only scripture:”
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April 17, 2022
“On this Easter Sunday night, our family Open Book reads of the trial, crucifixion, and rising.”
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April 18, 2022
“We’ll speak of our family garden tour on perhaps the worst day for it this year, but, still fun, so why not?”
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April 19, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book welcomes @MattHennessey to talk about his VISIBLE HAND (and the E word—economics)”
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April 20, 2022
“On our Open Book, we crave your reaction to some revision of work-in-progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES…”
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April 21, 2022
“On our Open Book, we crave your reaction to some revision of work-in-progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. New narrative voice and almost every team renamed. Whaddya think?”
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April 22, 2022
“Our Open Book: a revised section from WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Roni meets new manager. Language advisory!”
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April 23, 2022
“An encore tonight as we observe a family birthday. Our fam w/ @williamfleitch to talk about HOW LUCKY, a novel w/ remarkable hero. @Cardinals @Cubs, movies too?”
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April 24, 2022
“An encore tonight, on a special birthday for one of our amazing daughters. Our fam with Maggie Shipstead on her great GREAT CIRCLE, a novel that spans the globe and imagination, and reminds us how our daughters have already traveled far, and will again:”
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April 25, 2022
“Our Open Book revised section of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. What kind of team are Otters? Daisy haiku on French elex:”
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April 26, 2022
“Our Open Book revised section of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. What kind of team are Otters? And a new Leona oration. But first: Daisy haiku on French elections. French poodles get to vote, after all.”
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April 28, 2022
“Our family welcomes @LianaFinck of LET THERE BE LIGHT. Reimagining the Bible artistically!”
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April 29, 2022
“Our family welcomes @LianaFinck of LET THERE BE LIGHT. Reimagining Genesis. God is a woman–and listen to the artist speak of her own mother’s creative spark:”
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May 1, 2022
“Our Open Book opens the classic ADVISE AND CONSENT to read of a White House Correspondents dinner:”
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May 2, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens ADVISE AND CONSENT: We’ll try to give a little historical setting for hearing drama:”
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May 3, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens ADVISE AND CONSENT: We’ll try to give a little historical setting for hearing drama. And it dramatic! (not just my character accents)”
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May 4, 2022
“Vintage political drama, reread, resonant. We reopen ADVISE AND CONSENT on our Open Book to read next part of dramatic hearing scene. Who’s being more truthful–nominee or accuser?”
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May 4, 2022
“We’ll Open Book ADVISE AND CONSENT again and read to a dramatic payoff, and a theme of the times.”
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May 5, 2022
“We’ll Open Book ADVISE AND CONSENT again and read to a dramatic payoff, and a theme of those times: distrust, demagogues, deceit. Different, huh? And a nice reflection on Capitol tourists:”
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May 5, 2022
“Our fam welcomes @MHuneven of SEARCH, a novel of competing ambitions–on a church search committee. Questions?”
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May 6, 2022
“Our fam welcomes @MHuneven of SEARCH, a novel of competing ambitions–on a church search committee. The novelist had to write so many sermons in different voices, and found it made her reflect:”
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May 7, 2022
“An Encore Open Book tonight as I recover from some kind of cold or something. Our family Open Book with
@lairdhunt on his remarkable and eloquent ZORRIE:”
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May 8, 2022
“Our family Open Book takes rare step of opening one of mine: UNFORGETTABLE on Mother’s Day. Join us!”
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May 9, 2022
“Our family Open Book takes rare step of opening one of mine: UNFORGETTABLE on Mother’s Day, including the most worthwhile paragraph I may ever write. And some funny stuff, including a toilet in the living room. There’s a story…”
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May 9, 2022
“Our Open Book will open George Plimpton’s collection of Classic and Semi-Classic Sports Quotes. News you can use!”
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May 10, 2022
“Our Open Book will open George Plimpton’s collection of Classic and Semi-Classic Sports Quotes. Where else can you hear Casey Stengel, Satchel Paige, and Albert Camus together?”
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May 10, 2022
“An encore tonight as our apartment endures…slight repairs. With playoffs in bloom, Our family with @jon_wertheim on his GLORY DAYS. Summer of 84: MJ, Prince, Magic,Bird, and Bruce!”
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May 11, 2022
“Our family welcomes @Bud_Smith to talk TEENAGER, and his writing life in heavy construction. Join us!”
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May 12, 2022
“Our family welcomes @Bud_Smith to talk TEENAGER, and his writing life in heavy construction. He has the most wonderful story, too, about turning high school assignments into a writing life!”
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May 12, 2022
“Hey Open Bookers, a new installment of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. See how you like the “omniscient voice”:”
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May 14, 2022
“An encore: Caroline presides as our family Open Book welcomes @MegWClayton to speak of THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS-“
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May 16, 2022
“We open Julie Andrew’s memoir, HOME: from a young girl during the Blitz, to starring at 19. But not overnight fame-“
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May 17, 2022
“We open Julie Andrew’s memoir, HOME: from a young girl during the Blitz, to starring as Eliza Doolittle at 19, and developing pluck with each step.”
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May 17, 2022
“We’ll reopen a new chapter of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES on Open Book. We learn some history of Roni’s real star:”
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May 18, 2022
“We’ll reopen a new chapter of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES on Open Book. We learn some history of Roni’s family and the true baseball star he grew up knowing:”
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May 19, 2022
“OK, we share brand new section of WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES on a memorial at home plate. You’ll hear the story of Peaches Hernandez:”
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May 19, 2022
“An encore tonight, while we appear at an event for @wamu885 Our family gets together w/ the great @PaulTheroux_ (UNDER THE WAVE AT WAIMEA) to talk writing & waves:”
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May 21, 2022
“We celebrate Roger Angell with his own fine words, on what’s called The Greatest Game in History. 75 World Series-“
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May 22, 2022
“We celebrate Roger Angell with his own fine words, on We celebrate Roger Angell RIP in his own great words on Greatest Game in History. 75 World Series, @RedSox @Reds Carlton Fisk waving his ball fair A wonderful meditation on joy, faith and life:”
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May 22, 2022
“Our family w/ @candice_millard RIVER OF THE GODS on those who searched for the source of the Nile and beetles in ear”
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May 23, 2022
“Our family w/ @candice_millard RIVER OF THE GODS on those who searched for the source of the Nile and beetles in ears, and the irreplaceable experience of going somewhere for research, not just searching the web:”
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May 23, 2022
“We speak with @Danchaon about his wonderful new novel, SLEEPWALK, which is no snooze!”
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May 24, 2022
“We speak with @Danchaon about his wonderful new novel, SLEEPWALK, which is no snooze! He is lyrical speaking about his 7th grade pen-pal friendship with Ray Bradbury, and the creation of compelling novels:”
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May 24, 2022
“We speak with @Danchaon about his wonderful new novel, SLEEPWALK, which is no snooze! He is lyrical speaking about his 7th grade pen-pal friendship with Ray Bradbury, and the creation of compelling novels:”
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May 24, 2022
“On a sad night, our fam w/@richcohen2003’s book about his gifted, colorful father Herbie Cohen & negotiations:”
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May 25, 2022
“Our Open Book opens Alan Bennett’s essay on (his title) THE TREACHERY OF BOOKS. Why he isn’t a farmer.”
