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Emotion as Industry on BookNotes
Tracy Dimond is following up the publication of four chapbooks of poetry with her first full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry. She’s my guest on BookNotes this month.
BookNotes’ insights into the little known Portuguese Inquisition
Portuguese Jews and New Christians in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822: A New Geography of the Atlantic World is the title of the new book being published this month by geographer Alan Marcus. I spoke to him for BookNotes.
BookNotes marks Jewish holidays through poetry
The month of October is rich with days of observance on the Jewish calendar, including the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. I spoke with poet, Robbie Nester, about the significance of Jewish poetry in this context.
Yale Rep on BookNotes
Award-winning dramaturg, playwright, and novelist James Magruder is coming out with his first nonfiction work, The Play’s the Thing: Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016). I spoke to Jim for BookNotes.
Liminal Spaces on BookNotes
A collection of poetry inspired by art, titled Liminal Spaces, is a product of the Arts Lab of South County, Maryland, and its publication has been supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. The editor of the collection is the writer and educator, Nancy Murray.
BookNotes takes a Slow Time in Baltimore
Antje Rauwerda is a Professor of British and Postcolonial Literatures at Goucher College, and she published a novel with Spuyten Duyvil earlier this year called Slow Time. I spoke to Antje for BookNotes.
BookNotes Review June 2024
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day Garrett M. Graff On Call: A Doctor’s Journey Dr. Anthony Fauci The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion Cory Leadbeater The Glass Maker Tracy Chevalier
A Point of Beauty on BookNotes
A Point of Beauty: TRUE STORIES OF HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO is the 5th book from The Moth, which is dedicated to the art and craft of unscripted, first-person storytelling. Their latest iteration includes a story from the violinist, Frank Almond, who is perhaps more famous than he would like for having had his […]
BookNotes Review May 2024
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me Whoopi Goldberg Coming Home Britney Griner The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis George Stephanopoulos Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space Adam Higginbotham
New on the Bookshelf at The Walters
Last June, The Walters Art Museum inaugurated a new exhibition space to introduce rare books and manuscripts added to the Walters permanent collection in recent years, many of which have never been on view. I invited Lynley Anne Herbert, the Robert and Nancy Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, into the BookNotes studio […]
