Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Life of Saul Bellow’

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2015

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week, Sam Tanenhaus talks about Zachary Leader’s new biography of Saul Bellow; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Emily Bazelon discusses Jon Krakauer’s “Missoula”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

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0:00.0	Which Saul Bello do we encounter in this latest major biography?
0:06.5	Sam Tannenhaus, a familiar name, and voice will be here to talk about Zachary Leader's
0:11.6	new book, The Life of Saul Bello, to fame and fortune.
0:15.1	His intellect is so powerful and the pro-so-terential that it has this very large Shakespearean
0:22.9	feel to it.
0:24.1	What is a Quentin's rape and how does the justice system deal with it?
0:27.7	Emily Bazalon will be here to talk about Missoula, rape and the justice system in a small
0:32.4	town, the latest book from John Crackauer.
0:35.1	He is looking at the kinds of cases that are more typical uncold campuses, but still I
0:40.5	think relatively unfamiliar and sometimes difficult for the rest of us regular people to grapple
0:46.7	with and understand.
0:48.1	Alexander Alter will report from the publishing world and Greg Cole's has bestseller news.
0:53.4	This is Inside the New York Times Booker View.
0:55.2	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:57.7	So we have a total newcomer to the podcast joining us now, Sam Tannenhaus.
1:10.1	Some of you may remember.
1:11.5	Hi, Sam.
1:12.5	Pamela, great to be here.
1:13.5	It's been so long.
1:14.5	I know.
1:15.5	The rules are switched here.
1:16.9	We're going to talk about something you know very well.
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