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May 26, 2022
“Our Open Book opens Alan Bennett’s essay on (his title) THE TREACHERY OF BOOKS. A touching and wonderful “origin story” for a great figure in literature. Funny, too.”
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May 26, 2022
“On our Open Book: totally new scene. Leona passes out a survey in the clubhouse. What would you do?”
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May 28, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens Bel Kaufman’s classic UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, about a new NYC teacher, told in memos:”
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May 29, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens Bel Kaufman’s classic UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, a story about a new NYC teacher, told in memos (today, it would be emails). Challenges, joys–up the down staircase (but in 1964, no security concerns like now):”
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May 29, 2022
“Our family Open Book welcomes Hernan Diaz to talk TRUST, his novel of high-finance and often low aims.”
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May 30, 2022
“Our family Open Book welcomes Hernan Diaz to speak so eloquently about TRUST, his novel of high-finance and often low aims, and his road through a few languages to write. Fascinating artist (and sorry for early aud/vid problems):”
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May 30, 2022
“An Open Book encore: our fam together this Memorial weekend w/ @DJamesBrown (FACING THE MOUNTAIN) heroism of Japanese American soldiers:”
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June 1, 2022
“An encore tonight on our family Open Book while on assignment in Chicago. Caroline’s dream novels and her discoveries of Jay McInerney (BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY; BRIGHTNESS FALLS:”
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June 2, 2022
“Our Open Book opens an old complaint letter from the late great Dalton Trumbo’s collection.Too funny to send?”
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June 3, 2022
“Our Open Book opens an old complaint letter to a hotel from the letters of the late, great, screenwriter (blacklisted) and novelist Dalton Trumbo. Too funny to send?”
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June 4, 2022
“Our Open Book family with Tom Moore to talk about GREASE: TELL ME MORE, history of a musical. Questions?”
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June 5, 2022
“Our Open Book family with Tom Moore to talk about GREASE: TELL ME MORE, history of a looooong running musical that began in a north side Chicago industrial building. Lyrical talking about the family of theater:”
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June 5, 2022
“An encore tonight while we’re on (other) family business: Caroline’s Open Book: dream novels and her discoveries of Jay McInerney (BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY; BRIGHTNESS FALLS:”
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June 6, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens ADDITIONAL DIALOG, Dalton Trumbo’s letters–from prison. Not what you’d expect, but….”
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June 7, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens @LibraryAmerica Cornelius Ryan’s THE LONGEST DAY, and his “untold stories”:”
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June 8, 2022
“Our fam welcomes @dgelles to speak of his new book on Jack Welch and new values. A fine writer and book.”
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June 9, 2022
“On a night of important hearings, our Open Book Opens Allen Drury’s (Advise & Consent) A SENATE JOURNAL:”
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June 10, 2022
“On a night of important hearings, our Open Book Opens Allen Drury’s (Advise & Consent) A SENATE JOURNAL–FDR, HST, D-Day, and a great loss, told vividly from the senate gallery:”
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June 11, 2022
“A fitting encore tonight as our family travels. Maggie Shipstead on her great GREAT CIRCLE, a novel that spans the globe and imagination!”
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June 13, 2022
“An encore as we travel. Our fam with @ajjacobs to talk about writing and putting experiments into our lives:”
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June 14, 2022
“Open Book encore. Whilst on the Hem trail in Madrid (well, kind of) we’ll read from his A MOVEABLE FEAST (Paris, of course) then welcome Bill Buford to talk of his adventures in the nuts, bolts, and sauces of cooking: DIRT:”
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June 22, 2022
“An encore from France: Our family Open Book opens into the world of @asherperlman, cartoonist & comedy writer and vice versa.”
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June 25, 2022
“An encore while our family is away. Who better to talk to than @jodipicoult about her book WISH YOU WERE HERE!”
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June 26, 2022
“A encore tonight as we celebrate the birthday of dear friend Robert Siegel. Our fam welcomes @carlbernstein (Chasing History: A Kid In The Newsroom) to talk scoops and lit, and the stories of lifetimes:”
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June 29, 2022
“An encore (how fitting a word!) from France tonight. Our family gets together with Elizabeth George, who has a new bestseller: SOMETHING TO HIDE. But not from us!”
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July 6, 2022
“Our Open Book shares @MJGerson’s beautiful words on dogs, then Nadine Gordimer on how an isolate childhood led to..”
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July 7, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens Mark Seals LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANNOLI, to celebrate James Caan.”
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July 9, 2022
“On our Open Book we’ll (re)Open Hem’s A MOVEABLE FEAST for a walk along the Seine…”
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July 10, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens JK Galbraith’s historic and with AMBASSADOR’S JOURNAL—for a cat story…”
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July 13, 2022
“We begin THE THIN MAN on our family Open Book, featuring a(nother) famed literary dog. Join us!”
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July 16, 2022
“An encore tonight as we welcome back our production crew (and family). Our fam w/ Andrew Chaikin (A MAN ON THE MOON) gorgeous @FolioSociety edition. Can we appreciate the intrepidness?”
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July 17, 2022
“An encore tonight from our family. By popular demand: we’ll read more EB White, on Sundays & radio. Classic writers can be restlessly imaginative-“
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July 18, 2022
“Our family Open Book will reopen Hammett’s THE THIN MAN. Think Nick will be dragged into the case?”
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July 19, 2022
“Our family will reopen Hammett’s THE THIN MAN. Nick and Nora have a tense night out with…a suspect?”
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July 20, 2022
“We’ll read more from Hammett’s THE THIN MAN. How he tells a story with crisp dialogue! Feel instructed and envious:”
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July 21, 2022
“Our Open Book on a night of hearings will read an Alistair Cook LETTER FROM AMERICA during Watergate. It’s own form:”
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July 23, 2022
“Any grammar questions? @EllenJovin REBEL WITH A CLAUSE joins our Open Book. Join us please!”
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July 25, 2022
“Our family welcomes @LucyKaplansky to talk about the art of songwriting and THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER. Join us!”
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July 26, 2022
“Our family reads from beautiful @foliosociety Paris After the Liberation, Beevor & Cooper. First site was…”
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July 27, 2022
“We’ll read more from Beevor & Cooper @foliosociety Paris After the Liberation.”
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July 31, 2022
“We’ll read about international appeal of baseball (you, uh, know the author) and a bit about a 99 year old tea sage.”
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Aug 1, 2022
“Our Open Book opens Graham Greene’s THE HUMAN FACTOR, a personal favorite. Hear how he winds us in from the first…”
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Aug 2, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens Greene’s THE HUMAN FACTOR. A piercing dialog; then a baited hook taken. Join us!”
