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Book Picks - The Bennington Bookshop

Book covers for the books listed below on this page

    This week's Book Picks come from owner of Bennington Bookshop, Phil Lewis.

List:
"The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich
"Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi*
"Afterlife" by Julia Alvarez
"Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman
"Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid

Ibram X. Kendi is featured on this week's episode of "The Book Show," in an encore airing of Joe Donahue's interview with him about "How to Be an Anti-Racist."

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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