I’m a bit wiped from last night’s interview with Marshall Klimasewiski, but thank you to all who came! I hope to offer content later. But…
Tonight, I’ll be talking with Marshall Klimasewiski, author of The Cottagers and now Tyrants, at 7:00 PM. The event will take place at McNally Robinson,…
One is tempted to look upon an array of serendipitous factors, particularly those that are strange and unfavorable, and find some cosmic justification for karmic…
It’s safe to say that most of us fail to observe where our food comes from. I am currently examining an empty aluminum can of…
Diablo Cody’s win over Tamara Jenkins for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar is perhaps the most egregious Oscar victory since Oliver! beat out 2001 for…
Folks, I am a bit knackered. So I hope you’ll pardon the silence on this end. It’s been a six interviews in seven days and…
They are the new Davids. Granted they are not singularly recognizable –- they are remarkably generic –- but the bodybuilders slash athletes on American Gladiators…
“A genre is hardening. It is becoming possible to describe today’s ‘big, ambitious novel.’ Familial resemblances are asserting themselves, and a parent can be named:…
Whenever I go to a party, particularly one with lithe lads and lasses who are a good five or seven years younger than me, I…
The lyrebird, most commonly found in Australia, is capable of mimicking an extraordinary range of sounds while singing to attract a mate. But as the…
Just when you think the New York Times Book Review couldn’t get any sleazier, editor Sam Tanenhaus has proven yet again that there isn’t an…
Diary of the Dead is going to split critics. The film snobs who can’t handle a populist movie with a brain will groan (as many…
About six months after I continued to remain happy and childless, I saw a woman sitting with her son on a blanket. Her name, I…
Pleasant personal circumstances call me elsewhere today. But I will return very soon with an essay on contemporary horror films, with some lengthy thoughts on…
On Sunday night, I stepped into the chilly cold and ventured off to see two fabulous pals — Matt Cheney and Tayari Jones — read…
He was a passionate devotee of David Foster Wallace, Rick Moody, and many others who he sensed were writing the Great American Novel. He made…
I hope to find more time to write at length about Charles Baxter’s extraordinary novel, The Soul Thief. Beyond Baxter nailing the relationship of “God…
Dear Zadie Smith: Well, this isn’t a difficult thing to write. Because the kind of sanctimonious attitude you espouse with your open letter really doesn’t…
Frank Wilson will be hanging up his hat as books editor of the Philly Inquirer on Friday and I feel that the battle to save…
Dave Itzkoff has been an embarrassment to the New York Times Book Review for some time, imbuing his “Across the Universe” columns with a know-nothing…
I’ve conducted four interviews in the past two days and there are many deadlines I have to beat. But a number of very interesting items…
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