Bloodletting
Vincent Lam’s miraculous book goes under the knife for television
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Turning the Page
Our fragile publishing industry is struggling to adjust to a new world in which the printed word may be an afterthought
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It’s November, book-prize time.
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Literary Landscapes: A Novel Approach
On the road with Noah Richler
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Illustration by Courtney Wotherspoon books by tom wolfe discussed in this essay: I Am Charlotte Simmons HarperCollins (2004) 676 pp., $37.95 Hooking Up Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2000) 293 pp., …
Read MoreThe Wilcox Manuscripts
Père Murray teaching a class at Notre Dame library in Saskatchewan, c.1950. / Image courtesy of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Archives wilcox, saskatchewan—Here are a few things you’ll …
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The Art of the Bad Review
We need more book critics who are fearless—though that alone won’t do
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Gained in Translation
Most novelists who are fortunate enough to have had their novels translated into other languages are also fortunate that they are unable to read those languages. I have a closet …
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The Bookbinder
Unlike the bowyer or the cooper, the bookbinder still performs a necessary function
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The New World, Anew
Colin McAdams’s tale bring Can Lit out of the dark
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