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Adam Begley

Adam C. Begley served as the books editor for The New York Observer from 1996 to 2009, shaping the publication’s literary coverage with his sharp critical eye and deep literary knowledge. During his tenure, he championed both emerging and established writers, crafting a section that was as incisive as it was essential reading for New York’s literati.

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Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Roy Blount’s Way With Words; Gottlieb’s Gargantuan Dance Anthology

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Jonathan Franzen Remembers David Foster Wallace; Mencken Disses Joe Sixpack

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Three New Memoirs, Three Branches on the Tree of Grief

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Veep Sweep; and the Reading Habits of Bulls and Bears

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Spiegelman’s Self-Portrait; Wisdom Begins at Sixty-Five

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Reading Mailer’s Mail; Suffering with Saul Bellow

By Adam Begley

Thinkin’ Lincoln for Fall! Also: Updike, Plimpton and a Buffett Bio

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: A Guided Tour of Your Noggin; Lou Reed Still Rules

By Adam Begley

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Michael Herr’s Heroic Honesty; Hemingway’s Unhappy Soldier

By Adam Begley

D.F.W., R.I.P.

By Adam Begley
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