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Audio Book Club: "Reality Hunger - A Manifesto," by David Shields

Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Jody Rosen discuss David Shields’ book, Reality Hunger - A Manifesto. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 201059 min

DoubleX Audio Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon, along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot, discuss Rebecca Skloot's new non-fiction book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 201036 min

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee: Slate's Audio Book Club

Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Emily Bazelon discuss Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mockingbird. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 16, 201055 min

DoubleX Audio Book Club: The Surrendered

DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Chang-rae Lee's new novel, The Surrendered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 06, 201045 min

Audio Book Club: Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel

Troy Patterson, Jacob Weisberg, and John Swansburg discuss Hilary Mantel's book, Wolf Hall. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 15, 201048 min

Audio Book Club: White Noise, by Don DeLillo

Meghan O’Rourke, Stephen Metcalf, and Troy Patterson discuss Don DeLillo's book, White Noise. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 14, 201054 min

Audio Book Club: Lit, by Mary Karr

Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Mary Karr's memoir, Lit. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 18, 201043 min

Audio Book Club: Vladimir Nabokov

Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Vladimir Nabokov's book, The Original of Laura. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 21, 200948 min

Audio Book Club: Raymond Carver Stories

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson compare two versions of a story by Raymond Carver - "The Bath," and "A Small Good Thing." One version was heavily edited by Gordon Lish. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the stories before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 16, 200951 min

Audio Book Club: The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker

Meghan O’Rourke, Michael Agger, and Troy Patterson discuss Nicholson Baker's book, The Anthologist. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 19, 200949 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson discuss J.D. Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 17, 20091 hr 6 min

Audio Book Club: Thy Neighbor's Wife, by Gay Talese

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Gay Talese's "Thy Neighbor's Wife." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 200949 min

Audio Book Club: Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 21, 200948 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

Slate's Audio Book Club. Katie Roiphe, Troy Patterson, and James Surowiecki discuss David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 20091 hr 2 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: Rabbit, Run, by John Updike

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 200954 min

Note on Infinite Jest and Rabbit, Run

The Slate Audio Book Club's discussion of Infinite Jest will be posted in March. In the meantime, we'll be discussing Rabbit, Run by John Updike the week of Feb. 16. Listen for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 07, 20094 min

An Inauguration Novella, Part 5 of 5

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 5 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 20, 200916 min

An Inauguration Novella, Part 4 of 5

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 4 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 19, 200915 min

An Inauguration Novella, Part 3 of 5

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 3 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 16, 200913 min

An Inauguration Novella, Part 2 of 5

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 2 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 15, 200912 min

An Inauguration Novella, Part 1 of 5

"All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 1 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 14, 200915 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 25, 200847 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Night of the Gun, by David Carr

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss New York Times columnist David Carr's The Night of the Gun, a memoir in which he uses his journalistic skills to dig up the details he's forgotten about his earlier life as a drug addict. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. The next book we'll be discussing is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Oct 09, 200849 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss the novel American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 08, 200847 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 06, 200858 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 16, 200847 min

Slate's Audio Book Club: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 04, 200847 min
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