Book Salon
By Stanford Alumni Association
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The Martian interview with Roger Romani | Roger Romani discusses "The Martian" by Andy Weir for Book Salon 2015 - 2016. | 9/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Extreme Life of the Sea interview with Stephen Palumbi | Listen to Professor Stephen Palumbi discuss his book 'The Extreme Life of the Sea' for Book Salon 2014 - 2015. (05/01/2015) | 9/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Death of Artemio Cruz interview with Zephyr Frank | Professor Zephyr Frank discussing The Death of Artemio Cruz | 4/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Waiting for Godot interview with Helen Brooks | Helen Brooks discussing Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett | 4/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena | Listen to Professor Anthony Marra discuss his debut novel: A powerful story of love and the connections we make with one another that can transcend the world around us, even in wartime. | 3/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Americanah | Clayborne Carson in a discussion on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah | 3/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Prisoner's Dilemma interview with Ari Kelman | Listen to Professor Ari Kelman discuss ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (3/1/2014) | 7/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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When God Talks Back interview with Tanya Luhrmann | Listen to author, Professor Tanya Luhrmann describe her book, ‘When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God’ for the Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (9/1/2013) | 7/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Flight Behavior interview with Noah Diffenbaugh | Listen to Professor Noah Diffenbaugh discuss ‘Flight Behavior’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (4/1/2014) | 7/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Working Theory of Love interview with Scott Hutchins | Listen to author, lecturer Scott Hutchins describe his book, ‘A Working Theory of Love’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (9/1/2013) | 7/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Bluest Eye interview with Peggy Phelan | Listen to Professor Peggy Phelan discuss ‘The Bluest Eye’ for the Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (02/1/2014) | 7/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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That They May Face the Rising Sun interview with Eamonn Callan | Listen to Professor Eamonn Callan discuss ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (01/1/2014) | 7/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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People of the Book interview with Elaine Treharne | Listen to Professor Elaine Treharne discuss ‘People of the Book’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (5/1/2014) | 6/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | VideoDiscussion with Scott Hutchins: A Working Theory of Love | Join Stanford alumni for a lively discussion of techno-romance: A Working Theory of Love led by author, Scott Hutchins. | 11/15/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Turn of Mind interview with Alice LaPlante | Listen to author, Professor Alice LaPlante describe her book, 'Turn of Mind' for the Book Salon 2012-2013 season. (9/1/2012) | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Tevye the Dairyman interview with Gabriella Safran | Listen to Professor Gabriella Safran discuss 'Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (11/1/2012) | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Emma interview with John Bender | Listen to Professor John Bender discuss 'Emma' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013) | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Crime & Punishment interview with Nancy Ruttenburg | Listen to Professor Nancy Ruttenburg discuss 'Crime and Punishment' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013) | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Great Gatsby interview with Gavin Jones | Listen to Professor Gavin Jones discuss 'The Great Gatsby' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013) | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Black Rain interview with Steven Carter | Listen to Professor Steven Carter discuss 'Black Rain' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013) | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Any Human Heart interview with Helen Stacy | Listen to Professor Helen Stacy discuss 'Any Human Heart' for Book Salon 2012-2013. | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Interview) | Lecturer Jennifer Wolf introduces the young adult novel "The Hunger Games" to members of the Stanford Book Salon community. (May 1, 2012) r | 5/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Interview) | Claire Jarvis, assistant professor of English, introduces "Great Expectations" to the Stanford Book Salon community. A scholar of Victorian literature, she discusses why this classic novel holds up to re-reading. (March 1, 2012) | 3/8/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Interview) | Adam Johnson introduces "Pyongyang" to the Stanford Book Salon community. He discusses why he chose this book and conveys important themes for readers to explore. (February 6, 2012) | 2/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Jasmine: Interview | Scotty McLennan introduces "Jasmine" to the Stanford Book Salon community. He discusses why he chose this book and conveys important themes for readers to explore. (January 6, 2012) | 2/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain: Interview | Professor Eavan Boland introduces the book "Testament of Youth" to members of Stanford Book Salon community. (November 1, 2011) | 11/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Abraham Verghese Interview on "Cutting for Stone" | Professor Abraham Verghese introduces his novel "Cutting for Stone" to members of Stanford Book Salon community. (September 22, 2011) | 10/11/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Invisible Man: Discussion | Harry Elam hosts the September 2010 Book Salon discussion on Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. He brings up many of the books themes, most prominently its commentary on race and how it applies in modern times. (September 2010) | 11/4/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Book Salon Discussion: Persepolis | Stanford Professor of Writing and Rhetoric discusses Marjane Satrapi's political graphic novel Persepolis. (October 25, 2009) | 11/9/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Dancing at Lughnasa: Discussion | Charlie Junkerman, Stanford Associate Provost and Dean of Continuing Studies, discusses Brian Friel's play, Dancing at Lughnasa, in context of cultural, community, political, religious, and feminist relations. (May 28, 2009) | 6/10/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Dancing at Lughnasa: Interview | associate provost and dean of continuing studies Charlie Junkerman introduces readers to Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel. (May 2009) | 5/12/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Interview | English Professor Elizabeth Tallent introduces readers to Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro. (March 2009) | 4/1/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Orpheus Lost: Interview | Valerie Miner introduces the book salon group to "Orpheus Lost," by Janette Turner Hospital. (February 2009) | 3/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Quiet American: Interview | Martin Evans introduces the book salon group to "The Quiet American," by Graham Greene. (January 2009) | 3/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Quiet American: Discussion | Stanford English Professor, Martin Evans, examines the once controversial novel "The Quiet American" by Graham Green, with Stanford alumni. (January 28, 2009) | 2/18/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Dreams from My Father: Interview | Rick Banks introduces the book salon group to Barack Obama's "Dreams from My Father." (November 2008) | 11/3/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Poetry of Robert Frost: Interview | Dana Gioia, guest