September 5, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
Jim Ruland has a new monthly books column at San Diego CityBeat. His first entry covers a handful of travel-themed books, including Judith Schalansky’s Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands
August 22, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
What makes a great critic? Maria Bustillos asks the question at the Awl, and answers in part: “What we really need is a critic who has got something interesting to
August 15, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews Amy Waldman’s debut novel, The Submission, for the New York Press. Maureen Corrigan reviews Kevin Wilson’s debut novel, The Family Fang, for NPR. Bobby Baird reviews Stephan
August 1, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
Should novelists double as book critics? Lev Grossman, Time critic and author of the forthcoming novel The Magician King, expresses second thoughts about his dual life as author and reviewer
July 25, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
You may already know about John Updike’s six rules for reviewers, but Slate poetry editor Robert Pinsky finds a list of just three handy rules, and discusses them in the
July 18, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
Michael Leong reviews the new book by poet Caroline Bergvall, Meddle English: New and Selected Texts, for the Brooklyn Rail. David L. Ulin reviews Dana Spiotta’s novel Stone Arabia for
July 11, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
Scott McLemee investigates a harsh review of Robert Service’s 2009 biography of Leon Trotsky in the American Historical Review and discovers plenty of controversy surrounding the much-praised book. Lev Grossman
July 5, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
David Abrams reports from the Jackson Hole Writers Conference for New West. Carolyn Kellogg reviews singer-songwriter Josh Ritter’s debut novel, Bright’s Passage, for the Los Angeles Times. Eric Banks reports
June 27, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
Laura Miller, Balakian winner Ron Charles, and NBCC board member Rigoberto Gonzales share their summer reading recommendations (incluing Daniel Orozco's story collection Orientation) at NPR.org. A. Whitney Ellsworth, the first
June 13, 2011
By Mark Athitakis
The past week brought three major prizes to three women. Nan Graham, who’s worked with writers including Don DeLillo, Annie Proulx, Ann Beattie, and others, has won the 2011 Maxwell