Book Society

Updated: 15 Dec 2023 • 90 episodes
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Host Lucas Cantor discusses a new book each week with a distinguished guest.

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Award winning Chicagoan writer, Joe Meno and I talk about his novel, "Book Of Extra Ordinary Tragedies", staying positive in the midst of tragedy, and our shared hearing loss as we get older.  Book Of Extraordinary Tragedies https://www.amazon.com/Book-Extraordinary-Tragedies-Joe-Meno/dp/1636140610/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GZO

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Sergio and I talk about his book and about the Latino experience in the US... Nepantla. https://sergiotroncoso.com

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Sergio Troncoso and I talk about Mark Twain's classic, Huckleberry Finn.  It was a trip to read this book as an adult.

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David E Hoffman and I talk about Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski and about Give Me Liberty.  Live from the Miami Book Fair! Story of a Secret State: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Secret-State-Penguin-Classics/dp/0241407389/ref=asc_df_0241407389/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509360428472&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand

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Ellis Cose and I discuss his book Race and Reckoning.  It's a deep dive into the history of racism and slavery in the US, how close it is to us still, and how it still effects us. Buy Race and Reckoning: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Reckoning-Founding-Fathers-Disruptors-ebook/dp/B09J53CVFP/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding

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The brilliant Ellis Cose @EllisCose and I discuss the depressingly timely topic of Civil War.  Barbra F Walter's book How Civil Wars Start and How To Stop Them. Buy How Civil Wars Star and How To Stop Them: https://www.amazon.com/How-Civil-Wars-Start-Stop/dp/0593137787

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