Sentences with phrase «times book critic»

Editors of four of the most interesting and innovative digital publishers sat down with L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin Saturday to discuss how they do what they do, and why.

In fact, it was a New York Times book critic who described Kim as «a sort of Tina Fey character» in his review of the book.

Last month, Los Angeles Times book critic David Ulin begged Franco to «please stop» dabbling in literature as a mere means for self promotion.

Not exact matches

He's sifted through recommendations from book critics at the Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Newsday, the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and the Wall Street Journal to find the books recommended by multiple experts.

An author, strategist, speaker and consultant, his books are on the bestseller and critics «best of» lists of The New York Times, WSJ, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Fast Co and his writing and interviews have appeared in NYT, FT, Economist, NPR, Forbes, Quartz, McKinsey, HBR, WIRED among others.

Tough - guy New York newspaperman Pete Hamill praised the book as a scathing indictment of the «culture of poverty» (yes, he really uses this phrase) fostered by «Eamon de Valera's Ireland,» while the literary critic Denis Donoghue, writing in the New York Times, presented the book in much the same way (though he clearly lacks Hamill's enthusiasm for the story).

Crowder is probably the most controversial and has many critics but if people take time to read his book rather than slurring his character, they will then see the meaning of salvation.

He was an essayist, writer of manifestos, commender of obscure books, critic of the New York Times, chronicler of the passing scene, defender of the magisterium, and, above all, teacher of the gospel.

Despite the thorough thrashing the two books received at the hand of critics, both became best sellers — which raises the not insensitive question of why Americans pay so much attention to the New York Times best sellers list.

Last night Lionel Messi answered his critics in spectacular fashion in the process re-wrote the history books a number of times.

The Time piece acknowledges that The Baby Book's author Dr. Sears» views are «less extreme than his critics (and even many of his followers) realize.»

Author and critic Harold Schechter, whose 2005 book Savage Pastimes lays out a social history of violent entertainment, notes that the trend divided the literati of the time.

Judging from the reaction of critics and book buyers, he has made good on that goal many times over.

This New York Times bestselling book has been lauded by critics as the most sensible and comprehensive approach to the popular ketogenic diet.

Being named the first fashion critic for the LA Times, launching the Image section and probably writing my first book because I was like, oh, I can do this.

Dalton Kirk stared out the window and grimaced as the The Top 50 greatest fiction books of all time determined by 114 lists and articles from various critics, authors and experts.

The Top 50 greatest fiction books of all time determined by 114 lists and articles from various critics, authors and experts.

There's an audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran; the documentary The Tramp and the Dictator, which parallels the lives between Chaplin and Hitler; two visual essays; color production footage; the barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921 film King, Queen, Joker; the deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919 film Sunnyside; the re-release trailer; and finally, a 30 page - booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin's 1940 New York Times defense of the film, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the film's final speech, and Al Hirschfeld's original press book illustrations.

Richard Schickel, whose celebrated and prolific career spans 50 years, has been the film critic for Time and Life magazines, has written more than 20 books and has produced, written and directed numerous...

On the other hand, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw finds the film «rich, disturbing and strange,» and writing for Time, Stephanie Zacharek sums up the thoughts of many critics, «Disjointed and direct, exhilarating and soporific, cerebral and squirrelly: The Image Book is lots of contradictory things at once.»

The prominent American film critic spent almost 40 years at Time Magazine, as well as a library of books and created many documentaries about film.

Like the previous clips and teasers, the latest bit of image for Jonathan Glazer's film adap of the Michel Faber book is short and strange, only this time its got a barrage of pull quotes from critics.

Speaking to Variety's chief film critic Scott Foundas, Mann discusses growing up in Chicago, becoming interested in crime stories, the visual ideas he had for the film, the nonfiction book he discarded but still credited, the influence of real criminals and past films (particularly his eye - opening time shooting The Jericho Mile in Folsom Prison), choosing Tangerine Dream to do the score (a decision he still second guesses), the film's writing (including basing characters on real crime figures), casting, explosive stunts, changes made from the shooting script, and the modernist narrative.

