- 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.
Art: ‘Forty-one False Starts’
Janet Malcolm’s new book is a collection of essays on artists and writers
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
Saul Bellow was a great writer but a distant father, according to his son’s memoir “Saul Bellow’s Heart.”
‘Follow the Money’
British journalist Steve Boggan followed the path of a $10 bill and chronicled the people who used it
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