Writing
Christopher Castellani, Leading Men, The New York Times Book Review, February 20th, 2019.
Julia Glass, A House Among the Trees, The New York Times Book Review, August 13th, 2017.
Sabina Murray, Valiant Gentlemen, The New York Times Book Review, November 18th, 2016.
Anne Enright, The Green Road, The New York Times Book Review, May 12th, 2015.
Edward St. Aubyn, On the Edge, The New York Times Book Review, October 26th, 2014.
Andrew Sean Greer, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, The New York Times Book Review, July 14th, 2013.
Olaf Olaffson, Restoration, The New York Times Book Review, February 19th, 2012; The International Herald Tribune, February 20th, 2012.
Paula Fox, News from the World, The New York Times Book Review, April 24th, 2011.
Brian Christian, The Most Human Human, The New York Times Book Review, March 20th, 2011.
Rose Tremain, Trespass, The New York Times Book Review, October 24th, 2010; The International Herald Tribune, October 23rd, 2010.
Selina Hastings, The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham, The New York Times Book Review, July 25th, 2010; The International Herald Tribune, July 24th, 2010.
Aharon Appelfeld, Blooms of Darkness, The New York Times Book Review, March 21rst, 2010.
Reynolds Price’s Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back, The New York Times Book Review, May 17th, 2009; The International Herald Tribune, May 16th, 2009.
Ottavio Cappallini, Sicilian Tragedee, The New York Times Book Review, October 19th, 2008; The International Herald Tribune, October 29th, 2008.
Hanif Kureishi, Something to Tell You, The Washington Post, August 21rst, 2008.
William Styron, Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, The New York Times Book Review, May 11th, 2008.
Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project, The Washington Post Book World, April 27th, 2008.
John Rechy, About My Life and the Kept Woman: A Memoir, The New York Times Book Review, March 2nd, 2008.
Sheldon M. Novick, Henry James: The Mature Master, The New York Times Book Review, December 23rd, 2007; The International Herald Tribune, December 22nd, 2007.
Peter Ackroyd, The Fall of Troy, The New York Times Book Review, November 18th, 2007.
Graham Swift, Tomorrow, The New York Times Book Review, October 7th, 2007.
Armistead Maupin, Michael Tolliver Lives, The New York Times Book Review, June 24th, 2007.
Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers, The Washington Post Book World, May 6th–12th, 2007.
Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, The New York Times Book Review, March 26th, 2006.
The Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature: The Tradition in English, edited by Jack Zipes, Lissa Paul, Lynne Vallone, Peter Hunt, and Gillian Avery, The New York Times Book Review, November 13th, 2005.
Patricia Highsmith, Small g: A Summer Idyll, The New York Times Book Review, June 20th, 2004.
Laura Argiri, The God in Flight, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, January 29th, 1995.
Ian McEwan, The Daydreamer, The New York Times Book Review, November 13th, 1994.
Alison Lurie, Women and Ghosts, The New York Times Book Review, September 18th, 1994.
Paul Monette, Becoming a Man, Sunday Times (London), May 29th, 1994.
Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes, The New York Times Book Review, March 28th, 1993.
William Joyce, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, The New York Times Book Review, November 11th, 1990.
Edna O’Brien, Lantern Slides, The New York Times Book Review, June 24th, 1990.
Jane Smiley, Ordinary Love and Good Will, Mother Jones, December 1989.
Anita Brookner, Latecomers, The New York Times Book Review, April 2nd, 1989.
Bette Pesetsky, Midnight Sweets, The New York Times Book Review, November 13th, 1988.
Margaret Mahy, Memory, The New York Times Book Review, May 8th, 1988.
Ethan Canin, Emperor of the Air, The New York Times Book Review, February 14th, 1988.
James Merrill, The Seraglio, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, October 25th, 1987.
Alice McDermott, That Night, The New York Times Book Review, April 19th, 1987.
Julian Barnes, Staring at the Sun, The Washington Post Book World, April 12th, 1987.
E. L. Doctorow, World’s Fair, The New York Times Book Review, November 10th, 1985.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Image and Other Stories, The New York Times Book Review, June 30th, 1985.
John Cornwell, Earth to Earth, The New York Times Book Review, November 25th, 1984.
David Malouf, Harland’s Half Acre, The Village Voice, September 25th, 1984.
Sharon Olds, The Dead and the Living, The Village Voice Literary Supplement, March, 1984.
Jamaica Kincaid, At the Bottom of the River, The Village Voice, January 17th, 1984.
Mary Robison, An Amateur’s Guide to the Night, The Village Voice, January 10th, 1984.