F248. Across the Critical Divide

Room 408 A, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Friday, April 1, 2016
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm

 

Reviewers and authors traditionally sit on opposite sides of an intractable divide. This panel brings together a group of prominent literary journalists to discuss the intellectual and emotional consequences of crossing that divide. How does becoming the author of a novel, memoir, or cultural history—and thus the subject of reviews and interviews—change a critic’s relationship to the work of writing about books and authors, to the publishing industry, and to his or her fellow writers?


Participants

Moderator:

Kate Tuttle is a freelance writer and editor. She writes a biweekly book review column for the Boston Globe and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle Board. Her reviews and essays have also appeared in the Washington Post, Salon, the Rumpus, and elsewhere.

Boris Kachka is the author of Hothouse, a cultural history of the prestigious publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He has written about literature, publishing, and culture for New York magazine, where he is a contributing editor, as well as GQ, Elle, Condé Nast Traveler, and others.

Steph Cha is the author of Follow Her HomeBeware Beware, and Dead Soon Enough, all published by St. Martin's Minotaur. She's a regular contributor to the L.A. Times, where she writes about books and food. 

Elisabeth Egan is the author of A Window Opens. She is also the books editor at Glamour.

Leigh Newman is the author of the memoir Still Points North. Her stories and essays have appeared in One Story, Tin House, The New York Times, Vogue, and Bookforum. She cofounded Black Balloon Books at Catapult, serves on the NBCC board, and is the books editor at Oprah.com.

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