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it was a nod to White Fragility, the book

And of course, it was a nod to White Fragility, the book, like everything. But I just, it just felt right.

And of course it was a nod to White Fragility, the book, everything.

The Great Gatsby was published on April 10, 1925, which makes this Thursday its 100th anniversary. Our book critic Maureen Corrigan is one of the many people who think it's the great American novel.

The Great Gatsby possesses all the iridescence of the beginning of the world... It's the great American novel about class.

The novel was largely forgotten at the time of his death ... unsold copies of the first edition of Gatsby were still gathering dust in Scribner's warehouse.

The Great Gatsby to The Devil Wears Prada.

Another song here is called Gatsby, as in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and Indigueo Cello sings in the voice of Jay Gatsby ... she took up Fitzgerald's book ...

James by Percival Everett reimagines Huckleberry Finn told from the point of view of Jim, Huck's enslaved companion on that immortal raft ride.

James by Percival Everett reimagines Huckleberry Finn told from the point of view of Jim, Huck's enslaved companion on that immortal raft ride. Alternating mordant humor with horror, Everett makes readers understand that for Jim, here called James, the Mississippi may offer a temporary haven, but given the odds of him making it to freedom, the river will likely be a vast highway to a scary nowhere.

It's shaping up to be quite a year for Percival Everett; his 2001 novel Erasure was adapted ... and his latest novel James has just come out.

That's the premise of Percival Everett's magnificent new novel called James.

It's a reimagining of Mark Twain's 1885 classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, placing the supporting character James in the spotlight.

Dr. Uche Blackstock explores systemic inequities in her new book, Legacy, A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

Our guest today is Dr. Uche Blackstock, author of the new book, Legacy, A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

And today we're talking to Dr. Uche Blackstock, author of the new book Legacy, A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Dr. Uche Blackstock, author of the new book Legacy, a black physician reckons with racism in medicine.

She does. And I'm getting a little emotional, but this book is also an opportunity to give her a voice.

we talk with physician uche blackstock about her new book titled Legacy in it she explores the intersection between racism and health care tracing its origins back to the beginnings of western medicine and her own experiences as a medical student and doctor for terry gross and tanya mosley

On Monday's show, we talk with physician Uche Blackstock about her new book titled Legacy. In it, she explores the intersection between racism and healthcare, tracing its origins back to the beginnings of Western medicine, and her own experiences as a medical student and doctor.

Support for this podcast and the following message come from Doubleday, publishers of Lessons in Chemistry. Be inspired. Read Lessons in Chemistry, the number one global bestseller.

Support for this podcast and the following message come from Doubleday, publishers of Lessons in Chemistry. Be inspired. Read Lessons in Chemistry, the number one global bestseller with more than six million copies sold. Meet Elizabeth Zott, a 60sera scientist who brings her smarts and unapologetic worldview to a TV cooking show that has the power to change lives.

Lessons in Chemistry is available wherever books are sold from Doubleday.

Support for this podcast and the following message come from Doubleday, publishers of Lessons in Chemistry. Be inspired. Read Lessons in Chemistry, the number one global bestseller with more than six million copies sold. Lessons in Chemistry is available wherever books are sold from Doubleday.

James Baldwin for colored girls To Kill a Mockingbird.

you being obsessed with the color purple yeah james baldwin for colored girls To Kill a Mockingbird

I keep coming across these little details, like you being obsessed with the color purple. James Baldwin for colored girls To Kill a Mockingbird.

His book is called Why We Remember, and it's out in paperback.

Sharon Ranganath, author of the book Why We Remember. He spoke to Terry Gross last year.

His new book is called Why We Remember.

my guest is Charan Ranganath author of the new book Why We Remember.

His new book is called Why We Remember.

Sharon Ranganath is the author of the new book Why We Remember.

On Monday's Fresh Air, we talk about how the brain forgets and remembers with neuroscientist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember.

I want to quote something you write in your memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking.

