Today, The Bob Edwards Show interviews Jonathan Fraznen, whose new novel, Freedom (FS&G, 978-0374158460, $28; Macmillan Audio unabridged CD, $59.99) pubs tomorrow. From PW’s starred review: “The first question facing Franzen's feverishly awaited follow-up is whether it can find its own voice in its predecessor's shadow. In short: yes, it does, and in a big way.”
This morning’s Today show heard from college senior Zac Bissonnette, whose book is Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents (Portfolio Trade/Penguin, 978-1591842989, $16), which also pubs tomorrow.
On The Leonard Lopate Show, Janice Perlman revisted Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro (Oxford Univ. Press, 978-0195368369, $29.95). PW’s starred review explained: “Perlman has produced an excellent, exhaustive study of life in the 1,020 favelas—squatter settlements in Rio de Janeiro—in this sequel to her 1976 book, The Myth of Marginality.”
Diane Rehm chatted with fellow NPR host Scott Simon, whose latest is Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption (Random House, 978-1400068494, $22).
The Bonnie Hunt Show re-airs an interview with yoga instructor and performer Robyn Okrant, author of Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk (Center Street, 978-1599952390, $24.99), which PW called “a thoughtful, honest examination of her journey.”
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