Before we start this week, I want to tell you about New York Times Audio, a new iOS

app for New York Times new subscribers. New York Times Audio collects all of the shows

you've grown to love. The Daily, this very podcast, which I know you're a fan of, but

also a bunch of new shows we've made just for the app. There's the headlines, our latest

morning show, this one hosted by Annie Coriol, that gets you caught up on stories in 10

minutes or less. You're busy, you want to know what's going on in the world, we got

another new offering is something we're calling shorts, which is a short form series,

five minutes, seven minutes, that gives you inspiration for what to cook, watch, read, and more.

Every morning there'll be a new daily playlist with the most exciting highlights.

This new Apple have narrated articles from the Times, as well as other outlets that publish

some of the best long form magazine writing around. And finally, you'll have one stop

access to episodes from the athletic, serial productions, and one of the God Fathers of

Modern Podcasting, this American life. New York Times Audio, download it now at nytimes.com

slash audio app.

I'm Gilbert Cruz and this is the Book Review Podcast, your audio guide to book recommendations,

news, and interviews. On this week's show, we'll be talking to Times Book Critic White

Garner about his review of the book, Death of an Author, a murder mystery written mostly by

artificial intelligence. But first we'll be discussing the latest in our series, The Essentials,

a monthly piece in which we wade through the deep pools of authors' bibliographies and recommend

which titles you should read. So far in 2023, we have done Collette, Patricia Heismith,

and Gabrielle Garcia-Marquez. And this month, we are publishing one focused on Neil Gaiman, written

by Jude Beers-Dorfer, and editor here at the Book Review. Let's turn to that conversation.

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