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Janice Harayda
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Aug 4
ARE WE ALL BEING PLAYED?
The Cult of Elena Ferrante
A lesson of the blockbuster ‘My…
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Jul 30
READING THE GAMES
We’ll Always Have Books About Paris
Olympic records come and go, but…
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Jul 10
A COVER-UP IN CANADA
The Misguided Hero Worship of Alice Munro
A scandal involving a…
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Jul 8
How Critics Decide What Books To Review
Why I didn’t do a Hemingway biography and more
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Jul 2
A SELF-PUBLISHED HIT
Does A Century-Old Bestseller Explain Trump’s Appeal?
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Jun 29
Why I Judge Books By Their Covers
I’m far from the only critic who does it, and failing to anticipate…
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Jun 26
A MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
After ‘Memoirs Of An Ex-Prom Queen’
At age 91, the…
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Jun 17
Why Critics Don’t Want To Read Your Self-Published Book
My reasons may have nothing to do with your…
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Jun 15
A REAL ESTATE NIGHTMARE
The Genius of ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’
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Jun 14
LITERARY HUMOR
What Book Blurbs Really Mean
Witty parodies of words we see too often on…
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