How is the Supreme Court nomination process changed since the death of Antonin Scalia?

Karl Hulse will join us to talk about his new book, Confirmation Bias.

And how do you imagine the life of someone who is figured into your childhood, in fiction?

Dishon, Charles Winslow will tell us about his debut novel, In West Mills.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the publishing world.

Plus, our critics will talk about the latest in literary criticism.

This is the Book Review Podcast for the New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Carl Hulse joins us now.

He is the chief Washington correspondent for the Times and the author of a new book, Confirmation

Bias.

Inside Washington's War, over the Supreme Court, from Scalia's death to Justice Kavanaugh.

Carl, thanks for being here.

Great to be here.

So you are the chief Washington correspondent for the Times.

What does that mean?

Exactly.

Probably that I've been here a long time.

I've been in some capacities with the Times since 1986.

I had many positions.

I started out as a reporter for the papers of Times, owned around the country.

I became an editor.

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