{"product_id":"reading-for-my-life-writings-1958-2008-9780143122906","title":"Reading for My Life: Writings, 1958-2008","description":"John Leonard was a lion of American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. \u003ci\u003eReading for My Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental collection of Leonard's most significant writings--spanning five decades--from his earliest columns for the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Crimson\u003c\/i\u003e to his final essays for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Definitive reviews of Doris Lessing, Joan Didion, Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth, among others, display Leonard's encyclopedic knowledge of literature and make this book a landmark achievement from one of America's most beloved and influential critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2008) was a reviewer or contributing editor for practically every national print outlet, including the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and a daily book reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He also appeared regularly on NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCBS Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. Leonard wrote four novels and served for four years as the executive editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. L. Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Lewis and Loretta Glucksman chair in English and American Letters at New York University. His novels include \u003ci\u003eRagtime\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the first National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1976, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Daniel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe March\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409746333970,"sku":"9780143122906","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abb463fe-f9d8-43d2-bfba-6bb58b9a7023.jpg?v=1729293492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-for-my-life-writings-1958-2008-9780143122906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}