Gabourey Sidibe and Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Gabourey Sidibe talks about her memoir, "This Is Just My Face," and Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry."

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0:00.0	What inspired actress Gabba Ray C. DeBae to write a memoir?
0:06.0	She'll be here to talk about her book.
0:07.8	This is just my face.
0:09.2	Try not to stare.
0:10.7	Books provided safety.
0:12.9	For me, books would tell me a story and not call me fat.
0:18.0	At the same time, I didn't have to hide.
0:21.2	I didn't have to pretend to be OK.
0:24.7	How do you explain astrophysics in 150 pages?
0:28.1	Neil deGrasse Tyson will join us along with the Times' science writer, Dennis Overby,
0:32.6	to talk about his new book, Astrophysics for People in a Horry.
0:36.6	We learned that time did not begin with the first humans.
0:39.6	It long predates it back to the Big Bang and the future of the universe as a whole other
0:44.3	conversation.
0:45.9	Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world.
0:48.9	Plus we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.
0:52.4	This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.
0:54.2	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:58.1	Gabrielle Citipe joins us now.
1:03.6	Her new book is called This Is Just My Face.
1:06.6	Try not to stare.
1:07.9	Gabby, thank you for being here.
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