Articles by C. Max Magee
December 1, 2010
A Year in Reading 2010 32
There are many ways to measure a year, but the reader is likely to measure it in books.
November 30, 2010
Tuesday New Release Day 0
Julia Child fans may enjoy a new collection of her correspondence with her friend and “unofficial literary agent” Avis DeVoto. The letters follow Child through her life overseas. Also out now is a snazzy new Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray with a cover illustrated by Ruben Toledo. Bonus Link: You [...]
November 28, 2010
The Too-Short History of Soft Skull 0
NY Press has a long look at the history of iconoclastic indie press Soft Skull, which recently shuttered its New York office, effectively ending the publisher’s run as a standalone press and making it just an imprint of California-based parent (and, it should be noted, rescuer from financial straights) Counterpoint. Incidentally, I’ve had a front [...]
November 25, 2010
The Notables: 2010 0
This year’s New York Times Notable Books of the Year list is out. Sticking with the fiction exclusively, it appears that we touched upon a few of these books as well.
November 23, 2010
Tuesday New Release Day 0
The New Yorker has collected all the stories from its 20 under 40 series into a single, snappy volume, on sale now. Also out this week is the third volume of Edmund Morris’ biography of Teddy Roosevelt and a new literary foray by comedian Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty.
November 15, 2010
Digging into the 2011 IMPAC Longlist 4
Because of the IMPAC award’s global reach and egalitarian process, it’s always interesting to dig deeper into the longlist.
