Episode 131: Trust the Spine: On the Pleasure and Riches of NYRB Books
This week, we’re joined by Nick During and Abigail Dunn from New York Review Books for a wide-ranging conversation about the world of NYRB. From Classics to Kids, Comics to Poets, we explore what gives these books their distinct spirit and why so many readers find themselves returning to those fami…
Episode 122: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2025, Part II
On Christmas Day, we bring our year-end tradition to a close by counting down our top five books of 2025. From beloved classics to unexpected discoveries, these final picks reflect a reading year shaped by curiosity, challenge, and joy. Settle in with us for a reflective conversation about the book…
Episode 133: Life Between the Beginning and the End: On the Middle of Books
For the second installment in our series on the three pieces of a book, we turn from beginnings to that more difficult territory: the middle. What happens in the middle of a book? Is it simply the space connecting a strong opening to a satisfying ending? In this episode we explore the experience of…
Episode 123: Our 2026 No-Pressure Reading Plans
In this episode, we look ahead to 2026, not with resolutions or reading quotas, but with curiosity about what we’re drawn to next. We talk about a handful of upcoming releases we’re excited for, and then share some longer, looser reading plans for the year ahead, including big novels, rereads, and …
Jason Diamond on being a (Jewish-)American Author
In this conversation, Jason Diamond unpacks what it means to be an American, Jewish, or Jewish-American author. We also discuss family secrets, Jewish gangsters, the humor and alienation of Franz Kafka, and how Art Spiegelman’s Maus taught Jason to accept his family’s silences.
Jason’s debut novel…
Effingers by Gabriele Tergit, with Nick During (NYRB)
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Effingers by Gabriele Tergit is an 800-page German Jewish family saga published by New York Review of Books Classics, and this week NYRB publicist Nick During joins me to talk about what makes it so special.
Nick and I follow three generations of the Effinger…
A Fortunate Man: Henrik Pontoppidan’s Masterwork with Nick During (NYRB)
This week on The Big Book Project I’m joined by Nick During, publicist at New York Review Books, for a deep dive into Henrik Pontoppidan’s monumental novel A Fortunate Man translated by Paul Larkin.
Pontoppidan, who won the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature, gives us one of the great portraits of ambi…
Karin - London, but through a prism!
Karin continues to recount her tale and there are so many lines to read between it is like a dynamic 3D maze at times.
From Cincinnati she goes to London in 1977 and a world of literature, politics and exile open up before her. Yet there is more to the burden, which makes this episode even more fas…
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