I found the book impossible to put down and impossible to read. Impossible to put down because it's so well written and it's so emotional and impossible to read because it's so painful.

from Greek ideas of the fates, to cheesy episodes of Star Trek, to Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking.

Throughout, Crosley cites Joan Didion, whose two personal books on grief, The Year of Magical Thinking and blue nights, she obviously sees as a touchstone for her own.

Life has turned giddily surreal in the Hulu series Interior Chinatown, based on the National Book Awardwinning novel by Charles Yu.

Based on the national book award winning novel of the same name.

The book is based on the samenamed novel that won the National Book Award.

Now he's the star of the new television show Interior Chinatown, based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name.

The show Interior Chinatown, like the book it's based on, is a funny, dramatic, fantastical take on the role Asian Americans play in pop culture and in real life.

I rifled through a book in like half a day. It was just so engaging.

The book Interior Chinatown was written, like you said, by Charles Yu.

The book has a lot of metaphors and surrealism that the show captures.

His memoir is now available in paperback.

It's called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

His memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All, is now out in paperback.

His memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

Then all of a sudden, my memoirs become the most natural thing.

His new memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

He's written a new memoir called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

His new memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

Thank you. Werner Herzog's new memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

He's written a new memoir called Every Man for Himself and God Against All, which is also the subtitle of his film The Enigma of Kasper Hauser.

His new memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

His new memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

Werner Herzog's new memoir is called Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

she switches out Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment for a later novel of his you know the one called The Idiot

she switches out dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment for a later novel of his you know the one called the idiot

Ever since he emerged four decades ago with a terrific adaptation of Crime and Punishment -- it ran a whopping 93 minutes-- Karasmaki has been creating taught, funny, quietly poetic movies.

She's written a new memoir called Sure, I'll Join Your Cult, in which she describes the lengths she's taken to fit in, from selfhelp books to 12step programs, and why making fun of her anxiety, depression, and OCD has been a powerful medicine.

she's written a new memoir called Sure, I'll Join Your Cult.

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult. It's a hilarious account of some of the extreme steps she's taken to belong, from earnestly taking advice from selfhelp books to attending debtors and overeaters' anonymous meetings.

She's written a new memoir called Sure, I'll Join Your Cult. It's a hilarious account of some of the extreme steps Bamford has taken to belong, from earnestly taking advice from selfhelp books to attending debtors' and overeaters' anonymous meetings.

Her new memoir again is titled Sure, I'll Join Your Cult.

Our guest today is comedian Maria Bamford talking about her memoir, Sure I'll Join Your Cult.

She's written a new book called Sure, I'll Join Your Cult. It's a memoir about mental illness and the quest to belong.

Maria Bamford is a comedian and author of the new memoir, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult.

Zadie Smith's new novel is called The Fraud. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, our guest will be comic Maria Bamford. She's written a new memoir called Sure, I'll Join Your Cult.

But at the heart of Griffin's new memoir The Friday Afternoon Club is also the story of tragedy and how the Dunn family overcame it. Mental illness, addiction, a closeted father and the death of Griffin's sister Dominique ...

Griffin Dunn's new book is The Friday Afternoon Club, a family memoir.

his new memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club, is also the story of tragedy and how the Dunn family overcame it.

He's written a new book called The Friday Afternoon Club, a memoir about his life and complicated family.

my guest is Griffin Dunn. He's written a new memoir called The Friday Afternoon Club about his life and how his family

but at the heart of his new memoir, Griffin writes about how the Dunn family overcame significant traumas, including the murder of his sister Dominique. It's called The Friday Afternoon Club.

a new memoir titled Thicker than Water, where she examines her life, career and the discovery of a secret about her origins that her parents revealed to her just a few years ago.

The name of Kerry Washington's new memoir is Thicker than Water.

Thank you so much for this book. ... Her new memoir is titled Thicker than Water.

The name of Kerry Washington's new memoir is Thicker than Water.

Our guest today is producer, activist, and actor Kerry Washington. She's written a new memoir titled Thicker than Water.

