September 20, 2007
CJR panel discussion now available as podcast
On Tuesday evening I attended the Columbia Journalism Review’s panel discussion convened to explore the topic presented in Steve Wasserman’s September/October issue cover story, “Goodbye to All That”: The case of the vanishing (newspaper) book review. It was among the most lively panel discussions I’ve attended in months, with the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Carlin Romano and Wasserman butting heads over how to reach a mass audience—and what should be expected of them once you’ve done so. Wasserman’s original essay was discussed briefly in this earlier post, and the panel was summed up nicely (with video!) by James Marcus at House of Mirth. Now CJR has made available a podcast of the discussion. Kudos to the magazine for being both tech savvy and timely.
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Thursday radio roundup
Interesting radio program segments from the last week:
Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan discusses Janet Malcolm's new book, Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice and Terry Gross interviews David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen about Cronenberg's new film, Eastern Promises.
Weekend Edition Sunday: Liane Hansen speaks with Richard Oram of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas about the archives of Alfred A. Knopf. The discussion follows up on an essay by David Oshinsky published in the September 9 New York Times Book Review.
The Brian Lehrer Show: Brian Lehrer interviews Naomi Klein about her new book, The Shock Doctrine.
The Leonard Lopate Show: Steven Pinker discusses his new book, The Stuff of Thought.
The Treatment: Elvis Mitchell interviews Jeff Garlin about his directorial debut, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.
Bookworm: Michael Silverblatt interviews Miranda July about her new story collection, No One Belongs Here More Than You, and her new book made in collaboration with the artist Harrell Fletcher, Learning to Love You More.
Eight Forty-Eight: George Saunders, who was charming on David Letterman the week before last, discusses his new essay collection, The Braindead Megaphone.