What's it like to report on a presidential candidate when that candidate won't talk to you?

Our own Amy Chosek discusses her new memoir, Chasing Hillary.

And what does it take to write a Greek comedic essay?

Sloan Crosley, author of Look a Live Out There, will join us to talk about her latest essay

collection.

Alexander Altar will give us an update from the publishing world.

Plus, we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is the Book Review Podcast from The New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Amy Chosek joins us now from Washington.

She is my colleague here at the Times and also the author of a now New York Times bestselling

book, Chasing Hillary, Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Sealing.

Amy, thanks so much for being here.

Thanks so much for having me.

All right.

Let's, before we talk about this book specifically, a little bit of background about your career

as a journalist.

How did you get into it?

What kind of journalism did you want to do?

And how did you end up on the campaign trail?

Yeah, I had a little bit of a non-traditional path.

I grew up in South Texas.

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