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Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review, discusses this week's issue. Visit an archive of previous Book Review Podcasts. (Author: The New York Times)
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  • Book Update For 09/12/2008
    Published: Sep 12, 08
    This Week: Baghdad correspondent Dexter Filkins discusses his memoir, Times cultural reporter Patricia Cohen, backpage essayist Mick Sussman on "megalisters", and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 09/05/2008
    Published: Sep 5, 08
    This week, Christopher Buckley on his latest Washington DC satire, the Times' Motoko Rich on a new children's book series, Wesley Yang reviews Guyland by Michael Kimmel, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 08/29/2008
    Published: Aug 29, 08
    This week, Maureen Dowd talks about a novel based on the life of Laura Bush, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, Dave Itzkoff on the musical brain, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 08/22/2008
    Published: Aug 22, 08
    This week: Biographer Brenda Wineapple on Emily Dickinson, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, Paul Berman on Norman Mailer, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 08/15/2008
    Published: Aug 15, 08
    This week, the NY Times Exec Editor Bill Keller talks about Nelson Mandela and a historic rugby game, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, novelist Stacey D'Erasmo on Linn Ullman's new book, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 08/08/2008
    Published: Aug 8, 08
    This week: The Times's David Carr discusses his memoir "Night of the Gun", Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, Tom Vanderbilt talks about his book on traffic and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 08/01/2008
    Published: Aug 1, 08
    This week: Jane Mayer on her bestseller, The Darkside; Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio; Steven Heller on dictators and branding techniques and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 07/25/2008
    Published: Jul 25, 08
    This week, novelist Jess Winfield on sex, drugs and Shakespeare; Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio; The Times' Charles McGrath on a new memoir by Miranda Seymour, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 07/18/2008
    Published: Jul 18, 08
    This week: The Times' Virginia Heffernan on self-help and how-to books, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, columnist David Orr discusses poetry about a US soldier in Iraq, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 07/11/2008
    Published: Jul 11, 08
    This week: Rivka Galchen on her book Atmospheric Disturbances, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, Stephanie Zacharek reviews a new bio of Jean Luc Godard, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 07/04/2008
    Published: Jul 4, 08
    This week: Julie Salamon takes us inside a New York City hospital, Rachel Donadio's Notes from the Field, Kate Sekules on the vanishing backstreets of Beijing, and bestseller news from Greg Coles.
     
  • Book Update For 06/27/2008
    Published: Jun 27, 08
    This week: Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam on the Republican party, Rachel Donadio's Notes from the Field, Alessandra Stanley on Alan Furst's new novel, and bestseller news from Senior Editor, Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 06/20/2008
    Published: Jun 20, 08
    This week: NY Times business columnist Joe Nocera, Rachel Donadio's Notes from the Field, Marie Winn on the mysteries of Central Park, and bestseller news from Senior Editor, Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 06/13/2008
    Published: Jun 13, 08
    This week: Hollywood novelist Jackie Collins, Rachel Donadio's Notes from the Field, author Elizabeth Royte on the bottled water business and bestseller news from Senior Editor, Dwight Garner.
     
  • Book Update For 06/06/2008
    Published: Jun 6, 08
    This week: Author Kathryn Harrison on her first true crime book, Rachel Donadio's Notes from the Field, Augusten Burroughs on his latest memoir and bestseller news from Senior Editor, Dwight Garner.