This is Inside the New York Times Book Review. I'm Pamela Paul.

This week, who were the existentialists and why do we still care about them?

Sarah Beakwell is here to talk about how existentialism came to be.

Her book is, at the existentialist cafe.

They were influenced by Kierkegaard in the previous century who talked about the dizziness of freedom.

The fact that we're free gives us a kind of vertigo, you know, because you're literally

sort of almost looking over this cliff of all the possibilities that you have.

Publishing legend Blanche Knaf was one of the most feared and respected women of American letters.

Liesel Schillinger will join us to talk about the lady with the bourgeoisie.

Blanche Knaf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire.

When people wonder if she really was pulling her weight equally in Knaf or even more,

at least according to this biographer and she seems to have lots of good backup,

Blanche was inseparable from its rise and from really its endurance.

Alexander Altar will have literary news and Greg Cole's will talk best sellers.

Here's some fun news inside the New York Times Book Review podcast is turning 10.

Our 10th anniversary celebration will be an event here at the Times on April 28th

with former host Sam Tannenhaus, podcast founder and current book critic Dwight Garner

and Gary Steingart are very first podcast guest.

And for our listeners, we're giving away 10 guest passes.

Email us at book review giveaway at nytimes.com.

We'll be randomly selecting 10 listeners to attend our live podcast celebration with a guest,

hosted here at the New York Times.

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