I'm Gilbert Cruz editor of the New York Times Book Review and this is the Book Review podcast.

On this week's episode, the actress Sarah Jessica Parker, best known for her work in the

HBO series Sex and the City, SJ as she prefers to be called, is also a voracious reader.

So much so that she is now involved with her second book imprint, SJP Litt.

She took time away from filming the new season of her show and just like that to talk about

how she got involved in the publishing industry as well as some of her choices for the

book reviews recent 21st century books poll.

Let's turn to that conversation now.

Sarah Jessica Parker, welcome to the book review podcast.

Thank you, thank you so much for having me.

It's a real honor as a listener, so thank you for allowing me to be a visitor, an interographer. It is wonderful to have you here. So,

S.J, you obviously are known as an actor on the small screen, the big screen, the

stage for those of us who have been lucky to you on Broadway.

Tell us a little bit about your entry into the publishing world.

The reason that you're on this podcast is not just because you are book enthusiasts and a book

and vegilist which you are but also because you're actually

part of the publishing industry now so how did that start?

It was a peculiar entry and I should say that I did not feel deserving even of the inquiry.

I happened to be at a luncheon that was also attended by Molly Stern who at the time was big fancy editor at Crown and

was looking over a smaller imprint called Hogarth which I know you're familiar with and

that I loved and she came to say hello because she had seen me photographed

carrying a book by one of her authors Gillian Flynn. This was in the

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