April 28, 2005
Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik is lampooned fairly often on the web, and I often roll my eyes at what he publishes ("The People on the Bus," anyone?), but his review of a new John Brown bio in last week's New Yorker was so engaging that I find myself tempted to pick up a book or two on the abolitionist. Reading it, I began to make sense of the National Magazine Award he recently picked up for reviews and criticism. (The award cited this article on Times Square, this one on histories of World War I [which I cited in this piece I wrote for Flash Art], and this one on Shakespeare.) I'm still on the fence about whether or not I should finally read my copy of Paris to the Moon. Anyone?