I was scrolling thru the blogs on my Reader and came across a post in the New York Times Papercutswith a verbal review of Michael Greenberg’s Hurry Down Sunshine. This was an interesting format – the host, Sam Tanenhaus, is editor of the Book Review; he was interviewing Rachel Donatio, former writer and editor of the Book Review, now Rome Bureau Chief for the NYT. It was really more of a conversation, Donatio told a bit about the book, why it appealed to her, and more about author Michael Greenberg.
My review of Hurry Down Sunshine is echoed by Donatio’s words: “In talking about it you do think this sounds like a bad TV movie, but when you read the book it’s extremely raw and powerful.”
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Until I came across this verbal review, I had only imported podcasts of author interviews and readings; now I have another reason to plug in my ear buds while running (I need short bursts of data, recorded books mesmerize me and I get distracted from the terrain!). How about you? Do you regularly listen to any podcasts … which ones? Do you archive them to refer back to, or simply delete after listening?
I listen to “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”, the weekly NPR news quiz, and “Savage Lovecast”, the podcast version of Dan Savage’s sex advice column. They’re both once a week, but I tend to let several weeks’ worth build up, and then listen to them all in one burst.
Dawn, I didn’t know you were a runner!
What I listen to depends on the run: long run (1 hour +) is an audio book. Short run is music.
I enjoy Papercuts, when I get around to reading it.
Fyrefly – “Wait, wait ..” is a great show. Now I’m going to check out Dan Savage’s program.
Shana – you can download the Papercuts podcasts (interviews or “book talk”) for short runs.