Inside The New York Times Book Review: Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake’

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 6 March 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week, Erik Larson talks about “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Orlando Patterson discusses two new books by black conservatives, “Please Stop Helping Us” and “Shame”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

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0:00.0	What mysteries went down with the sinking of the Lucitania?
0:06.3	Eric Larson will be here to talk about his new book, Dead Wake.
0:09.6	So here's this ship, everybody knows it's coming.
0:11.8	Everybody knows the submarines and its path.
0:14.1	Nothing's done.
0:15.1	Nothing's done to stop it.
0:16.4	So there is a mystery there.
0:18.0	How do black conservatives view contemporary racial politics?
0:21.8	Orlando Patterson will talk about two new books, Shame by Shelby Steel and Please Stop Helping
0:28.2	Us by Jason Riley, which he reviews this week.
0:31.4	He said something which is also purest that he is a proud black person and that he would
0:37.2	not put up with that with racism.
0:39.3	And he had several other passages in which he made it quite clear that he takes a strong
0:43.6	stand on race.
0:45.1	Alexander Altair will share her notes from the publishing world and Greg Cole's has
0:49.3	bestseller news.
0:51.0	This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.
0:52.7	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:58.2	Eric Larson is here now to talk about his new book, Dead Wake, The Last Crossing of
1:11.7	the Lucitania.
1:12.7	Hi, Eric.
1:13.7	Hi.
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