# Private Life: A New York Review Podcast

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Official site: https://www.nybooks.com
Author: New York Review Podcasts
Episodes: 22

## Resource

Private Life is a podcast from The New York Review, hosted by contributor Jarrett Earnest. Each episode offers intimate, in-depth conversations with distinguished voices from across the literary landscape—about their lives, their work, and the ideas that shape both. Along the way, they revisit pieces from the The New York Review of Books's robust sixty-year archive (some episodes of the podcast will feature newly recorded readings of these classic essays) to situate arguments within contemporary culture. The show also includes discussions of titles from our book publishing arm, New York Review Books, featuring talks with translator Mark Polizzotti on Andre Breton's surrealist masterpiece Nadja and musician Richard Hell on the re-issue of his novel Godlike. Other early episodes find Joyce Carol Oates ruminating on true crime, while Darryl Pinckney opens up about the perils of memoir and his formative friendship with essayist Elizabeth Hardwick. Private Life is a personable, expansive invitation for longtime subscribers and a new generation of readers alike to connect with the past, present and future of The New York Review.

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## Episodes
- [”The Mayakovsky of MacDougal Street” by Geoffrey O’Brien](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/the-mayakovsky-of-macdougal-street-by-geoffrey-o-brien) — 2026-07-08T12:00:00+00:00
- [Robert Glück on His Books, Frank O'Hara, and Dreams](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/robert-gl-ck-on-his-books-frank-o-hara-and-dreams) — 2026-07-01T12:00:00+00:00
- [“Chronicles of Love and Loss“ by Helen Vendler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/chronicles-of-love-and-loss-by-helen-vendler) — 2026-06-24T12:00:00+00:00
- [Eve Babitz's Letters from “Too L.A.” Read By Gina Gershon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/eve-babitz-s-letters-from-too-l-a-read-by-gina-gershon) — 2026-06-17T13:34:50+00:00
- [Matthew Aucoin on Opera, Music Criticism, and Poetry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/matthew-aucoin-on-opera-music-criticism-and-poetry) — 2026-06-10T20:44:12+00:00
- [Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz, Her Legacy, and Unsent Letters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/lili-anolik-on-eve-babitz-her-legacy-and-unsent-letters) — 2026-05-27T16:30:00+00:00
- [“Radiant, Angry Caravaggio“ by Ingrid D. Rowland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/radiant-angry-caravaggio-by-ingrid-d-rowland) — 2026-05-20T12:00:00+00:00
- [Ingrid D. Rowland on Art History, Raphael, and Disegno](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/ingrid-d-rowland-on-art-history-raphael-and-disegno) — 2026-05-13T12:00:00+00:00
- [Private Life x Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/private-life-x-dialogues-the-david-zwirner-podcast) — 2026-05-06T16:00:00+00:00
- [“Ghosts in the House” by Martin Filler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/ghosts-in-the-house-by-martin-filler) — 2026-04-29T12:00:00+00:00
- [Martin Filler on Writing, Frank Gehry, and the Dramatic World of Architecture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/martin-filler-on-writing-frank-gehry-and-the-dramatic-world-of-architecture) — 2026-04-22T12:00:00+00:00
- [“The Banality of Empathy“ by Namwali Serpell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/the-banality-of-empathy-by-namwali-serpell) — 2026-04-15T12:00:00+00:00
- [Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison, Criticism, and Narrative Empathy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/namwali-serpell-on-toni-morrison-criticism-and-narrative-empathy) — 2026-04-08T19:16:03+00:00
- [Gini Alhadeff Reads from André Breton's ’Nadja’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/gini-alhadeff-reads-from-andr-breton-s-nadja) — 2026-04-01T19:51:53+00:00
- [Mark Polizzotti on André Breton, Translation, and Surrealism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/mark-polizzotti-on-andr-breton-translation-and-surrealism) — 2026-03-25T18:55:55+00:00
- [Richard Hell Reads From ‘Godlike‘](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/richard-hell-reads-from-godlike) — 2026-03-18T18:37:06+00:00
- [Richard Hell on ’Godlike’ and Poetry as a Way of Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/richard-hell-on-godlike-and-poetry-as-a-way-of-life) — 2026-03-11T17:34:33+00:00
- [“The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey” by Joyce Carol Oates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/the-mystery-of-jonben-t-ramsey-by-joyce-carol-oates) — 2026-03-04T17:01:23+00:00
- [Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Her Improbable Life, and Joan Didion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/joyce-carol-oates-on-true-crime-her-improbable-life-and-joan-didion) — 2026-02-25T16:00:00+00:00
- [“Working Girls: The Brontës” by Elizabeth Hardwick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/working-girls-the-bront-s-by-elizabeth-hardwick) — 2026-02-18T19:15:40+00:00
- [Darryl Pinckney on Memoir, Friendship, and Elizabeth Hardwick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/darryl-pinckney-on-memoir-friendship-and-elizabeth-hardwick) — 2026-02-11T20:42:13+00:00
- [Introducing: Private Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-life-a-new-york-review-podcast-7689958/introducing-private-life) — 2026-02-06T14:32:02+00:00

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