Notable Articles
February 2, 2011
Judging Books by Their Covers: U.S. Vs. U.K. 48
by C. Max Magee
Book cover design is a strange exercise in which one attempts to distill iconic imagery from hundreds of pages of text.
February 1, 2011
Saving Salinger 21
by Kristopher Jansma
“The Last and Best of the Peter Pans” and “The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls” have never been published in the nearly sixty years since Salinger wrote them. Princeton’s Firestone Library now protects the only known copies.
January 18, 2011
The Story Problem: 10 Thoughts on Academia’s Novel Crisis 71
by Cathy Day
The rhythm of school is conducive to the writing of small things, not big things, and we don’t try hard enough to think beyond that rhythm because, for many of us, it’s the only rhythm we know.
January 3, 2011
Most Anticipated: The Great 2011 Book Preview 58
by Editor
8,000 words strong and encompassing 76 titles, it’s the only 2011 book preview you will ever need.
December 16, 2010
A Year in Marginalia: Sam Anderson 29
by Sam Anderson
It’s the most intimate, complete, and honest form of criticism possible.
December 12, 2010
A Year in Reading: Ed Champion (The 13 Most Underrated Books of 2010) 11
by Edward Champion
2010 was a great year in books! This was a hard list to assemble!
