Parul Sehgal — PWxyz, May 6th, 2011 If the book critic is, in John Freeman’s words, a ”public reader,” then Nilanjana Roy is that and much more; her blog The Akhond of Swatis the bustling agora of Indian letters (or at least Indian writing in English). The New Delhi-based writer (and her very engaged commentariat) tackle the latest [...]
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The Art of the Review V: Nilanjana Roy
Posted in Interviews, tagged Akhond of Swat, Art of the Review, criticism, greg mortenson, Indian literature, Interview with Nilanjana Roy, literary feuds, Nilanjana Roy on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Art of the Review IV: Stephen Burt
Posted in Interviews, tagged Art of the Review, book reviewing, interview with Stephen Burt, literary criticism, Stephen Burt on April 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Parul Sehgal–PWxyz, April 8th, 2011 It’s National Poetry Month, and we’re extremely lucky to have Stephen Burt with us. Considered to be the leading poetry critic of his generation, Burt writes about poets and poems with more subtlety, shrewdness, and heart than just about anyone (he’s also a bit better-acquainted with the X-Men than you’d [...]
The Art of the Review III: Michael Miller
Posted in Interviews, tagged Art of the Review, criticism, Michael Miller on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Parul Sehgal–PWxyz, April 1st, 2011 We’re thrilled to have Michael Miller in the hot seat this week. Miller got his start at the Village Voice and has since written for the Voice Literary Supplement and been an editor at Time Out New York–where he curated an extraordinary book section that celebrated both the popular and the recondite, [...]
The Art of the Review II: Ron Charles
Posted in Interviews, tagged Art of the Review, book reviewing, interview with Ron Charles, literary criticism, Ron Charles, Totally Hip Book Reviewer on March 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Parul Sehgal– PWxyz, March 25th, 2011 Clearly, we can’t get enough of Ron Charles. And can you blame us? Even before his alter ego, the zany Totally Hip Book Video Reviewer, peered up at us through strips of raw bacon, the longtime book critic has been charming, disarming, and educating us every week in the pages of the Washington Post. The [...]
The Art of the Review I: Laura Miller
Posted in Interviews, tagged Art of the Review, Book Reviews, Interview with Laura Miller, Laura Miller, literary criticism on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Parul Sehgal, PWxyz, Mar. 18, 2011 We’re happy to announce a new series on PWxyz–The Art of the Review. Every Friday, we’ll be interviewing our favorite reviewers, talking technique, and taking the pulse of criticism today: How do critics select books to review? Have they ever been wrong about a book? How much impact [...]
