And a soft "hurrah" courses through the house

Pat Barker, Frankenstein, Cass Sunstein on the internet, Samuel Johnson, Thrillers, Denis Johnson, Alan Furst, Caryl Phillips, Richard Flanagan, George Saunders, Michael Harvey, Larry McMurtry, Harry Potter and more ...

Big D between the sheets -- Dallas in fiction

Reviewing the state of reviewing

9/11 as a novel: Why?

How can critics say the things they do? And why does anyone pay attention? It's the issue of authority.

Papers are cutting book coverage for little reason

Noir favorites, who makes the cut and why