The 2024 National Book Award Longlist, GOOD OMENS Season Three 'Paused,' Rachel Kushner's CREATION LAKE, and More

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4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the 10 selections for The National Book Awards Fiction Longlist along with their mostly wrong guesses, Good Omens production pauses amid the accusations against Neil Gaiman, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, and an author interview chestnut we would like to see roasted, once and for all. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Discussed in this episode: Production paused on Good Omens series due to allegations against Neil Gaiman National Book Awards Fiction Longlist Big Publishing Saw Earnings Rebound in H1 How Historical Fiction Redefined the Literary Canon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.8	This is the Book Grab podcast, I'm Jeff O'Neil. And I'm Rebecca Shinsky. Today we're talking about the long list for the National Book Award for Fiction, primarily. We're also going to spend a few minutes on Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner I believe in
1:14.6	We are Rebecca both and I finished that publishing earnings rebound's game in fallout and Rebecca it sounds like you didn't put it in there but I think you have a
1:24.0	candidate for soapbox corner I mean let's get on the soapbox yeah I couldn't remember if we called it
1:29.4	soapbox corner but I have labeled this as a moment of I'm over it.
1:33.2	I'm over it.
1:34.0	Yeah, maybe that should be rather than something for nothing
1:37.2	we can play a game called I'm here for it or I'm over it.
1:40.4	Are you here for it or are you here for it or are you over it in these particular things?
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