“The Joker”: Laughing at life’s deepest sorrows
Andrew Hudgins' new memoir blends the serious and the silly
Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 7:05 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, the joker
Andrew Hudgins' new memoir blends the serious and the silly
Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 7:05 PM UTCThe veteran writer's now enough of an institution to inspire takedowns. She doesn't deserve them
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 8:15 PM UTC 19His collection "Antwerp" shows the young poet about to transform into the great novelist who wrote "2666"
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 7:00 PM UTCV.S. Pritchett's brilliant biography captures the humanity of both its subject and his writing
Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:56 PM UTCThe brutal honesty that makes his podcast brilliant also powers his memoir. The audio version adds amazing outtakes
Thursday, May 9, 2013 7:00 PM UTCThe brilliant essayist already writes for the listener, which makes his new audiobook yet another triumph
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 7:00 PM UTCMary Roach's "Gulp" goes deep into gross human-body taboos, all with wit, smarts and amazing wordplay
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 6:59 PM UTCScott Haas' audiobook gets closer to how restaurants really work than any reality TV or Food Network show
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 3:21 PM UTCThough it was first published 30 years ago, Didion's account of the war in El Salvador still feels as urgent today
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 7:00 PM UTCGarry Wills, who once considered the priesthood, offers a probing inquiry into priests' powerful role in the church
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 8:00 PM UTCIn "Jesus Land," a memoirst reckons with an Evangelical upbringing and the grief of her brother's death
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 8:00 PM UTC"Notes From No Man's Land" traverses the American culture and landscape to confront a long history of racism
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 8:00 PM UTCA darkly comic memoir by the hilarious writer/podcaster reflects on her pursuit of love in all the wrong places
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 8:00 PM UTCBefore writing "The Things They Carried," O'Brien offered this profound memoir of his year fighting in Vietnam
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 7:00 PM UTCThe late author's now-classic "The Missionary Position," a takedown of Mother Teresa, resonates even louder today
Friday, Dec 14, 2012 3:25 PM UTC 12Hunter S. Thompson's wild ride of a book, "Screwjack," offers a blueprint to the writer's entire career
Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 8:30 PM UTCIn a new military memoir, a gay veteran explains how damaging it was to hide his real self while serving
Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 5:00 PM UTCNigerian poet Chinua Achebe was once Biafra's cultural ambassador. With this memoir, he is its defining historian
Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 8:00 PM UTCThe Haitian-American writer's well-researched, resonant work discovers how art can enable us to reclaim power
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 7:15 PM UTCS.L. Wisenberg's virtuosic, poignant book documents her battle with cancer and the malignant culture of dishonesty
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