The Vanishing Book Review
This took place a few days ago, but The House of Mirth has a fantastic write up (complete with video!) of the CJR panel on the state of book reviews that took place last week. Sounds like a lively panel—like this exchange between Carlin Romano (on the populist side) and Steve Wasserman (on the intellectual criticism ...
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Aldo Buzzi
James Marcus at House of Mirth has a great post celebrating Aldo Buzzi’s 97th birthday. Buzzi is the author of Journey to the Land of the Flies, A Weakness for Almost Everything, and A Perfect Egg, all of which appear to be out-of-print (of course). Sounds like an author worth checking out, and the story Marcus ...
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