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John Leonard (1939–2008) was a literary and cultural critic. He was the editor of The New York Times Book Review and the literary editor of The Nation, and the author of twelve books. In 2006 he received the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle.
The Adventures of Doris Lessing
Time Bites: Views and Reviews
by Doris Lessing
The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog
by Doris Lessing
November 30, 2006 issue
Welcome to New Dork
Men and Cartoons
by Jonathan Lethem
The Disappointment Artist
by Jonathan Lethem
The Fortress of Solitude
by Jonathan Lethem
April 7, 2005 issue
The Prophet
Sweet Land Stories
by E.L. Doctorow
Reporting the Universe
by E.L. Doctorow
Three Screenplays
by E.L. Doctorow, with an introduction, commentaries, and interviews by Paul Levine
June 10, 2004 issue
Don Quixote at Eighty
The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing
by Norman Mailer
March 13, 2003 issue
King of High & Low
Black House
by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
Stephen King's Rose Red
by Stephen King
The Essential Stephen King
by Stephen J. Spignesi
February 14, 2002 issue
Liaisons Dangereuses
Positively 4th Street:The Life and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña,and Richard Fariña
by David Hajdu
Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan
by Howard Sounes
July 19, 2001 issue
Cri de Coeur
Book Business: Publishing Past Present and Future
by Jason Epstein
February 8, 2001 issue
TV: The Mummy’s Curse
Made Possible By The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States
by James Ledbetter
Public Television: Politics and the Battle over Documentary Film
by B.J. Bullert
May 28, 1998 issue
The Shaman and the Schlemiel
The Stories of Bernard Malamud
by Bernard Malamud
January 19, 1984 issue
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