William Deresiewicz

William Deresiewicz is the author of The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech, coming out July 28.

The Imaginary Jew The Imaginary Jew

Two new novels, by Michael Chabon and Nathan Englander, recharge the modern Jewish experience with a sense of the exotic.

May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Cafe Society Cafe Society

Clive James's erudite new collection of essays celebrates the best of twentieth-century art, thought and politics.

Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

The Book of Questions The Book of Questions

In a book-length essay on the novel, Milan Kundera foresees the curtain of literary history drawing to a close.

Feb 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Awesome Powers Awesome Powers

Hidden Valley Lake, Calif.

Nov 21, 2006 / Letters / Our Readers and William Deresiewicz

Representative Fictions Representative Fictions

An ambitious two-volume history of the novel explores its evolution across continents and centuries.

Nov 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Science Fiction Science Fiction

Richard Powers's The Echo Maker speaks volumes about neuroscience, nature and environmental degradation. But it says little about what it means to be alive.

Sep 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Dead Man Dead Man

Philip Roth's Everyman is a contemporary morality play that explores the author's obsessions with health and virility, ecstasy and betrayal, and the certainty and solitude of death...

May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Zadie Smith’s Indecision Zadie Smith’s Indecision

It can't be easy to rein in a writer as successful as Zadie Smith. Her new novel, On Beauty, proves it's almost impossible.

Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

It’s a Man’s, Man’s World It’s a Man’s, Man’s World

Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men seems designed as a calculated assault on the reader.

Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

The Literary World System The Literary World System

What are you doing? I mean, right now. You're reading a book review.

Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

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