Book Critic Michiko Kakutani Leaves New York Times She championed David Foster Wallace and locked horns with Jonathan Franzen. Now she wants to write about Trump's America. By John Bonazzo
Tony Blair’s Memoir Vies With Franzen for Bad Sex in Lit Prize Literary Review, a British monthly publication, does its best to alleviate the pains caused by all the cringe-inducing, overwrought, or By Nate Freeman
Ian McEwan Dodges Inconvenient Truth There are many reasons why one’s book might bomb, and many places for a sore author to potentially spread the By Molly Fischer
Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Divine Sculptures; Heavenly Hogwash; and the Immortal Ian McEwan By Adam Begley
Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Rabbit Remembered—McEwan, Amis and Others Wave Goodbye By Adam Begley
Transom Week In Review: Mary-Kate Olsen at the Accompanied Literary Society; Election Night Madness; Dominick Dunne Toasted By Caroline Bankoff