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Audio Book Club: The Good Mother by Sue Miller Dec 08, 2011

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Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and special guest novelist Amy Bloom discuss Sue Miller's The Good Mother on the novel's 25th anniversary.

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Audio Book Club: This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman Oct 31, 2011

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Slate editors discuss Helen Schulman's "This Beautiful Life," a new novel about a video that goes viral and ruins the lives of two teenagers at a posh New York City private school.

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Audio Book Club: The Submission by Amy Waldman Sep 26, 2011

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For Slate's September Audio Book club, Yale art historian and architect Kishwar Rizvi joins Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin to discuss The Submission, Amy Waldman's novel about memorializing 9/11.

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Audio Book Club: Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad Aug 29, 2011

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Michael Agger, Emily Bazelon, and Julia Turner talk about the memorable themes and intricate structure of Jennifer Egan's prize-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad.

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Audio Book Club: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series Jul 16, 2011

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Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Joining them are two Potter enthusiasts: Emily’s son Simon, 8, and Hanna’s daughter Noa, 10. They discuss death, loyalty and Snape's love for Lily.

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Audio Book Club: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Jun 27, 2011

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Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ latest historical novel, Caleb’s Crossing.

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Audio Book Club: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara May 31, 2011

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Our critics, including Yale historian David Blight, discuss the Civil War classic The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara.

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Audio Book Club: Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein Apr 27, 2011

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In this week’s audio book club, Slate’s Daniel Engber, David Plotz and Hanna Rosin discuss Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, about his quest to compete in the U.S. Memory Championships, and what he learned about the human brain along the way.

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Audio Book Club: Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! Mar 27, 2011

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In this week’s Audio Book Club, Slate’s Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Hanna Rosin discuss Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, a new novel about the struggle of a family who runs an alligator-wrestling theme park.

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Audio Book Club: Emma Donoghue’s Room Feb 27, 2011

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Slate’s Audio Book Club discusses Emma Donoghue’s Room, a best-selling novel about a 5-year-old boy raised by his mother in a shed where she has been held prisoner since before he was born.

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