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Literature August 6, 2019

Battered

A Whipped and Sipped Mystery

G. P. Gottlieb

Hosted by C. P. Lesley
It is not easy to interview a writer of murder mysteries without giving away too many details, but when an author not only manages to create a full and complex cast of characters but also sweetens the deal with recipes for everything from cakes to zucchini dip (given in detail at the end of the book), that helps. G. P. Gottlieb does both in Battered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery …
Literature September 8, 2020

Saving Ruby King

A Novel

Catherine Adel West

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Two south side Chicago families are bound together by a violence-infused past. Ruby’s mother, Alice King, has been murdered. Her father, Lebanon King, is an abusive man who endured a …
Literature September 16, 2020

Death Waits in the Dark

(The Arthur Nakai Mysteries, Book 2)

Mark Edward Langley

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
While Arthur Nakai is attending a wake for a man he considered a brother with whom he served in the U.S. Marines, he receives a call from an old friend …
Literature August 28, 2020

The Black Cage

A Milo Rigg Mystery

Jack Fredrickson

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In this well-written mystery, The Black Cage: A Milo Rigg Mystery (Severn House Publishers), it’s bitter winter in Chicago, and disgraced crime reporter Milo Rigg wakes up every night dreaming …
Literature June 30, 2020

Creatures

A Novel

Crissy Van Meter

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Going back and forth in time, Evangeline (Evie) recalls the challenges of being raised on a lush island off the coast of California. Her mother has left Evie and her …
Literature August 12, 2020

Road to Delano

John DeSimone

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In John DeSimone's Road to Delano (Rare Bird Books, 2020), it's 1968, and Cesar Chavez is organizing the United Farm Workers to fight for decent working conditions and basic human …
Jewish Studies February 4, 2023

The Jewish Reformation

Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism As Spiritual Enterprise

Michah Gottlieb

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
The Jewish Reformation: Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism as Spiritual Enterprise (Oxford University Press, 2021) was the 2022 winner of the AHA’s Dorothy Rosenberg Prize in the history of Jewish …
Literature February 14, 2023

Side Effects of Wanting

Mary Salisbury

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In Side Effects of Wanting (Main Street Rag, 2022), author Mary Salisbury spent nearly twenty years gathering together the pieces of humanity she saw reflected in the lives around her and distilled …
Literature October 27, 2022

Cora's Kitchen

Kimberly Garrett Brown

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Cora’s Kitchen by Kimberly Garrett Brown (Inanna Publications 2022) is a striking novel told in letters, journal entries, and a series of stories written by an educated young Black mother …
Literature February 22, 2022

Homicide and Halo-Halo

Mia P. Manansala

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Homicide and Halo-Halo (Berkley, 2022) is the second cozy mystery in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen mystery series. Written in first person, baker Lila Macapagal is about to open the Brew-Ha …
Literature January 18, 2022

What Storm, What Thunder

A Novel

Myriam J. A. Chancy

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning …
Literature April 26, 2022

Live Caught

R. Cathey Daniels

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In Live Caught (Black Lawrence Press 2022) by R. Cathey Daniels, we meet Lenny after he’s stolen money and a skiff in an attempt to escape his abusive older brothers …
Literature September 28, 2022

Gravity Hill

Susanne Davis

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Gravity Hill (Madville Publishing 2022) is the story of a small town in Connecticut grappling with the tragic death of three teenage boys. What first appears to be a drunk …
Literature March 21, 2023

The Field

Victoria Garza

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Victoria Garza begins her poetic memoir with her ten-year-old self learning that her little sister and cousin have died in a car accident. She painstakingly recalls lovely moments with her …
Education September 15, 2020

Critical Thinking

Jonathan Haber

Hosted by Trevor Mattea
In this episode, I speak with fellow New Books in Education host, Jonathan Haber, about his book, Critical Thinking (The MIT Press, 2020). This book explains the widely-discussed but often …
Literature January 11, 2022

Down a Dark River

Karen Odden

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In Karen Odden’s latest mystery (Down a Dark River, Crooked Lane Books 2021) it’s 1878 in London, and Scotland Yard inspector Michael Corravan, a former thief and bare-knuckles boxer, is …
Religion December 13, 2021

Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities

Sustenance and Sustainability

Pankaj Jain

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
In Indic religious traditions, a number of rituals and myths exist in which the environment is revered. Despite this nature worship in India, its natural resources are under heavy …
Music September 18, 2012

Blue Notes in Black and White

Photography and Jazz

Benjamin Cawthra

Hosted by Doc Stull
Ben Cawthra's Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz (University of Chicago, 2011) discusses the way images of jazz and the musicians who played it both reflected and …
Literature August 30, 2022

Price of Passage

A Tale of Immigration and Liberation

Larry F. Sommers

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Price of Passage: A Tale of Immigration and Liberation (DX Varos, 2022), Larry Sommers opens in 1853 in Norway, where only firstborn sons inherited their father’s land and estate. Other …
Jewish Studies November 11, 2019

Martin Buber

A Life of Faith and Dissent

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Hosted by David Gottlieb
In Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (Yale University Press, 2019), Paul Mendes-Flohr, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem …