"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Ted Gioia is a writer and musician. He is the author of Delta Blues, The History of Jazz and, most recently, The Birth (and Death) of the Cool.
Subscribe to writer's RSS
41
The New Canon: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
In The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood raises issues about theocratic impulses and women's rights that are still relevant today.
40
Book Review: Breath by Tim Winton
Breath is not so much about surfing — and it may be the great surfing novel — as it is about risk-taking.
39
The New Canon: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera is one of the great love stories . . . or is it?
38
The New Canon: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen deserves to remembered for more than just the "Oprah incident."
37
The New Canon: Beloved by Toni Morrison
No novel of recent years has been more honored than Toni Morrison’s Beloved, but is it part of the Canon or the Anti-Canon?
36
The New Canon: Underworld by Don DeLillo
Everything from Frank Sinatra to the nuclear arms race finds its way into Underworld, Don DeLillo's massive novel.
35
The New Canon: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy is detective fiction with a distinctly post-modern flavor.
34
Book Review: Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
Can you build a whole novel out of a complaint letter? Jonathan Miles does just that in this novel.
33
Book Review: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
A Pulitzer Prize winning author reaches new heights in her latest collection of stories.
32
Book Review: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
A Field of Dreams cricket novel turns into a enigmatic crime story in Joseph O'Neill's Netherland
BC Writer of the Day
