David Grossman's New Novel is a Multigenerational Saga About Love and LossThis article appeared in the New York Times MORE THAN I LOVE MY LIFE By David Grossman Translated by Jessica Cohen Like Aladdin and his...
The Laconic VersesThis article appeared in Book Forum. One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival by Donald Antrim DEPRESSION, FOR ALL THAT HAS...
Will We Ever Understand Addiction? This article appeared in the New York Times. THE URGE Our History of Addiction By Carl Erik Fisher Our culture, ever on the lookout for...
The Books That Have Gotten Me Through the PandemicThis article appeared in Vogue. As an omnivorous reader, I expected the start of COVID-19 to bring out all my high-minded readerly...
Roddy Doyle's Stories of Life in LockdownThis article appeared in the New York Times. LIFE WITHOUT CHILDREN Stories By Roddy Doyle The act of pulling off good sentences, one...
The Cult of Saint JoanThis article appeared in the New York Times. In 1979, as a young and intrepid critic, I devoted my books column in The New Leader to Joan...
He Liked Having Enemies: The contested legacy of D. H. LawrenceThis article appeared in Bookforum BURNING MAN: THE TRIALS OF D. H. LAWRENCE BY FRANCES WILSON HAS THERE EVER BEEN A WRITER more reviled...
The Cant-Free Elegance of Jenny Diski’s Irresistible MindWHY DIDN’T YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WERE TOLD? Essays By Jenny Diski I’ve never been quite sure what the phrase “an acquired taste” is...