Jill Lepore, NEW YORKER staff writer and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is a captivating essayist and a terrific performer of her own writing. Her pace is upbeat without being too fast; her articulation is clear; and her voice, midrange with the occasional high note, blooms with enthusiasm. That enthusiasm, combined with humor and smarts-- she's a Harvard University history professor--makes for enticing listening. Whether she's exploring women's career options via the lives of her own mother and Ben Franklin's sister, reconsidering Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN as a slave narrative, pondering Eugene Debs and American socialism, reveling in motherhood, or riffing on her love of bicycling--Lepore is erudite, funny, and thought-provoking. May she keep thinking, writing, and performing for many more years.
Pub Date: Aug. 29, 2023
Duration: 22 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9798987711934
Publisher: Pushkin Industries
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Inspiring collections of Angelou reading her poetry. These selections showcase Angelou's smooth, lyrical voice and her warm vitality. Her innate rhythm celebrates her verse and offers the poems to listeners as they should be remembered. Occasionally Angelou comments between the selections, and occasionally she interjects a resonant laugh.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: N/A
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Pirhalla’s expert pacing enlivens the suspense of this true history.
Nothing beats a good spy story, especially one that involves outwitting Nazis. This true history of Greece’s covert resistance to German occupation during World War II chronicles a group of unlikely operatives: the curators and archeologists who hid Greece’s ancient treasures from the German invaders, and the Greek Americans who returned to Greece undercover. Narrator John Pirhalla expertly weaves narrative continuity out of a dozen consecutive but mostly separate episodes. Some depict Greek museums’ obstruction of Nazi demands, others the fledgling American O.S.S. infiltration of wartime Greece. Crisply narrated, the chapters flow naturally and seamlessly.
Pirhalla’s expert pacing enlivens the suspense of this true history.Pub Date: June 9, 2026
Duration: 9 hrs, 4 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217338351
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: today
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 2026
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