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Aug 3, 2022
“We’ll reopen Greene’s THE HUMAN FACTOR as a mystery begins to ring in the middle of the night.”
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Aug 4, 2022
“We’ll reopen Greene’s THE HUMAN FACTOR as a mystery begins to ring in the middle of the night.”
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Aug 5, 2022
“Another piercing reading from Greene’s The Human Factor. Maurice hunkers down MI6 comes round. And an unexpected visitor who is not sentimental about dogs (I’ll leave it at that)…”
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Aug 7, 2022
“Our Open Book brings Greene’s The Human Factor full circle. Maurice slips away, but…well…is it every so easy?”
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Aug 7, 2022
“True treat on our family Open Book. We share the opening of Greene’s Travels with my Aunt. Tender and funny.”
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Aug 8, 2022
“True treat on our family Open Book. We share the opening of Greene’s Travels with my Aunt. Tender and funny. Judge for yourself if my Dame Maggie Smith impersonation measures up…”
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Aug 9, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens David McCullough on John Adams: a revolutionary trio in Paris, then Adams to London, GeorgeIII”
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Aug 10, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens David McCullough on John Adams: a revolutionary trio in Paris, then Adams to London, and a meeting with George III that is essence of diplomacy:”
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Aug 11, 2022
“In the light of August, our Open Book will reopen the first, gorgeous pages of Hem’s A FAREWELL TO ARMS.”
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Aug 15, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Christopher Hitchens’ essay on self-improvement—still hilarious, and now a touch sad…”
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Aug 16, 2022
“Let’s remind ourselves of the artistry of Salman Rushdie by reading the open of MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN on our Open Book”
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Aug 17, 2022
“An encore Open Book as our family returns, with @lizziejohnsonnn to talk wildfires and her fine book PARADISE:”
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Aug 18, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens A TALE OF TWO CITIES (school assignment) by a promising writer named Dickens. Join us!”
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Aug 19, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens A TALE OF TWO CITIES (school assignment for our 15 year-old) by a promising writer named Dickens. You don’t have to be 15 to join us!”
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Aug 20, 2022
“Our family Open Book with a discard shelf find: THE EMPTY SPACE, by Peter Brook—on audiences. Join us!”
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Aug 21, 2022
“Our family welcomes Marianne Wiggins to talk of PROPERTIES OF THIRST, recovery from setbacks, and her amazing life.”
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Aug 22, 2022
“Our family welcomes Marianne Wiggins to talk of PROPERTIES OF THIRST, recovery from setbacks, and her amazing life. A marvel of a novel–and a masterpiece of a story on how she and her daughter strived together. Funny, touching, moving:”
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Aug 22, 2022
“With so much local journalism vanishing, will there be new Jimmy Breslins? We’ll read from him on our Open Book.”
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Aug 23, 2022
“Read a line by Calvin Trillin–and recognized myself. Ouch! We’ll read a few more, mostly food musings…”
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Aug 24, 2022
“An encore tonight, to make us smile, feel, and think. Our family and playwright Sarah Ruhl and her superb memoir SMILE, about Bell’s Palsy and life:”
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Aug 26, 2022
“To laugh again, our family reopens Calvin Trillin on Open Book to share his sharp-eyed KC view of NYC. Smart, funny:”
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Aug 28, 2022
“Our family welcomes our witty and insightful friend @BobbyRiversTV to talk about what to watch—or not!”
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Aug 29, 2022
“There is no one as knowledgeable, entertaining, and witty to talk about popular entertainment than @BobbyRiversTV
Sooo glad he made time for us, to speak of so much, from Zelensky (Servant of the People) to Marilyn:”
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Aug 29, 2022
“Our family Open Book with @WanderingGaia on her book NOMAD CENTURY, who says humanity has to start moving-“
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Aug 30, 2022
“Our Open Book will read from Dan Schorr’s STAYING TUNED on Gorbachev and Khrushchev stories. Join us!”
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Aug 31, 2022
“On what would have been my mother’s %&th birthday (her joke) all read from my UNFORGETTABLE on her and art-“
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Sept 1, 2022
“Brief Open Book to read from @FoxQuarterly beautiful new edition of Graham Greene’s A SORT OF LIFE memoir. His preface so true, and recollections of his newspaper life so telling for life to come in novels:”
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Sept 4, 2022
“Our family Open Book for Labor Day, with readings from Barbara Ehrenreich, Studs Terkel, an d an unfinished essay:”
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Sept 5, 2022
“Our family Open Book for Labor Day, with readings from Barbara Ehrenreich, Studs Terkel on Alice Washington, who works in a shoe factory, and an unfinished essay:”
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Sept 7, 2022
“On this day of a new UK PM, we read from Sir Harold Nicholson’s Wartime Diary. Churchill as new PM, not at his best.”
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Sept 8, 2022
“We open our Open Book, alas, with memories of our friend, Annie Garrels. And then, on this day of a new UK PM, we read from Sir Harold Nicholson’s Wartime Diary. Churchill as new PM, not at his best, and life under air raids:”
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Sept 8, 2022
“An encore on a back-to-school night. Our family on welcomes Andrew Motion on @FolioSociety Book of War Poetry. Moving, haunting…”
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Sept 10, 2022
“On our Open Book, we read from Annie Garrel’s NAKED IN BAGHDAD. We mourn. And laugh with her.”
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Sept 11, 2022
“On our Open Book, we read from Annie Garrel’s NAKED IN BAGHDAD. We mourn. And laugh with her.”
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Sept 12, 2022
“We open Sir Harold Nicholson’s wartime diary to the bombing of Buckingham Palace, Blitz life, fear and pride, all so beautifully captured. And some remarks on 9-11…:”
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Sept 12, 2022
“Our family welcomes @DannyDeraney to talk about the utterly charming animal videos he posts here. And Hollywood.”
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Sept 13, 2022
“Our family welcomes @DannyDeraney to talk about the utterly charming animal videos he posts here. And Hollywood.”
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Sept 14, 2022
“On our family Open Book—debut novelist @virginiahartmn with THE MARSHA QUEEN:”
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Sept 15, 2022
“On our family Open Book—debut novelist @virginiahartmn with THE MARSHA QUEEN: marsh, swamp, feathers, loss, recovery, all beautifully told:”
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Sept 16, 2022
“I’ll tell the story of Agee’s A DEATH IN THE FAMILY and read from the gorgeous open Knoxville: Summer. 1915.”
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Sept 16, 2022
“Raw! Unedited! With Jacques Pepin as he makes an omelette! Promo for our @WeekendEdition profile!”
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Sept 17, 2022
“Raw! Unedited! With Jacques Pepin as he makes an omelette! Promo for our @WeekendEdition profile!”
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Sept 18, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book opens Capote’s MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS. Surprise in short sips of stories. Beautiful. Tru(e)?”
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Sept 19, 2022
“Our family’s Open Book opens Capote’s MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS. Surprise in short sips of stories. Beautiful. Haunting. Tru(e)? We’ll read, you decide!”
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Sept 19, 2022
“Our family welcomes @Leavittnovelist (Cruel Beautiful World) to play her, “Would you rather…” game. Fun! Thrills!”
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Sept 20, 2022
“Our family welcomes @Leavittnovelist (Cruel Beautiful World) to play her, “Would you rather…” game. Fun! Thrills! Impossible choices!”
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Sept 20, 2022
“We read from Truman Capote’s memory of Marilyn Monroe, A Beautiful Child, w/ mentions of Elizabeths—Taylor and HRH:”
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Sept 20, 2022
“We’ll read from Robert Creamer’s masterful BABE (as Aaron Judge ties his record), including a classic hospital story”
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Sept 24, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens an essay on books in Saudi Arabia from the great Hilary Mantel. A risky relationship…”
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Sept 25, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens an essay on books in Saudi Arabia from the great Hilary Mantel. A risky relationship with words, written just after Salman Rushdie’s sentence (you’ll also hear some teen giggles behind us–unrelated but delightful):”
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Sept 26, 2022
“For the holiday, our Open Book reopens Mordecai Richler’s St. Urbain’s Horseman, to read of a journey cut short: “
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Sept 27, 2022
“We reopen PJ O’ Rourke’s OMNIBUS to read the only piece I almost understand, and really enjoy, on fly-fishing!”
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Sept 28, 2022
“Our Open Book reads George Plimpton’s many-eyed retelling of Henry Aaron’s 715th HR! (Not easy besting Ruth):”
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Sept 29, 2022
“Our Open Book reads George Plimpton’s many-eyed retelling of Henry Aaron’s 715th HR! (Not easy besting Ruth). If you were announcing Judge’s next, what would you say, for example?”
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Oct 1, 2022
“Our family with @bonnietsui (AMERICAN CHINATOWNS) on her superb article on Chinatowns in these times:”
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Oct 2, 2022
“Our family Open Book reads part I of Truman Capote’s. Crime depicted with art and even taste, if I may put it so… “
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Oct 3, 2022
“Our family Open Book: part II of Truman Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Haunting, artful. Heart-tugging”
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Oct 9, 2022
“A special Open Book with our dear friends @JuleMcCarthy and @JackieLyden —to talk lit, life, and square dancing!”
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Oct 10, 2022
“A short Open Book tonight as we read from Marie Sandoz’s Cheyenne Autumn. Heart-piercing, and enraging.”
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Oct 15, 2022
“Our family Open Book: pt 1 of 2 of fave political films (fiction) for a movie night. We’ll even try to do clips!”
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Oct 16, 2022
“We do part II of our Best Political films (fiction) including clips from our ace crew! See if you agree with us!”
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Oct 17, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Hear how it builds…”
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Oct 18, 2022
“Our family Open Book: congrats to a friend, farewell to an old colleague, then we reopen Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Hear how it builds…”
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Oct 20, 2022
“Our Open Book shared with @CPLFoundation Sandburg Awards ceremonies, honoring our friend @Rick_Bayless, Sherman “Dilla” Thomas (@6figga_dilla), and my interview with the great Tony Kushner:”
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Oct 22, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Could all the murders be about the water?”
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Oct 23, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Could all the murders be about the water?”
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Oct 24, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Truman and Jake go to see A Person of Concern…”
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Oct 25, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Truman and Jake go to see A Person of Concern…”
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Oct 26, 2022
“Our Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins: the chess game gets serious indeed.”
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Oct 27, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. The writer gets tragic news from out west…”
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Oct 28, 2022
“We reopen Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. The case against Quinn simmers, but doesn’t boil. Until…”
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Oct 29, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Capote’s Handcarved Coffins. Last installment: Truman meets up w/Quinn.”
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Oct 30, 2022
“Just before elex, our family Open Book opens Robert Penn Warren’s classic ALL THE KING’S MEN. Great speech, but…”
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Oct 31, 2022
“Just before elex, our family Open Book opens Robert Penn Warren’s classic ALL THE KING’S MEN. Great speech, but can we tell where Willie Stark is headed?”
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Oct 31, 2022
“We reopen Robert Penn Warren’s ALL THE KING’S MEN to savor Willie Stark’s oration on good & evil. Chilling.”
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Nov 1, 2022
“Our fam welcomes Jason Gay on pub day of I WOULDN’T DO THAT IF I WERE ME to talk fishing, friends, cats, texts etc.”
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Nov 2, 2022
“Our fam welcomes @jasongay on pub day of I WOULDN’T DO THAT IF I WERE ME to talk fishing, friends, cats, texts, life, loss, leaning back on airplanes, and living with all the junkballs life can throw. Charming and funny!”
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Nov 3, 2022
“Our fam welcomes our friend @ScottTurow to talk SUSPECT, thrillers, bestsellers, and writing on trains. Join us!”
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Nov 5, 2022
“Right before the World Series Game 6, we open some Red Smith like fine wine: spitballs, Casey, and more:”
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Nov 6, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens Charles Portis’ TRUE GRIT. Formidable Mattie meets the redoubtable Rooster Cogburn.”
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Nov 7, 2022
“An encore tonight, election-eve, which reminds me of beloved old colleague. Our family with our friend Steven V. Roberts to speak our friend COKIE: A LIFE WELL LIVED.”
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Nov 8, 2022
“Our family Open Book speak with @danijshapiro about her haunting novel SIGNAL FIRES. Join us!”
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Nov 9, 2022
“Election night diversion. Our family Open Book speak with @danijshapiro about her haunting novel SIGNAL FIRES.”
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Nov 9, 2022
“Our family Open Book reads about Adlai Stevenson’s still winning concession, and IL farewell.”
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Nov 10, 2022
“Our family Open Book reads about Adlai Stevenson’s still winning concession (I get a little weepy–what a surprise) And a few words on a possible return of civility? In politics?”
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Nov 10, 2022
“Our family reopens Charles Portis’ TRUE GRIT. Mattie Ross confronts her father’s killer. But where is Rooster?”
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Nov 11, 2022
“Our family reopens Charles Portis’ TRUE GRIT. Mattie Ross confronts her father’s killer. But where is Rooster Cogburn? “Is that what they call grit in Ft. Smith?”
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Nov 12, 2022
“Our family open book reopens TRUE GRIT: how could Rooster & LaBeouf run out on Mattie? Or…?”
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Nov 13, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens the end of TRUE GRIT. Mattie Ross is at the bottom of a hole–with spiders, snakes, and..”
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Nov 14, 2022
“Our fam welcomes Douglas Bauer to talk THE BECKONING WORLD: life, loss, Ruth & Gerhig, and Iowa Iowa!”
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Nov 15, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens @clementswriting bio of the incomparable Jan Morris, climbing Everest. Intrepid writing!”
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Nov 16, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens @clementswriting bio of the incomparable Jan Morris, climbing Everest. Intrepid writing–by the biographer and biographed! How do you file a dispatch from Everest anyway?”
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Nov 16, 2022
“Our Open Book opens @clementswriting bio of Jan Morris, climbing Everest. How did she report the story in time?”
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Nov 17, 2022
“Our family Open Book will read from @MJGerson‘s own eloquent words. Blessings and thanks.”
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Nov 20, 2022
“We speak with our friend @felixmehmel (Benjamin Taylor, The Search) on Proust, 100 years after his passing:”
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Nov 21, 2022
“We speak with our friend @felixmehmel (Benjamin Taylor, The Search) on Proust, 100 years after his passing (Proust, that is; Ben, bless him, still with us):”
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Nov 21, 2022
“Join our family with @austintichenor on playing Scrooge at @GoodmanTheatre! In the tradition of Barrymore!?!”
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Nov 22, 2022
“On this sad day in history, we’ll read from JFK’s PROFILES IN COURAGE (a preface he probably did write!):”
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Nov 23, 2022
“On this sad day in history, we’ll read from JFK’s PROFILES IN COURAGE (a preface he probably did write!):”
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Nov 23, 2022
“Our family Open Book with @MegHowrey THEY’RE GOING TO LOVE YOU. What’s the road from ballet to novels?”
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Nov 25, 2022
“Our family with an unexpected season greeting: some charming, even funny entries from the brilliant Anne Frank.”
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Nov 26, 2022
“Encore tonight on this week of travel. Our family Open Book with @lizziejohnsonnn to talk wildfires and her fine book PARADISE:”
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Nov 26, 2022
“An encore Open Book as we travel. Our fam welcomes Douglas Bauer to talk THE BECKONING WORLD: life, loss, Ruth & Gerhig, and Iowa Iowa!”
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Nov 27, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens w/ poet and columnist @KathaPollitt to talk writing in so many different forms.”
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Nov 29, 2022
“Encore, encore, while tonight we’re in Madrid. Our friend @quinncy with her book of MODEST BLESSINGS in a bursting holiday season. What would yours be?”
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Nov 30, 2022
“Encore while we’re away. Our family gets together with Elizabeth George, who has a new bestseller: SOMETHING TO HIDE. But not from us!”
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Dec 1, 2022
“Our encore family Open Book welcomes @asherperlman who drew great Chicago Dog cartoon for @NewYorker Hard to be funny professionally?”
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Dec 2, 2022
“Our family’s encore Open Book happily welcomes @jasongay sports & humor scribe for @WSJ to talk sports, humor, and his (previous) book.”
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Dec 2, 2022
“An encore: STELLA! Our family welcomes @parabasis to talk The Method. Questions craved! What’s my motivation?”
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Dec 3, 2022
“Any grammar questions? Well, it’s an encore, so none possible tonight. @EllenJovin REBEL WITH A CLAUSE joins our Open Book. Polish your gerunds!”
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Dec 5, 2022
“Back from Spain, we’ll read from Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia. Author volunteers for a mission—and no editor around:”
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Dec 6, 2022
“Back from Spain, we’ll read from Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia. Author volunteers for a mission—raw, muddy, searing, and wry, all at once. A masterful writer and good soul at work:”
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Dec 6, 2022
“Our fam Open Book w/@TimBella on his Barkley: A Biography, a look at an utterly singular athlete and human being:”
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Dec 7, 2022
“Our fam Open Book w/@TimBella on his Barkley: A Biography, a look at an utterly singular athlete and human being:”
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Dec 8, 2022
“Our family opens The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me to read about making movies with Sir Larry and Marilyn.”
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Dec 10, 2022
“A thrill to interview @PeggySueShannon on her great Churches of Paris. Join us for a wonderful occasion!”
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Dec 11, 2022
“A thrill to interview @PeggySueShannon on her great Churches of Paris. Faith, art, great photos, and a great spirit!”
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Dec 11, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens IS PARIS BURNING? To salute the work and Life of Dominique Lapierre:”
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Dec 13, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Dominique Lapierre’s IS PARIS BURNING? De Gaulle takes a stroll in his newly-liberated city. Then…”
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Dec 14, 2022
“Our family open book reopened FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT, to salute Dominique Lapierre—and Gandhi’s courage:”
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Dec 14, 2022
“Our fam with Kevin Powell to speak of his wonderful book of poems, GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER. Join us!”
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Dec 15, 2022
“Our Open Book opens Gay Talese on Joe DiMaggio: two greats, who collide with respect.”
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Dec 17, 2022
“Our Open Book opens to the great Martha Gellhorn on Barcelona in the cold winter of war. May remind you of Ukraine:”
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Dec 18, 2022
“Our Open Book opens to the great Martha Gellhorn on Barcelona in the cold winter of war. A great eye, heart, and writer on a huge story. If it reminds you of this winter in Ukraine–well it might:”
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Dec 18, 2022
“Our family Open Book reopens Martha Gellhorn, Spanish Civil War, 3rd winter, from a hospital to opera.”
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Dec 18, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens with World Cup recap, then reopens Martha Gellhorn, Spanish Civil War, 3rd winter, from a hospital to opera. Happy Hanukkah, too!”
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Dec 19, 2022
“Our family welcomes @PamJenoff to talk about CODE NAME SAPPHIRE & vitality of history.”
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Dec 20, 2022
“Our family welcomes @PamJenoff to talk about CODE NAME SAPPHIRE & vitality of history. So lyrical, interesting, and funny talking about the “gasp” that makes a novel, and her dedication to treating stories with respect:”
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Dec 20, 2022
“Encore! Encore! While we see an important show tonight. Our family’s Open Book w/@kalins (Kitchen Whisperers) about foods, friends, moments we cherish.”
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Dec 21, 2022
“Our fam w/@LizGoesOn to speak of her Sondheim CD, and their relationship, and their gifts:”
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Dec 22, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens ONE CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON. FDR and Churchill form an alliance. Telling history:”
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Dec 24, 2022
“Our family opens Oursler’s THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD on Christmas Eve. Join us!”
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Dec 25, 2022
“Our family opens an O’ Henry classic on our Open Book. Can you guess which one? What’s the turn in the story?”
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Dec 26, 2022
“Our family opens Oursler’s THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD on Christmas Eve. Join us!”
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Dec 26, 2022
“In Ukraine’s hard winter, I’ll read from my Sarajevo novel, Pretty Birds.”
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Dec 27, 2022
“I’ll read from my novel PRETTY BIRDS with thoughts of Ukraine in winter. And, our special director returns…”
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Dec 28, 2022
“Our friend, film writer (& poet! @shawnlevy (A Year in the Life of Death) on great New Year’s Eve films: The Apartment, Boogie Nights, Godfather II, cruise ships hitting icebergs, etc.:”
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Dec 29, 2022
“Our family welcomes @BobbyRiversTV to talk of a great New Year’s film, Billy Wilder’s THE APARTMENT.”
