In Defense Of Puns

May 31, 2019 Culture, Literature

James Geary joins us to talk about the importance of wit in everyday life, and to make the case that puns – yes puns! – may be the highest form of wit.

How We’ve Used Anne Frank

December 20, 2018 History, Literature, Race/Identity

Dara Horn joins us to talk about the most well-known victim of the Holocaust and what she might have become.

How White Gatekeepers Restrain Black Thinkers

December 11, 2018 Culture, Literature, Race/Identity

Mychal Denzel Smith joins us to talk about how black writers from James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates consider the race of their readers – and the relationship they have with their publishers.

George Saunders’ Fable For Adults

December 7, 2018 Literature

The Man Booker Prize-winner joins us to talk about his story of a fox who learns to speak.

A Novel Of The Modern Native American

October 29, 2018 Literature, Race/Identity

We talk with Tommy Orange about Native Americans who hold tightly to their identities in the modern world.

A Soldier, A Ghost, Shared Love And Betrayal

October 16, 2018 Literature

Elliot Ackerman joins us to tell the story of a soldier coming to grips with this life before and after the war.

A Novel Way To Talk About Abortion

October 2, 2018 Literature

Jodi Picoult joins us to talk about her latest book, “A Spark of Light.”

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Andrew Sean Greer

July 26, 2018 Best of Think, Literature

Andrew Sean Greer joins host us to talk about his humorous tale of a writer on the edge of 50 who literally travels the world in an effort to avoid an awkward encounter with a former love.

A Chinese Boy, His Lost Mother, And His New White Parents

July 6, 2018 Best of Think, Literature

Lisa Ko joins us to talk about her debut novel, which tells the story of a young boy adopted by a pair of white professors after his Chinese immigrant mother mysteriously disappears.

Colson Whitehead On ‘The Underground Railroad’

July 5, 2018 Literature, Race/Identity

Colson Whitehead joins us to talk about how he wove the nation’s history into the experiences of the main characters in his book,”The Underground Railroad.”

Anna Quindlen’s ‘Alternate Side’

July 4, 2018 Literature

The novelist joins us to talk about her new book, “Alternate Side,” which looks at life in a quiet New York City neighborhood that is upended when the residents squabble over use of the street’s small parking lot.