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Q&A: Ulin Takes Critical Control in L.A.
by Timothy Schaffert
January/February 2006
At the end of his fourth week on the job as the book editor of the Los Angeles Times, Ulin spoke about his intentions for the Book Review and his responsibilities as its new editor.
Critics on Reviews
by Mary Gannon
September/October 2003
Reviewers are accused of having agendas and of cronyism, are called show-offs and career-killers. It's a lot of heat to take for some free books, a few bucks, and a byline.
Editors on Reviews
by Jane Ciabattari
July/August 2003
Book review editors—those powerful yet inundated tastemakers who choose from the more than 130,000 new books published each year the mere shelfful that are reviewed—get used to (and bored with) having nasty motives ascribed to them. This second installment of a three-part series on book reviews examines the subject at hand from the perspective of the assigning editors, who would like to set the record straight.
A First-Timer Reveals How It Feels
by Steve Almond
May/June 2003
Last April (the 22nd, to be exact), I received an advance copy of the New York Times review of my debut story collection. The piece, which appeared in the Sunday Book Review,
began as follows: "There's a postadolescent period many of us would
rather forget: that summer or decade when we have no idea what we're
doing. Days are measured in beer, TV and dead-end jobs. It is a dull
time to live through, and duller still to read about. "Which doesn't
stop young writers from writing about it."
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