On Writing
Essays, articles and reviews on journalism, literature and the literary life.
The Subtitle That Changed America |
Back-page essay for the New York Times Book Review on, that's right, subtitles.
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Review of "Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life" |
New York Times Book Review
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My Life as a Hack |
A freelancer's lunch with Uma Thurman. Then everything went downhill.
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Michiko Kakutani |
A critic with a fixation.
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Grunt's-Eye View |
Walter Bernstein's World War II journalism.
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Going Deep |
How Gary Smith became America's best sportswriter.
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Benevolent Dreamer |
An appreciation of Sr. Clair McKelway
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Believe It or Not |
Memoir Fabulists Getting Caught Means the System Is Working
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A Brief History of Memoir-Bashing |
Hint: it didn't start with James Frey.
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