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Summer Reading 26 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
Back when I was in high school, it was common practice for the AP and honors English classes to assign a list of books for summer reading that students had to choose from. The list tended to be a litt...
Redefining Terms to Suit Your Needs 21 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
Gina Apostol’s piece on Borges in the LARB trades in some real high-grade nonsense: Borges is the author of the essay “The Argentine Writer and Tradition,” an amusing, deconstructive lesson on how to...
Blinding by Mircea Cartarescu 20 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
Briefly, from the road, I just finished Blinding by Romanian author Mircea Cartarescu, forthcoming from Archipelago Books. I’ll have more to say about this in an upcoming review, but the book is truly...
Sergio De La Pava Wins a PEN 15 Aug 2013 | 09:12 am
Wow. Sergio De La Pava wins PEN’s 2013 first novel award, good for $25,000. This amazing story keeps getting more and more amazing.
George Anderson in Washington Post 15 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
My review of Peter Dimock’s novel George Anderson in The Washington Post. Excellent novel. Do read.
And More Franzen 12 Aug 2013 | 01:38 pm
I know that Mr. T would pity the fool who turned down free publicity from Franzen, but this is the kind of help no author needs. But how bad could an interview be, really? It’s just an interview. It ...
Being Oprah’s Toy 8 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
There are things that can make me feel sympathy for Jonathan Franzen. Back at FSG, Miller had been faxed a long contract from Harpo, which covered timing, media coordination, and the important issue ...
Quiet Month 2 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
I’ll do my best to keep this space active and interesting for the next few weeks, but I’m going to level with you—you all are pretty much on your own. It’s probably sunny where you are (except you peo...
On the Great un-American Novel 1 Aug 2013 | 04:01 pm
At BOMB, I interview Ben Ryder Howe on his uncle Charles Newman’s In Partial Disgrace, which he reassembled from the contents of many, many UPS boxes, and lots of other things. SE I was struck by one...
Hilary Plum on George Anderson 31 Jul 2013 | 05:24 pm
Hilary Plum reviews Peter Dimock’s excellent novel, George Anderson: Notes for a Love Song in Imperial Time, at the LARB. I should have a review of it in The Washington Post before too long—this weeke...
