First piece for the Harvard Review is up!
Gideon Lewis-Kraus's memoir "A Sense of Direction" came out in May 2012, and here's my review for the Harvard Review Online. Loved this book -- the author writes beautifully.
‘Boys have deep emotional lives’ – My interview with Rosalind Wiseman
Here's my latest Q&A for The Atlantic -- this time for their brand new "Education" channel. I talked to Rosalind Wiseman, author of the book that inspired "Mean Girls," about…
Check out IdeaFestival Radio!
Exciting news -- I've teamed up with IdeaFestival as a host of their newly-launched IF Radio. Here's my interview with Nicco Mele, faculty member of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government,…
Conversation with Psychiatrist & Author Christine Montross
Psychiatrist Christine Montross just wrote a fascinating memoir (Falling Into the Fire) about the challenges involved in making accurate diagnoses -- and what's at stake. She criticizes our health care…
Review of “Don’t Kiss Me” – Lindsay Hunter’s debut flash fiction collection
I reviewed Lindsay Hunter's new collection, "Don't Kiss Me" for The Chicago Tribune. Safe to say I've never read anything like it before. This is not for everyone, but has…
My James Salter interview for the Los Angeles Review of Books
James Salter, one of my all-time favorite writers, agreed to an interview. Here it is.
Review: Katie Hafner’s “Mother, Daughter, Me” for Boston Globe
Hey -- here's my latest Boston Globe review. It's on Katie Hafner's new memoir about living with her mother and daughter in a single San Francisco Victorian. Started as an…
How The Sopranos, the wire, mad men, and breaking bad revolutionized TV
Brett Martin, author of "Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution," discusses how the "Third Golden Age" of television was born in the late '90s with shows that…
Book Review for Chicago Tribune: “Chocolates for Breakfast”
Here's my first review for The Chicago Tribune. It's on the re-release of Pamela Moore's novel "Chocolates for Breakfast," originally published in 1956. A totally captivating and shocking book, even…