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Podcast: New Books in Biography & Memoir
Episode: Ben Ratliff, "Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening" (Graywolf Press, 2025)
Description: Ben Ratliff is the author of Every Song Ever and Coltrane: The Story of a Sound, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening (Graywolf Press, 2025) was longlisted for the National Book Award, and the 2026 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. A former music critic for the New York Times, he lives in New York City and teaches at NYU.
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