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John Leonard

Contributing Editor

John Leonard, a Nation contributing editor, writes on books every month for Harper's and on television every week for New York magazine.

Currently

  • The Dread Zone

    May 10, 2007

    It was never a question of whether, or even when, Don DeLillo would write a novel about 9/11. He has been writing it all along.

  • God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

    April 13, 2007

    Kurt Vonnegut, who passed away Wednesday, will be remembered for his brilliant, cynical and often depressing humor.

  • Tillie Olsen: 1912-2007

    January 5, 2007

    Celebrating the eloquence of the feminist, activist and writer in whose work memory, history, poetry and prophecy converge.

2006

  • Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind

    November 22, 2006

    Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day is actually four stories, each replete with brilliant patter, fancy footwork, wishful thinking and a plaintive ukulele.

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