August, 2007

What to Read This Fall

by Lizzie Skurnick | Aug-31-2007

Three moves and a two-month trip in under one calendar year mean all my favorite books have been in storage for 9 months--but my shelves are lined with...read »

Remembering Grace Paley

by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-31-2007

"That eye with which any artist looks at life is really dumb in a lot of ways," Grace Paley told Paul Wilner of the New York Times in 1979. "Some people...read »

Lev Grossman on What to Read this Fall

by Lev Grossman | Aug-30-2007

1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz   In 1996 a young Dominican-American writer named Junot Díaz published a slender book of...read »

What to Read this Fall

by Kevin Prufer | Aug-28-2007

1) Recently published and terrific: John Gallaher’s THE LITTLE BOOK OF GUESSES (Four Way, 2007). Critics want to compare Gallaher to Ashbery and, well, I...read »

In Retrospect: Karen Long on Patrick Neate’s “Where You’re At”

by admin | Aug-28-2007

When I first saw Patrick Neate, he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and climbing the stage of the New School in Manhattan, preparing to read from his book,...read »

Thinking About New Orleans: Joshua Clark on Katrina’s Second Anniversary

by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-28-2007

It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. This is part of a series I started a year...read »

In Retrospect: Patrick Neate’s Hip-Hop Playlist

by admin | Aug-27-2007

This week, in addition to regular programming, Critical Mass will be revisiting Patrick Neate's 2004 criticism winner, "Where You're At: Notes from the...read »

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