Radio Show
Nicholson Baker is one of our most intelligent writers. Years ago, I reviewed Nicholson’s unusual self-meditation about his obsession with John Updike, “U and I” in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, and then watched as he produced one extraordinary book after the other. “The Mezzanine,” “Vox,” “The Fermata,” […]
Read More
Since I reviewed Nicholson Baker for the New York Times Book Review years ago, he has become one of our most inventive and daring writers, unafraid to experiment stylistically or raise hackles wherever he thinks necessary. Often writing with his tongue lodged firmly in his cheek, Nicholson skewers his targets […]
Read More