Grace Lichtenstein

Richard Goldstein on the Front Lines With Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, Abby Hoffman and More

/ 22 May 2015

Richard Goldstein's journey is a closely observed, fervently lived “I was there” account of the music, the politics, the sex, the drugs, and the poetry in rock lyrics.

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Why Novelist Richard Price Doesn’t Need a Pseudonym

Grace Lichtenstein

/ 5 May 2015

The language and dialogue in his latest novel, The Whites, gives away his identity -- and that's a good thing.

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Erik Larson’s Latest Is a Gripping Tale of a Sinking Luxury Ship Not Named Titanic

Grace Lichtenstein

/ 24 March 2015

Larson's description of the torpedoing of the Lusitania churns like an angry sea, full of detail gleaned from memoirs and letters of survivors and rescuers.

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What if an Astronaut Was Stranded on Mars?

Grace Lichtenstein

/ 7 May 2014

Andy Weir's sci-fi novel is a rocket ride of page-turning suspense and survival -- it's Gravity meets the red planet.

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Must One Wear Out Nine Pairs of Shoes in Order to Truly Appreciate New York?

Grace Lichtenstein

/ 10 February 2014

Sociologist William B. Helmreich tramps through every neighborhood on foot to record New York City's density and diversity for The New York Nobody Knows.

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