The Listeners’ Episode: Editors and Critics Answer Your Questions

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The Listeners’ Episode: Editors and Critics Answer Your Questions

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Dec 25, 2020

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Editors at The Times respond to questions about criticism, reading habits, favorite stories and more.

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Dec 25, 2020

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: A Rare View of North Korea by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Disappearing Religions by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘America’s Bitter Pill’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Jill Leovy’s ‘Ghettoside’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Spinster’ and Public Shaming by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: The War on Drugs by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Guantánamo Diary’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Patrick Modiano’s ‘Suspended Sentences’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘A God in Ruins’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Elliot Ackerman’s ‘Green on Blue’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Love and Lies’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Brothers,’ About the Boston Marathon Bombers by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Katrina: After the Flood’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Last Flight of Poxl West’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Opposite of Spoiled’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘H Is for Hawk’ by The Book Review
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Matthew Weiner On the End of ‘Mad Men’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘What Pet Should I Get?’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Fates and Furies’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: When I Grow Up by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mass Murder in Norway by The Book Review
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