January 24, 2007
Kenyon Review Readers–duh!
Sometimes it takes years to see the simplest thing. Yesterday afternoon Meg Galipault, our valiant managing editor, and I were having a conversation about KR readership–how we may reach a […]
January 11, 2007
What Is It about the Liberal Arts?
While I have not had the experience myself, other professors I know report being approached by parents of graduating seniors with the pressing question, Now that my daughter (or son) […]
January 7, 2007
About Hemingway…
It seems I keep finding myself in the position of defending Ernest Hemingway against (among other things) charges of mediocrity. Not that Papa especially needs my help; his prose is […]
January 1, 2007
“Will he love me like Calvin loves Alice?”
When the MLA convention wrapped up on Saturday, I kissed my friends goodbye and went about performing my usual last-day-in-a-city rites, which are always centered on a bookstore–this time, the […]
December 14, 2006
In Search of K
As some of you know, from time to time, we at KR ask for guest contributions to the blog. It is in this spirit that I introduce to you David […]
December 10, 2006
An Interview with Michael Kimmelman, Part II
Michael Kimmelman is the main art critic for The New York Times. He also contributes to The New York Review of Books. His most recent book is The Accidental Masterpiece. […]
December 9, 2006
An Interview with Michael Kimmelman, Part I
Michael Kimmelman is the main art critic for The New York Times. He also contributes to The New York Review of Books. His most recent book is The Accidental Masterpiece. […]
December 3, 2006
An Interview with Frank Wilson, Part II
Frank Wilson is the book editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he has worked since 1980, and as of this writing, he is not on strike. When he is not […]
December 2, 2006
An Interview with Frank Wilson, Part I
Frank Wilson is the book editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he has worked since 1980, and as of this writing, he is not on strike. When he is not […]
November 19, 2006
Really, Rachel Donadio?
The lit blogs have already panned Rachel Donadio‘s NYBR article on literary feuds. Donadio, always fond of the poorly-thought-out “think piece,” managed to write about literary gossip in the most […]
November 18, 2006
An Interview with Michael Lemonick, Part I
Michael Lemonick is a senior science writer for Time Magazine, where he has written over twenty cover stories about topics like particle physics, Antarctica, and dinosaurs. He is also the […]
November 12, 2006
An Interview with Claire Messud, Part II
For the first part of the interview, please click here. Liz Lopatto: It sounds as though the emphasis for you is on communication, on the audience as well as the […]