host, introduces the book salon group to The Poetry of Robert Frost. (September 2008) | 9/29/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Plot Against America: Discussion | The Book Salon group discusses Philip Roth's The Plot Against America with David Kerns. (March 31, 2008) | 4/21/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Shadow of the Wind: Interview | Tamar Herzog, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to Shadow of the Wind. (November 2007) | 2/25/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Plot Against America: Interview | David Kerns, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to The Plot Against America. (March 2008) | 2/25/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Wild God of the World: Interview | Albert Gelpi, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers. (February 2008) | 2/25/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Elizabeth Costello: Interview | Blakey Vermeule, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to Elizabeth Costello. (January 2008) | 2/25/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Shadow of the Wind: Discussion | The Book Salon group discusses Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Shadow of the Wind with Tamar Herzog. (December 5, 2007) | 12/17/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Angle of Repose: Discussion | The Book Salon group discusses Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose with Nancy Packer. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Angle of Repose: Interview | Nancy Packer introduces Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Arcadia: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader and A.C.T. creative director, Carey Perloff, '80, about Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Atonement: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interview Rob Polhemus, chairman of the English department, about Atonement, Ian McEwan. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader Marie Earl, '78, MLA '98, about Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie; translated from the French by Ina Rilke. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Brick Lane: Interview | Marie Earl, '78, MLA '98, interviews Scotty McLennan, dean for religious life at Stanford, about Brick Lane, by Monica Ali. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader Adam Johnson, Jones Lecturer in the Program in Creative Writing at Stanford, about Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, by ZZ Packer. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Genesis: Translation and Commentary: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Larry Friedlander, professor of English literature and theater, about Genesis: Translation and Commentary,by Robert Alter. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, A Marriage: Discussion | Marilyn Yalom, senior scholar at Stanford's Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and Diane Middlebrook, professor of English, emerita, and author of Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, A Marriage,explore the lives of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, A Marriage: Interview | Marilyn Yalom, senior scholar at Stanford's Institute for Research on Women and Gender, interviews Diane Middlebrook, professor of English, emerita, about her book, Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, A Marriage. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War: Discussion | English Professor Emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Tobias Wolff, professor of English, about his book In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War,by Tobias Wolff. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Tobias Wolff, professor of English, about his book In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Madame Bovary: Discussion | Book Salon group discusses Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Madame Bovary: Interview | Book Salon group introduces Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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My Year of Meats: Interview | Book Salon group introduces My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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On Beauty: Discussion | The Book Salon group discusses On Beauty by Zadie Smith. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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On Beauty: Interview | Harry Elam introduces On Beauty by Zadie Smith. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Tales from Ovid: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Alessandro Barchiesi, professor of classics, about Tales from Ovid,by Ted Hughes. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Kavalier & Clay author, Michael Chabon. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Bondwoman's Narrative: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Harry Elam, professor of drama, about The Bondwoman's Narrative,by Hannah Crafts, ed. by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Dive from Clausen's Pier: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Clausen's Pier author, Ann Packer. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Great Fire: Interview | Marie Earl, '78, MLA '98, interviews Nick Jenkins, assistant professor of English, about The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Red and The Black: Discussion | Book Salon group discusses The Red and The Black by Stendhal. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Red and The Black: Interview | Book Salon group introduces The Red and The Black by Stendhal. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Time of Your Life: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Alice Rayner, associate professor of drama, about The Time of Your Life,by William Saroyan. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Waste Land: Interview | Marie Earl, '78, MLA '98, interviews Albert Gelpi, professor emeritus of American literature, about The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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To the Lighthouse: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader Valerie Ross, a lecturer in the Introduction to the Humanities program, about To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Vienna Paradox: Discussion | Book Salon group discusses The Vienna Paradox by Marjorie Perloff. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Vienna Paradox: Interview | Book Salon group introduces The Vienna Paradox by Marjorie Perloff. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Who's Irish: Interview | English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Andrea Lunsford, professor of English, about Who's Irish, by Gish Jen. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Wide Sargasso Sea: Discussion | Book Salon group discusses Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Wide Sargasso Sea: Interview | Book Salon group introduces Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Women in Love: Interview | English profesor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Rob Polhemus, chair of the English department, about Women in Love, by D. H. Lawrence. | 3/30/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
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Engaging and informative!
I've only listened to the 'Wide Sargasso Sea' and 'To The Lighthouse' episodes of this series, so I can't speak for the others, but for me these were fascinating. They're perfect for high school students (myself included!) who aren't just interested in good grades but are looking to have a really worthwhile learning experience when studying literature - I don't start studying WSS until next week but hearing intelligent people banter about it in the discussion was really helpful as context. On the other hand, these recordings are great even if you don't 'need' to know anything about the books; I read TTL in my own time this summer and the 11-minute interview here was enjoyable listening, even if just to hear the language and share in the enthusiasm with which Valerie Ross describes the story. The production quality on the WSS discussion leaves a little to be desired, because some people were clearly further away from the recording equipment than others; however if you turn the volume up you should have no problem hearing it. : )