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Dec 30, 2022
“Our family Open Book opens @MarkPSeal’s Godfather book, for a seasonal “shooting” on-set. Great film history! Shows how consternation can still wind up in producing some alchemy that leads to art:”
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Dec 30, 2022
“Our family Open Book read two short bursts from David Mamet: a thank you note to artists, and for his family:”
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Dec 31, 2022
“Our family with @kalins (KITCHEN WHISPERERS) on how we got from frozen fish sticks to artisanal kale, and friends, life lessons, experiences to hold close:”
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Dec 31, 2022
“Our family’s New Years Open Book. We read Pt I of THE NECKLACE, by de Maupassant. Classic? Yes. But sooo lively!”
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Jan 1, 2023
“We’ll read Pt II Guy de Maupassant’s THE NECKLACE on our Open Book. Any guess where she left it?”
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Jan 2, 2023
“Our fam at the movie tonight (hint: an underwater world), so we run a recent encore of our friend @BobbyRiversTV to talk of Billy Wilder’s great film, THE APARTMENT (was not adequately RT’d before). Bobby’s insights are phenomenal:”
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Jan 4, 2023
“Our family welcomes @elissawashuta on our Open Book to talk about her sharp, beautiful article, Drinking Story.”
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Jan 5, 2023
“Our family Open Book opens PJ O’ Rourke’s 1991’s The Mystery of Government. Recent events caused us to recall, laugh”
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Jan 7, 2023
“Our fam welcomes @NeilSteinberg for EVERY GODDAMN DAY At last! A truly useful daily diary! All Chicago!”
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Jan 8, 2023
“Our Open Book reads Martha Gellhorn’s stunning dispatch of D-Day’s first hospital ship. Heroic nurses. Like now.”
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Jan 9, 2023
“Our family welcomes Patty Sullivan to talk of her memoir of her wry, wise friend of animals Betty White.”
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Jan 10, 2023
“Our family Open Book remembers the great Charles Simic in the best way: his own words.”
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Jan 11, 2023
“Our family open book welcomes @dtmax to talk FINALE, last conversations with La Sondheim.”
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Jan 13, 2023
“We’ll read pt. II of Martha Gellhorn’s amazing dispatch from a hospital ship in Normandy. Heroic nurses and sailors:”
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Jan 14, 2023
“Encore tonight. Our fam welcomes @carlbernstein (Chasing History: A Kid In The Newsroom) to talk scoops and lit.”
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Jan 15, 2023
“Our family Open Bowl returns with Caroline, Elise, and Crispy Tofu on a winter’s night. Daisy also has contribution:”
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Jan 16, 2023
“On Dr. King’s birthday, we’ll read from his eloquent and stirring Letter from a Birmingham Jail:”
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Jan 17, 2023
“Our family Open Book reads Martha Gellhorn’s tough, stunning dispatch on people in Cologne. WWII. What Nazis?”
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Jan 18, 2023
“An encore tonight as we’re at a school function. Our family Open Book with @ShawnLevy with his book of poems about people in a year of loss—2016:”
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Jan 19, 2023
“An encore tonight during some computer isseues. Our family Open Book opens to life & new work by @riva_lehrer
(GOLEM GIRL). Well worth revisiting!”
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Jan 21, 2023
“We speak with our friend @NeilSteinberg on his vital collection OUT OF THE WRECK I RISE. A companion to recovery:”
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Jan 22, 2023
“An encore tonight while on family business. And speaking of family, we send our love to @AndreaEMitchel3 on her loss. Our family welcomes @Leavittnovelist (Cruel Beautiful World) to play her, “Would you rather…” game. Fun! Thrills! Impossible choices!”
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Jan 23, 2023
“In the week of Holocaust Remembrance, we open Martha Gellhorn’s stunning dispatch from Dachau. What the week’s about”
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Jan 24, 2023
“Our family Open Book will read a smattering of Royko columns: for laughs and lessons on the art of column-ing.”
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Jan 25, 2023
“Our family Open Book welcomes Joel Thurm: SEX, DRUGS, & PILOT SEASON. Thank a casting director for
@DavidHasselhoff”
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Jan 26, 2023
“Elvis—more than ever now. We read from Peter Guralnick’s great LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS as he was just getting noticed:”
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Jan 28, 2023
“Open Book: Colette’s 150th birthday and we read from Porter’s SHIP OF FOOLS for a week of memoriam.”
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Jan 29, 2023
“Encore Open book tonight while on family biz. A football day, I know, so family friend @JPosnanski continues speaking about his terrific THE BASEBALL 100. Rose, Gibson, Mantle & more. And the man sure knows how to dress!”
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Jan 30, 2023
“Our family Open Book opens Famous Anecdotes, rediscovered. From Lincoln to Groucho to 42! Suggestions?”
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Jan 31, 2023
“Our family reopens Clifton Fadiman’s 1985 Book of Anecdotes: Churchill, Dorothy Parker, Harpo, and more. Oh my!”
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Feb 1, 2023
“Our family Open Book w/ @JohnGHendy to speak of his beautiful book LIFE ON DELAY. Flourishing w/ a stutter.”
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Feb 3, 2023
“Our Open Book reads newly-discovered Charles Portis (TRUE GRIT) 1966 dispatch on Grand Ole Opry scene. How-dee!”
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Feb 4, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book opens Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry. Tough and beautiful. So worth hearing.”
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Feb 5, 2023
“Our fam welcomes the return of Joel Thurm to talk Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director.”
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Feb 6, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reads from @parisreview interview w/ Nobelist Herta Muller—sorry about the interruption!”
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Feb 7, 2023
“Our Open Book opens Baldwin’s Tell Me How Long…a later work. Stunning opening on fear and love.”
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Feb 8, 2023
“Our family Open Book opens Ralph Ellison’s INVISIBLE MAN. Haunting and shattering:”
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Feb 9, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book opens Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry. Tough and beautiful. So worth hearing.”
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Feb 11, 2023
“Our fam welcomes the return of Joel Thurm to talk Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director. Funny, charming, and yes, even wise!”
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Feb 11, 2023
“Our Open Book opens Isherwood’s Berlin Stories, especially–Miss Sally Bowles! Pt 1.”
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Feb 13, 2023
“Our family’s Open Book: more from Isherwood’s Berlin Stories on Sally Bowles. Anything else going on?”
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Feb 14, 2023
“Our Open Book reopens Isherwood’s Berlin stories to read more of Sally Bowles. And a musical interlude!”
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Feb 14, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book w/@patrickbringley of All The Beauty In The World, his memoir of guarding The Met.”
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Feb 15, 2023
“Pt II! Sorry about the interruption. @pstrickbringley on ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD.”
