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"Fear of a WAP Planet"

Keep It! - August 12, 2020 07:01 - ★★★★★ - 9K ratings
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss conservative reactions to Cardi B and Megan thee Stallion’s new single “WAP,” Selling Sunset, Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris, and which celebrities have us blocked. Plus, Zadie Smith joins to discuss her new book of essays Intimations and Jean Smart joins to discuss ...

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Zadie Smith with Jennifer Egan: Grand Union

92NY Talks - January 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 211 ratings
Zadie Smith, beloved author of White Teeth, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, reads from her first book of short fiction, Grand Union, and sits for a conversation with fellow novelist Jennifer Egan. The conversation was recorded on December 5, 2019 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Stre...

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Zadie Smith

City Arts & Lectures - December 08, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 314 ratings
Zadie Smith is known for her emotionally rich stories and unique perspective on contemporary culture. Smith wrote her widely acclaimed debut novel “White Teeth” as an undergraduate. She soon cemented her reputation as one of the most important voices of her generation with books like “S...

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Zadie Smith on what keeps her urgently engaged with the world around her

Writers and Company - November 17, 2019 05:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
The critically acclaimed British author joined Eleanor Wachtel onstage in Toronto for an exhilarating conversation about Grand Union, her first collection of short stories.

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Literary Friction - City of Voices with Zadie Smith

Literary Friction - October 07, 2019 22:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
This month's show is called City of Voices in honour of our very esteemed guest, author Zadie Smith. We met Zadie for a live event in Sheffield to talk about her first short story collection, Grand Union, a playful, ambitious symphony of different voices, styles and forms. Listen in to hear about...

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Darryl Pinckney & Zadie Smith on Achievement & Beyoncé

Library Talks - March 15, 2016 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 307 ratings
This week, we welcome two award-winning authors: American writer Darryl Pinckney and popular English novelist Zadie Smith. In this wide-ranging conversation, Pinckney and Smith talk about race, class, and Pinckney’s new novel, “Black Deutschland.”

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Chimamanda Adichie & Zadie Smith on Race, Writing, & Relationships

Library Talks - August 25, 2015 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 307 ratings
On the heels of the blockbuster success of her latest novel, “Americanah,” Adichie sat down with Smith at NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to discuss the critically acclaimed book and how it came to be. In their far-reaching conversation, Adichie and Smith talk about race, f...

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Zadie Smith

Desert Island Discs - September 22, 2013 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the novelist and critic, Zadie Smith. First published at just twenty four her debut novel "White Teeth" garnered huge attention and praise. As a result she suffered the unnerving experience of doing her literary growing up in public. Yet in spite of the scru...

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Zadie Smith

World Book Club - February 19, 2005 18:35 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 332 ratings
Zadie Smith talks to an audience about her novel 'White Teeth'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

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Zadie Smith

Bookclub - January 02, 2005 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 205 ratings
James Naughtie talks to Zadie Smith about the impact of her debut novel White Teeth.

Books written by Zadie Smith

The Autograph Man
Zadie Smith

347 pages - ★★★ - 9.2K ratings

The Book of Other People
Zadie Smith, David Mitchell, George Saunders, Colm Tóibín, Aleksandar Hemon, Nick Hornby, Hari Kunzru, Toby Litt, Chris Ware

304 pages - ★★★ - 2.5K ratings

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Christine A. Lindberg, David Auburn, Simon Winchester, Michael Dirda, David Lehman, Stephin Merritt, Francine Prose, Zadie Smith, Jean Strouse, David Foster Wallace

1088 pages - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings