Critical Mass

The Quarterly Conversation, the online critical journal edited by Scott Esposito, has just published its twelfth issue. If I have the math right (and assuming it’s not like some literary

From my column today at IHE: Over the past couple of years, Inside Higher Ed has had someone on the floor of whichever cavernous convention center is home to Book

Traditionally I ease into summer with some light entertainment, and Ian Frazier’s Lamentations of the Father (FSG) fits the bill to perfection. Frazier is funny even in his fatter, more

Ted Genoways, editor of Virginia Quarterly Review, writes to say, “We’re gathering tributes and memorials for George Garrett at the VQR website. Many of George’s friends and colleagues have already

George Garrett, author of nearly 40 books of novels, short stories, memoir, criticism, comment about the publishing world, poetry, and plays and editor of many anthologies, recipient of many prizes

Marie Arana, longtime NBCC member and editor of the Washington Post Book World, has accepted a buyout and will be stepping down.  Journal-isms quotes Arana saying, “The Post has asked

This just in from Minneapolis, announced by the Star Tribune: Sally Williams, books editor since 2003, is leaving the Star Tribune. She has accepted a position as director of public