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John Leonard

Contributing Editor

John Leonard, the TV critic for New York magazine, a commentator on CBS Sunday Morning and book critic for The Nation, is the author, most recently, of When the Kissing Had to Stop: Cult Studs, Khmer Newts, Langley Spooks, Techno-Geeks, Video Drones, Author Gods, Serial Killers, Vampire Media, Alien Sperm-Suckers, Satanic Therapists, and Those of Us Who Hold a Left-Wing Grudge in the Post Toasties New World Hip-Hop (The New Press 1999),

He has been editor of the New York Times Book Review and literary co-editor of The Nation. Other recent titles include The Last Innocent White Man (The New Press, 1993) and Smoke and Mirrors (The New Press, 1997).

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.

2003

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1999

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