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This week, the New York Times Book Review offers a special “how-to†issue, including essays about the craft of writing by Colson Whitehead, Roger Rosenblatt and Augusten Burroughs. Elsewhere in the issue, Nicholas Confessore reviews Samuel L. Popkin's book “The Candidate,†which looks at the importance of organization for presidential campaigns. Mr. Confessore writes:
In 1991, George H. W. Bush was the incumbent who couldn't lose. After his years in the White House, with victory in Iraq and the end of the cold war under his belt, he considered the possible Democratic candidates self-evidently underqualified. He believed that voters would reward him for his credentials on national defense, which had been a Republican franchise over the preceding decade, and th at he could pincer any opponent on social issues like welfare and crime. But Bush suffered from a disconnect typical of incumbents: His White House staff balked at yielding turf to his campaign team.
Also on this week's podcast, Henry Alford discusses two new books about modern manhood; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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