Episode: Ep476: Let's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'

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Ep476: Let's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'

1 - Let's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'

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Published at: 2/16/2024

Author: The New York Times

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Barbara Kingsolverā€™s novel ā€œDemon Copperhead,ā€ a riff on ā€œDavid Copperfieldā€ that moves Charles Dickensā€™s story to contemporary Appalachia and grapples engagingly with topics from poverty to ambition to opioid addiction, was one of the Book Reviewā€™s 10 Best Books of 2022. And ā€” unlike an actual copperhead ā€” ā€œDemon Copperheadā€ has legs: Many readers have told us it was their favorite book in 2023 as well. In this weekā€™s spoiler-filled episode, MJ Franklin talks with Elisabeth Egan (an editor at the Book Review) and Anna Dubenko, the Timesā€™s newsroom audience director, about their reactions to Kingsolverā€™s novel and why it has exerted such a lasting appeal.

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