14 Podcast Episodes
Keith Gessen
Keith Gessen
Jordan talks with Keith Gessen about his new memoir of fatherhood, Raising Raffi: The First Five Years, and the challeng... Read more
27 Jul 2022
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49mins
Keith Gessen’s Battle Hymn of the Bear Dad
Keith Gessen’s Battle Hymn of the Bear Dad
On this week’s episode of Tell Me About Your Father, we speak with author Keith Gessen about his new memoir “Raising Raf... Read more
27 Jun 2022
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57mins
New Dad Season 2 Episode 6: The Keith Gessen Interview
New Dad Season 2 Episode 6: The Keith Gessen Interview
In today's episode of New Dad we speak with Keith Gessen about his newest book Raising Raffi. Keith was raised in Russi... Read more
17 Jun 2022
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1hr 19mins
Keith Gessen, "Raising Raffi: The First Five Years" (Viking, 2022)
Keith Gessen, "Raising Raffi: The First Five Years" (Viking, 2022)
"I was not prepared to be a father--this much I knew."Keith Gessen was nearing forty and hadn't given much thought to th... Read more
7 Jun 2022
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55mins
A Terrible Country: Keith Gessen and Vadim Nikitin
A Terrible Country: Keith Gessen and Vadim Nikitin
Novelist, journalist and translator Keith Gessen will be at the shop to read from and talk about his latest novel A Terr... Read more
14 May 2019
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58mins
Keith Gessen
Keith Gessen
Writer Keith Gessen on Saul Bellow's Humboldt's Gift, Russian literature, and figuring out which stories to tell.To lear... Read more
19 Apr 2019
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22mins
Sigrid Nunez | The Friend: A Novel with Keith Gessen | A Terrible Country: A Novel
Sigrid Nunez | The Friend: A Novel with Keith Gessen | A Terrible Country: A Novel
Sigrid Nunez won the 2018 National Book Award for The Friend, ''a penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memor... Read more
27 Feb 2019
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57mins
Russian-American novelist Keith Gessen discusses his life and work
Russian-American novelist Keith Gessen discusses his life and work
Keith Gessen is a Russian-American writer, translator, and co-editor of the magazine n+1. In the first half of this podc... Read more
22 Feb 2019
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1hr 19mins
Guest Episode: Keith Gessen
Guest Episode: Keith Gessen
Eric talks to New Yorker contributor Keith Gessen about his long history of writing for the magazine; the founding of N+... Read more
18 Feb 2019
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33mins
Keith Gessen, “A Terrible Country” (Viking, 2018)
Keith Gessen, “A Terrible Country” (Viking, 2018)
The only job Andrei Kaplan has been able to find since completing his doctorate, is teaching an online, poorly-paid cour... Read more
13 Nov 2018
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47mins