Boasting a bigger cast with a slew of newcomers who will supposedly be pivotal in the franchise's future, the upcoming comic book flick teases a crazy good time at the cinema, and based on the early reviews from the critics, it appears to fulfill its promises.

Despite his busy schedule he found time to edit the book «Flesh and Blood: The National Society of Film Critics on Sex, Violence and Censorship,» published by Mercury House Press in 1995.

In Tom Stoppard «s spectacularly good script (I suspect the quality of which has been overlooked because so few film critics have actually read the book), it has a jumping off point that more than any previous take, digs into the themes of the novel — the many forms that love takes, artificial metropolitan life vs. simple pastoral life — and allows the peripheral characters their moment in the sun, while still keeping the running time at around a brisk two hours.

by Walter Chaw I think that once the book closes on the Coen Brothers, they'll be seen as the premier interpreters of our time: the best literary critics; the Mark Twains.

His first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the L.A. Times Book Awbook, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the L.A. Times Book AwBook Critics Circle Award, and the L.A. Times Book AwBook Award.

Lab Girl Winner of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography and noted by Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Amazon as a best memoir or best book of 2Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography and noted by Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Amazon as a best memoir or best book of 2book of 2016.

At the same time, these books will do nothing to silence the critics.

I think that many times critics are the ones who can make or break a painting, a sculpture, a book, or any other work of art.

Celebrated by critics and readers alike for «interweaving history, fascinating trivia and acute observation» (New York Times Book Review), Simon Winchester is the bestselling author of the nonfiction books The Professor and the Madman,... more

The staff critics for The Times choose which books they want to review themselves.»

I'm an experienced book critic and features writer, contributing to the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, The Irish Times and Sunday...

She has been hailed by critics for her unique gifts — a «rare combination of realism and romance,» according to The New York Times Book Review.

He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist.

The post, which links to an article in The Telegraph that focuses on a BBC Culture poll, outlined the top children's books of all time, as nominated by critics worldwide and narrowed down to a list of the top twenty - one.

Mark Doty's seven books of poetry and three books of nonfiction prose have been honored with distinctions including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN / Martha Albrand Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and, in the United Kingdom, the T. S. Eliot Prize.

For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, has three times won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year and Best... (more)

When I get down about a handful of amazon reviews for my work, I always look at other «big - time» book reviews and understand that these are not professional book critics.

While the Times has been reviewing and ranking ebooks for a short time, this marks the first time an author — albeit an author with a strong platform due to his well - known body of work as an entertainment critic, as opposed to an unknown debut author — has crossed over into its mainstream book reviews with a two - page review.

Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the # 1 New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year award and... (more)

His essays, articles and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and other national newspapers and magazines and he contributes frequently to morning television shows as a book critic.

Anatole Broyard, longtime book critic for the New York Times, died without revealing his black heritage to his children, leading daughter Bliss to conduct an in - depth inquiry into Creole culture, African American history, and the psychology of race.

The time from writing to publication might seem alarmingly short to some critics — a matter of almost three weeks — but the author retained control over the publication date to coincide with the timely holiday theme of the book, as it takes place on New Year's Eve.

Pulitzer Prize - winning film critic Roger Ebert has written more than 15 books, worked for the Chicago Sun Times since 1967 and been on television for 40 years.

It is the peculiar constellation of her age, gender and the particular nature of The Luminaries that has, she believes, provoked «a sense of irritation from some critics — that I have been so audacious to have taken up people's time by writing a long book.

Edward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award... (more)

Kakutani, a Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the most influential critics in literature, retired last year as book critic for the New York Times after 38 years with the intention of writing more about politics and culture.

with Phil Hall, used to want to be a full - time film critic while writing well over 10 years of movie and DVD reviews, but eventually grew tired of the hamster - wheel feeling of it, realizing once and for all that his true love has always been books.