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Feb 15, 2023
“Very short Open Book tonight as I have an interview. But we reread a Neruda poem as his death gets new interest…”
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Feb 20, 2023
“Our Open Book opens Sandburg’s Lincoln: The Prairie Years. Abe the animal and book lover.”
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Feb 22, 2023
“Our family Open Book welcomes @jacjemc to talk about EMPTY THEATER, her novel of bygone royals.”
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Feb 26, 2023
“Our fans Open Book will read from Langston Hughes 1928 The Weary Blues. Haunting and lyrical.”
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Feb 27, 2023
“Our family welcomes Lance Morrow to speak of his news biz memoir THE NOISE OF TYPEWRITERS.”
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Feb 28, 2023
“Our family welcomes Lance Morrow to speak of his news biz memoir THE NOISE OF TYPEWRITERS. Saleh! (he’ll explain) and the Greatest Part Scene Kind of Ever in 1998.”
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Feb 28, 2023
“To mark a beloved’s birthday tonight, we’ll read from A MOVEABLE FEAST in Paris. Hem, Stein, writing.”
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Mar 1, 2023
“We’ll read some EB White on our fam’s Open Book. On Stevenson, space, the moon, and stars.”
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Mar 2, 2023
“Our family Open Book reopens Hem’s A MOVEABLE FEAST to read about a Paris stroll…”
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Mar 4, 2023
“Our fam welcomes @rowanjacobsen on THE ESSENTIAL OYSTER: finding, slurping, writing about. Join us!”
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Mar 5, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book opens a 1982 @parisreview interview with P.L. Travers on Mary Poppins and life.”
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Mar 6, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book opens the lovely memoir John Major (yes, former PM) wrote of his music hall parents.”
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Mar 7, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book opens the lovely memoir John Major (yes, former PM) wrote of his music hall parents. A staid public man’s love for his parts, and show business, will bring you to tears (yes, I get weepy).”
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Mar 8, 2023
“Our family open book reopens John Major’s MY OLD MAN to read of a pioneering feminist in music hall–Jenny Hill. And apologies in advance for when I slip into the worst Bri-ish accent since ‘at bloke Dick van Dyke!”
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Mar 8, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcomes @Edwina_Dunn for THE FEMALE LEAD II to speak of the beauty of disrupting your feed.”
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Mar 9, 2023
“An extra-early Open Book tonight to read and remember Ian Falconer’s utterly charming OLIVIA.”
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Mar 11, 2023
“Encore tonight while we’re at an event. STELLA! Our family welcomes @parabasis to talk The Method. Questions craved! What’s my motivation?”
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Mar 12, 2023
“Our fam welcomes @lydia_moland to speak of LYDIA MARIA CHILD: A RADICAL AMERICAN LIFE.”
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Mar 13, 2023
“In this week that would have been Phillip Roth’s 90th birthday, our Open Book opens GOODBYE, COLUMBUS.”
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Mar 15, 2023
“On the Ides of March, our Open Book reopens a play by a promising guy named Shakespeare to tell us the story.”
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Mar 16, 2023
“A second night of Shakes on our Open Book: Brutus and Antony trade eulogies over Caesar:”
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Mar 18, 2023
“On eve of Roth’s 90th birthday, we’ll read the opening of Portnoy’s Complaint. Nothing about liver! Off to Newark!”
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Mar 20, 2023
“On our fam’s Open Book, my remarks from Phillip Roth’s 90th bday party in Newark, then reading from NEMESIS.”
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Mar 21, 2023
“Our fam’s open Book reopens Roth’s NEMESIS, as polio begins to strike Newark, apt by apt, in 1944. Evocative.”
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Mar 22, 2023
“Our family Open Book welcomes @Amivee to speak of her shot of Sudan, Jojo Wachira, and a rescue plan.”
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Mar 24, 2023
“An encore as I’m doing a late interview. Our family Open Book speaks with @danijshapiro about her haunting novel SIGNAL FIRES.”
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Mar 25, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reads from @parisreview interview w/ Nobelist Olga Tokarczuk. Insightful, funny, provocative:”
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Mar 26, 2023
“An encore tonight, during family business, and a chance to welcome Marianne Wiggins and her daughter to talk of PROPERTIES OF THIRST, recovery from setbacks, and her amazing life.”
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Mar 27, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcome @rachelhengqp to speak of her THE GREAT RECLAMATION novel.”
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Mar 28, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reopens EB White to read 2 “open” letters, on a dog and to the IRS. Dogs, geese, & jokes!”
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Mar 29, 2023
“Confusion reigns on fam’s Open Book. Scotts of NPR! @HorsleyScott @scottdetrow talk great reads and names!”
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Mar 30, 2023
“On Opening Day, we read from George Plimpton’s OUT OF MY LEAGUE. The writer takes the mound…”
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April 1, 2023
“A special Open Book with Open Bookers joining us live to read humorous stories!”
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April 2, 2023
“We read from @folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes. So valuable for being able to say, “That reminds me of when…””
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April 3, 2023
“To mark what feels like spring, our Open Book will open John McPhee’s GIVING GOOD WEIGHT on greenmarkets.””
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April 4, 2023
“Our Open Book opens The Book of Exodus. Moses is born, cast off, picked up, and anointed.”
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April 6, 2023
“Our Open Book w/@andrewchaikin on gorgeous new @foliosociety of Wolfe’s THE RIGHT STUFF, & Andy’s intro.”
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April 8, 2023
“Encore tonight as we travel. Our family Open Book welcomes @rbarenbaum to talk Atomic Anna: literary time travel (and perhaps spin, too).”
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April 9, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book from CA will begin Capote’s Story A DIAMOND GUITAR. Wh can play it?”
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April 10, 2023
“Our family Open Book reads the conclusion of Capote’s A DIAMOND GUITAR. What will happen to prison duo?”
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April 12, 2023
“An encore this afternoon as we’re out and about in the hills of NorCal. Our family welcomes
@DannyDeraney to talk about the utterly charming animal videos he posts here. And Hollywood.”
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April 13, 2023
“Our family Open Book from NorCal opens Capote’s AMONG THE PATHS TO EDEN. Pt I. Join us!”
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April 14, 2023
“Our family Open Book from NorCal: PT of Capote’s AMONG THE PATHS TO EDEN. A couple meet in a cemetery…”
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April 14, 2023
“Our family Open Book from NorCal: PT of Capote’s AMONG THE PATHS TO EDEN. A couple meet in a cemetery…”
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April 15, 2023
“Our fam Open Book from NorCal features local author: Jack London’s THE FRANIC SPAIGHT. Sorry for me accent,mother!”
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April 17, 2023
“Aye, buckos, me family has brought back a Jack London story on Oyster Pirates for ye Open Book!”
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April 18, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcomes Michael Bamberger to speak of golf: THE BALL IN THE AIR. Fore!”
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April 19, 2023
“Our Open Book opens @parisreview 1961 interview of @dodgers fan and poet, Marianne Moore. Surprise near top esp…”
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April 20, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcomes poet Peter Balakian, just before Armenian Genocide Memorial Day.”
