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Book Review Preview: How Old Can a ‘Young Writer’ Be?

Book Review Preview: How Old Can a ‘Young Writer’ Be?

The June 14 issue of The New Yorker, perhaps the premier showcase for American fiction, features a list of “20 Under 40” — that is, 20 accomplished writers under the age of 40. Many of the names are familiar: Joshua Ferris, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nell Freudenberger, Rivka Galchen, Nicole Krauss, Gary Shteyngart, ZZ Packer, Wells Tower.

 

Book Review Preview: The Bridge - The Life and Rise of Barack Obama - By David Remnick

This study of Obama, by the editor of The New Yorker, has many additions and corrections to make to our reading of “Dreams From My Father.”

 

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