Apr 25, 2022
Over the past half-century, bookselling,
like many retail sectors, has evolved from an business dominated by
independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have
significant market share. This transformation has often been a
less-than-smooth process, especially so in bookselling, argues
Laura J. Miller, because more...
Apr 19, 2022
Jonathan Kay is a
Canadian journalist. He was editor-in-chief of The
Walrus magazine, and is a senior editor
of Quillette. He was previously comment pages
editor, columnist, and blogger for the Toronto-based Canadian daily
newspaper National Post, and continues to contribute to the
newspaper on a freelance basis.
He's...
Apr 14, 2022
Kathryn Schulz joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2015. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing and a National Magazine Award for “The Really Big One,” her story on seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest. Previously, she was the book critic for New York, the editor of the environmental...
Apr 10, 2022
Larry Grobel is a journalist, author and teacher. He has written more than 25 books including Conversations with Capote (which received a PEN Special Achievement award) and The Art of the Interview (which has been used as a text in many journalism schools), most of his books however are short story collections. His...
Apr 4, 2022
James Wood is a
literary critic, essayist and novelist.
He was The Guardian's chief
literary critic between 1992 and 1995, and a senior editor at
The New Republic between 1995 and 2007. Since
roughly that time he's taught the Practice of Literary
Criticism at Harvard University and has been a staff writer and
book...