Tag Archives: New York Times
Women in Flight
Connie May Fowler talks about her most recent book, Before Women Had Wings, the powerful and affecting story of Avocet Abigail Jackson, her adolescence, her family’s broken lives, her dreams and uncertainties. There is no denying the depth of Fowler’s … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Fowler, Connie May, Mendelsohn, Jane
Tagged Art, New York Times
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Writing God’s Life
Jack Miles provides an overview of his new book, God: A Biography, which won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for biography. In it, he contemplates the life of the Divinity as expressed through a variety of epic roles, from creator to … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Miles, Jack
Tagged Art, Literature, New York Times, Pulitzer Prize, Religion
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The Information
British literary bad boy Martin Amis reads from and talks about his latest novel, The Information, a searing and satiric send-up of envy and angst in British publishing and pop culture. The New York Times calls Amis’s new book wonderfully … Continue reading
(1) America’s Literary IQ; (2) Commentary on Books and Dust Jackets
What is America’s literary IQ? Who should measure it, with what standards, and to what end? Mitchel Levitas discusses his role as editor of the New York Times Book Review, the selection of books covered by the Review, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Levitas, Mitchel, Petroski, Henry
Tagged Book reviewers, Journalism, Literature, New York Times
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