Articles by C. Max Magee
February 1, 2012
The Millions Top Ten: January 2012 0
No new books were able to break in this month, but a couple were making strong moves higher on the list.
January 31, 2012
Tuesday New Release Day: St. Aubyn, Erickson, Sendker, Mockingbird 0
This week sees the release of Edward St. Aubyn’s final “Patrick Melrose novel,” At Last. A new, omnibus edition of all the novels in the series is also out. Steve Erickson’s new novel These Dreams of You is out, as is The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, a debut effort set in Burma by German novelist [...]
January 27, 2012
Shriver on Kids, Movies 0
We once wondered if Lionel Shriver is America’s best writer, and she once shared with us her love for William Trevor. In an interview with The Atlantic, she talks about not having kids and says the adaptation of We Need to Talk about Kevin “is a far better film than I had any reason to [...]
January 27, 2012
Hell on Mail 0
At HTMLGIANT, Roxane Gay gets down to the details of everything she’s learned about the challenges and pitfalls, much of it shipping-related, of running a micropress. Essential reading for those dreaming of starting a small press one day.
January 27, 2012
‘Some frankly tremendous trousers’ 0
We never knew we wanted American Psycho told in the style of P.G. Wodehouse.
January 26, 2012
Colbert on a Roll 0
Don’t miss Maurice Sendak sparring admirably with Stephen Colbert (part 1, part 2) on the occasion of Bumble-ardy, an instant classic in my house. He followed that up with master interview Terry Gross, on whose show Colbert was recently a guest.