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April 25, 2023
“To honor Harry Belafonte, our Open Book reads a Langston Hughes poem he often quoted (and a few more).”
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April 26, 2023
“Our family Open Book welcomes @TomGoldmanNPR to reminisce sports, reporting, books, films, maybe even ballpark food.”
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April 27, 2023
“Or fam Open Book welcomes blockbuster author @donwinslow to talk about CITY OF DREAMS—and writing.”
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April 29, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book welcomes @ramona_ausubel to speak of bringing a cute wooly mammoth to life! THE LAST ANIMAL.”
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April 30, 2023
“Did you know Heller wrote a sequel to Catch-22? CLOSING TIME, 1994. The haunting opening on family Open Book:”
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May 1, 2023
“OK, been waiting. Our Open Book: redrafted open to novel-in-progress WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Introducing the story…”
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May 2, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book w/ @PeterDKramer to speak of his novel novel, DEATH OF A GREAT MAN.”
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May 3, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book opens essays well done: S.L. Wisenberg’s The Wandering Womb. What says, “I must write…?”
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May 4, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reads Robert Frost poems about stars just before nightfall from his NEW HAMPSHIRE.”
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May 6, 2023
“Our fam Open Book opens @misspegler in @LRB on Charles, Camilla, Diana, royals, etc. Wry, candid.”
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May 7, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcomes lyrical @simonwwriter to talk KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW. How do we know what?”
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May 8, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book will read from @parisreview interview with Pablo Neruda. Why he thinks a dove is a dove…”
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May 9, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcomes Rob Schwartz to speak of THE WISDOM OF MORRIE, drawn from his father’s notes Tuesdays w/!”
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May 10, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reads from @ejeancarroll 2001 classic crime story, THE CHEERLEADERS. Simply great reporting:”
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May 11, 2023
“Our family Open Book reopens Pt II @ejeancarroll 2001 THE CHEERLEADERS. Simply great, humane reporting.”
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May 13, 2023
“An encore tonight with a Pulitzer winner. Our family Open Book welcomes Hernan Diaz to talk TRUST, his novel of high-finance and often low aims.”
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May 14, 2023
“Our Open Book reopens my book UNFORGETTABLE, to read how my mother showed me art (and life), framed.”
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May 15, 2023
“On our family Open Book: two (very) short stories from young Hem, from WWI Italy. One sad, one sweet, both life.”
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May 16, 2023
“Our fam welcome THE WENDELL SMITH READER editors on one of the all-time greats–on and off the sports page.”
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May 17, 2023
“Our Open Book reopens new draft of Wins, Losses, Saves. A Cardinal in the clubhouse. And old associations renewed..”
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May 18, 2023
“Our family Open Book opens Doris Lessing’s UNDER MY SKIN. Astonishing childhood 1924 train ride across USSR.”
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May 20, 2023
“Our Open Book remembers Martin Amis w/ a 1988 essay on a GOP convention: sharp, biting portraits.”
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May 21, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reads Pt 1 of what’s been called the greatest short story: MOST DANGEROUS GAME.”
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May 22, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book reads Pt 2 of what’s been called the greatest short story: MOST DANGEROUS GAME. Yikes!”
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May 23, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcome @authorjeff to speak of his LEBRON bio. Will he be back? GOAT? Etc. Join us!”
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May 24, 2023
“Our fam Open Book welcomes @brookekroeger on UNDAUNTED: HOW WOMEN CHANGED AMERICAN JOURNALISM:”
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May 25, 2023
“Our Open Book reads more from new draft of novel in progress, WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Comments craved!”
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May 26, 2023
“Our Open Book reads more from new draft of novel in progress, WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Comments craved! Roni takes a turn down the hospital hallway…”
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May 27, 2023
“Our family Open Book speaks with @simonmontefiore on family threads through history THE WORLD:”
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May 28, 2023
“Our Memorial Sunday Open Book reads accounts of brave nurses and merchant marines in WWII:”
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May 29, 2023
“Our family Open Book on Memorial Day opens a Bill Mauldin memoir. As eloquent in words as he was in pen strokes:”
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May 30, 2023
“Our fam Open Book reads Shirley Jackson’s haunting WWII home-front story AS HIGH AS THE SKY.”
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May 31, 2023
“Our fam’s Open Book w/@RLSWrites on memoir WOMEN WE BURIED WOMEN WE BURNED.”
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June 1, 2023
“Our Open Book reopens WIP WINS, LOSSES, SAVES. Umpires obsolete? And a family memory.”
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June 3, 2023
“On our fam’s Open Book we open a laundry room find: David Sedaris’ essay UNTAMED about a fox who draws close.”
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June 4, 2023
“A special short Open Book to fill you in on what Stu Rushfield and I have been doing today.”
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June 5, 2023
“Our fam Open Book reads from @nickhornby FEVER PITCH. How future wordsmith came to love footie (err soccer).”
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June 6, 2023
“Our fam Open Book encore while I at @kcur today. A playoff basketball-timed talk w/@TimBella on his Barkley: A Biography, a look at an utterly singular athlete and human being:”
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June 7, 2023
“An encore as we speak with @Danchaon about SLEEPWALK, which is no snooze! He is lyrical speaking about his 7th grade pen-pal friendship with Ray Bradbury, and the creation of compelling novels:”
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June 8, 2023
“Our fam Open Book w/ Luis Alberto Urrea on GOODNIGHT IRENE, a novel of his mother’s amazing WWII story.”
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June 10, 2023
“Encore! Our fam with Kevin Powell to speak of his wonderful book of poems, GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER (while we’re on a plane, but glad to send this down to you!)”
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June 11, 2023
“Encore as we arrive overseas! Our family welcomes Marianne Wiggins to talk of PROPERTIES OF THIRST, recovery from setbacks, and her amazing life.”
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June 13, 2023
“An encore tonight. Any grammar questions? @EllenJovin REBEL WITH A CLAUSE joins our Open Book. Join us please! Regret it you won’t!”
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June 14, 2023
“Another encore tonight, as we learn so much at #HumanCapabilitiesForum in Madrid. We speak with @Danchaon about his wonderful novel, SLEEPWALK. No snooze!”
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June 21, 2023
“Open Book from Normandy! So we read from Cornelius Ryan’s THE LONGEST DAY on Le Marquis…”
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June 26, 2023
“A special sort Open Book from the Arromannches in Normandy”
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June 27, 2023
“An Open Book from Normandy: a reading from Stephen Ambrose’s PEGASUS BRIDGE. Join us.”
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June 28, 2023
“An Open Book from Normandy: a reading from Stephen Ambrose’s PEGASUS BRIDGE. Amidst kitchen and cousinly chatter and clatter:”
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June 28, 2023
“An Open Book from Normandy: a reading from Stephen Ambrose’s PEGASUS BRIDGE. Amidst kitchen and cousinly chatter and clatter:”
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