Jonathan Yardley
Jonathan Yardley
Critic
Jonathan Yardley has been the book critic of The Washington Post since 1981. That same year he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. He is the author of six books, and a seventh — a collection of his "Second Reading" columns for The Post — will be published in the summer of 2011.

Latest by Jonathan Yardley

The life and times of Edna O’Brien

The life and times of Edna O’Brien

In ‘Country Girl’ the novelist reflects on her vigorous, fascinating life

Seize the dad: Saul Bellow as father

Seize the dad: Saul Bellow as father

Saul Bellow was a great writer but a distant father, according to his son’s memoir “Saul Bellow’s Heart.”

‘Follow the Money’

‘Follow the Money’

British journalist Steve Boggan followed the path of a $10 bill and chronicled the people who used it

The new mind of the South

The new mind of the South

Tracy Thompson examines the modern South and the progress it has made since the 1960s.