James Wood

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Hey, What’s the Big Idea? Pubs Play Blame Game About the Brain Drain

It’s not just us! The New York Times agrees: everything has just gotten really stupid lately. According to Neal Gabler’s

By Kat Stoeffel

James Wood Used to ‘Liberate’ Books In His Youth, By Stealing Them

In a London Review of Books send-off of recently deceased critic Frank Kermode, The New Yorker‘s James Wood revealed that

By Dan Duray

LRB Talks Internet: James Wood Bongos, Colm Toibin Chats

The London Review of Books 30th anniversary celebration culminated in a panel discussion of “The Author in the Age of

By Molly Fischer

At Bryant Park, Literary Critic Plays Tambourine, Dances

By Alex Tafet

Noted Finger Drummer James Wood Teams With John Jeremiah Sullivan For Lunchtime Performance in Bryant Park

By Leon Neyfakh

In Harper’s, Colson Whitehead Accuses James Wood of Being (Gasp!) an Aesthete and a Traditionalist

By Leon Neyfakh

How Finger Drumming Works: Literary Critic James Wood Demonstrates a Hidden Talent

By Leon Neyfakh

James Wood on David Foster Wallace

By Leon Neyfakh

Commenters v. Tanenhaus (On ‘Wood v. Updike v. Baker’)

By Matt Haber

What’s Really Real? Literary Critic James Wood Responds to Mischaracterizations

By Leon Neyfakh

Lineup for July 23, 2008

By Matt Haber

The Wood Workshop: How Critic Became A One-Man School

By Leon Neyfakh

Book Review: How Fiction Works By James Wood

By Adam Begley

A Rave Review for James Wood's How Fiction Works From The New Republic

By Leon Neyfakh

James Wood: ‘I Won’t Go Soft’ at The New Yorker

By Leon Neyfakh

Lit Crit as It Ought to Be: Open-Eyed, Recklessly Committed

By Adam Begley

A Critic’s Tidy First Novel Mixes Theology and Humor

By Adam Begley

Hunting Snark: Heidi Julavits Stomps a Virus

By Joe Hagan

Slouched Playwright Jonathan Leaf Writes in Verse, Prowls by Night

By George Gurley

James Wood

News About James Wood

Hey, What’s the Big Idea? Pubs Play Blame Game About the Brain Drain

James Wood Used to ‘Liberate’ Books In His Youth, By Stealing Them

LRB Talks Internet: James Wood Bongos, Colm Toibin Chats

At Bryant Park, Literary Critic Plays Tambourine, Dances

Noted Finger Drummer James Wood Teams With John Jeremiah Sullivan For Lunchtime Performance in Bryant Park

In Harper’s, Colson Whitehead Accuses James Wood of Being (Gasp!) an Aesthete and a Traditionalist

How Finger Drumming Works: Literary Critic James Wood Demonstrates a Hidden Talent

James Wood on David Foster Wallace

Commenters v. Tanenhaus (On ‘Wood v. Updike v. Baker’)

What’s Really Real? Literary Critic James Wood Responds to Mischaracterizations

Lineup for July 23, 2008

The Wood Workshop: How Critic Became A One-Man School

Book Review: How Fiction Works By James Wood

A Rave Review for James Wood's How Fiction Works From The New Republic

James Wood: ‘I Won’t Go Soft’ at The New Yorker

Lit Crit as It Ought to Be: Open-Eyed, Recklessly Committed

A Critic’s Tidy First Novel Mixes Theology and Humor

Hunting Snark: Heidi Julavits Stomps a Virus

Slouched Playwright Jonathan Leaf Writes in Verse, Prowls by Night

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