If you're just joining us, we're talking with actor, producer, and activist Kerry Washington. She's written a new memoir titled Thicker than Water.

Kerry Washington, thank you ... Her new memoir is titled Thicker than Water.

Kerry Washington... She's written a new memoir titled Thicker than Water about her career as an award-winning performer and the discovery of a secret she learns as an adult about her origins.

Her 2017 book about cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, had been a triumph. People calling it the best cookbook of the year, the best cookbook of the century so far. It was decidedly not a book of recipes.

Her 2017 book about cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, had been a triumph. People calling it the best cookbook of the year, the best cookbook of the century so far.

We'll talk with Samin Nosrat the author of Salt Fat Acid Heat her new book Good Things is filled with recipes which is surprising since she's long said she hates them.

Silverman's memoir, The Bedwetter, was adapted into an offBroadway musical.

when I wrote my book, The Bedwetter, I was really, and I suggest, you know, not that everyone write a book, but that everyone become like a detective in their own lives and their old and their childhoods, looking back, because I, I realized a lot of things.

there's a companion piece in my mind, the musical, The Bedwetter, where he really saw, you know, my mother was in bed a lot.

Her memoir The Bedwetter was adapted into an offBroadway musical.

Her memoir The Bedwetter was adapted into an offBroadway musical. It was recently reworked, played at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and she's hoping it will move to Broadway.

And when I wrote my book, The Bedwetter, I was really - and I suggest, you know, not that everyone write a book. But everyone become like a detective in their own lives and their childhoods looking back.

The musical, The Bedwetter, where he really saw - you know, my mother was in bed a lot. And, of course, we saw that as lazy. And now we understand that it was depression.

And then by the time you get to Tinker Tailor, you've had a couple of books in between.

It takes place between LeCarr's Cold War spy novels, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Many of his books have been adapted into films or TV series, including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Little Drummer Girl, The Constant Gardener, and The Night Manager.

Harlem Shuffle, the first novel in his projected Harlem trilogy, was set in the 60s.

Harlem Shuffle was set in Harlem in the 60s and Crook Manifesto is set in Harlem in the 70s.

The first book, Harlem Shuffle, became three different stories.

Harlem Shuffle, the first novel in his projected Harlem trilogy, was set in the 60s.

you wrote a sequel to Harlem Shuffle because it's really such an enjoyable series.

It's a sequel to his novel Harlem Shuffle, which was set in the 60s.

Harlem Shuffle, the first novel in his projected Harlem trilogy, was set in the 60s.

In Harlem Shuffle, we get this kind of jet age, sleek lines in the couches, boomerang coffee tables.

Coates is best known for his Atlantic Magazine cover story, The Case for Reparations, and for his book Between the World and Me, which he wrote as a letter to his son about what he'll face as a black man.

My guest, Tanna Hasse Coates, is best known for his book Between the World and Me, which was written in the form of a letter to his 15-year-old son about what it means to be a black teenager and a black man in America. It won a 2015 National Book Award.

In Senegal he thought about his ancestors and visited the fort on the island of Goree, the final stop for some captured people before being forced onto a ship, taking them to enslavement in America. In South Carolina he met with a high school teacher who was prevented from teaching his book Between the World and Me because it made some students feel uncomfortable and ashamed to be white.

My guest, TaNehisi Coates, is best known for his book Between the World and Me, which was written in the form of a letter to his 15yearold son about what it means to be a black teenager and a black man in America.

best known for his book Between the World and Me, which won a National Book Award, and his Atlantic Magazine cover story, The Case for Reparations.

Coates is best known for his book Between the World and Me, which won a National Book Award, written in the form of a letter to his 15yearold son about what it means to be black and male in America.

He's best known for his book Between the World and Me and his Atlantic Magazine cover story The Case for Reparations.

and now his 2022 poetry collection, Time Is a Mother, and now his second novel.

Bong is the author of the best-selling novel, On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous, and the poetry collection, Time Is a Mother.

Into Vuong's 2022 poetry collection, Time Is a Mother, and now his second novel. The Emperor of Gladness...