On Books and Authors
I'm Upset. Quote Me.
The rising trend of state-of-mind writing. Posted June 23, 2009
Read the article at nytimes.com
The 9/11 Commission Report
How a government committee made a piece of literature. Posted June 23, 2009
Believe It or Not
Memoir Fabulists Getting Caught Means the System Is Working Posted March 29, 2008
Going Deep
How Gary Smith became America's best sportswriter. Posted January 12, 2008
A Brief History of Memoir-Bashing
Hint: it didn't start with James Frey. Posted January 12, 2008
The Subtitle That Changed America
Back-page essay for the New York Times Book Review on, that's right, subtitles. Posted January 11, 2008
Review of "Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life"
New York Times Book Review Posted January 11, 2008
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Benevolent Dreamer
An appreciation of Sr. Clair McKelway Posted January 11, 2008
Read it at Columbia Journalism Review online
Grunt's-Eye View
Walter Bernstein's World War II journalism. Posted January 11, 2008
Read it at Columbia Journalism Review online
My Life as a Hack
A freelancer's lunch with Uma Thurman. Then everything went downhill. Posted December 14, 2007
Michiko Kakutani
A critic with a fixation. Posted December 14, 2007