Search Results - "Dirda, Michael"

The last chapter: Bidding farewell to the Washington Post's Book World.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: TLS. Times Literary Supplement; 2/20/2026, Issue 6399, p1-6, 6p

I Wanted to Be Robert Phelps.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: American Scholar; Spring2009, Vol. 78 Issue 2, p80-86, 7p

Dantès’s Inferno.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New York Review of Books; 4/9/2026, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p41-43, 3p, 2 Color Photographs

Panoply of the Weird.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New York Review of Books; 1/15/2026, Vol. 73 Issue 1, p40-42, 3p, 2 Cartoon or Caricatures

'Love and Death in the American Novel' Review: A Critic Thunders.

Authors: Dirda, Michael (AUTHOR)

Source: Wall Street Journal - Online Edition. 5/23/2026, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.

Subjects: American literature, Literary criticism, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Taboo, Critics

The mystery behind the Baroness.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New Criterion; Sep2015, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p31-35, 5p

Lane Cooper's lessons.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New Criterion; Feb2014, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p14-19, 6p

Philip Larkin complete.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New Criterion; Apr2012, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p13-16, 4p

Souls Hungering After Meaning: In "Aegypt," John Crowley's just-completed four-book masterwork, ordinary people bear a faint symbolic glow through real and mythological realms.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: American Scholar. Winter2008, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p112-119. 8p. 1 Black and White Photograph.

Subject Terms: Mythology, Nonfiction

Reviews & Products: Aegypt (Book), Solitudes, The (Book), Love & Sleep (Book), Daemonomania (Book), Endless Things (Book)

People: Crowley, John

The Chronicler of Unhappiness.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New York Review of Books; 3/27/2025, Vol. 72 Issue 5, p52-54, 3p, 2 Color Photographs

A Well-Lettered Friendship.

Authors: DIRDA, MICHAEL (AUTHOR)

Source: National Review. 8/12/2019, Vol. 71 Issue 14, p45-48. 4p. 1 Illustration.

A Love Letter To Intellectualism: Nikhil Krishnan’s “A Terribly Serious Adventure”.

Authors: DIRDA, MICHAEL

Source: Desi Talk. 1/26/2024, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p10-10. 1p.

Subjects: Love letters, Bombardment of Hiroshima, Japan, 1945, Adventure & adventurers, Rich people

Rending the Veil.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New York Review of Books; 5/28/2020, Vol. 67 Issue 9, p40-43, 3p, 2 Color Photographs

Bright Lights, Big Conference.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education. 2/22/2008, Vol. 54 Issue 24, pB12-B14. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subject Terms: *Conferences & conventions, Authors' conferences

Kingsley Amis's Troublesome Fun.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education. 6/22/2007, Vol. 53 Issue 42, pB9-B11. 3p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.

Subject Terms: *Authors, 20th century British authors, Humor in literature

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom

Reviews & Products: Lucky Jim (Book : Amis), That Uncertain Feeling (Book), Take a Girl Like You (Book)

People: Amis, Kingsley, 1922-1995

Night Manager at Quill & Brush: The Making of a Book Collector.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: Book Collector; Summer2017, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p349-361, 13p

The Big Read: Can a Single Book Sum Up a Nation?

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: Virginia Quarterly Review. Winter2014, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p203-206. 4p.

Subjects: Dream of the Great American Novel, The (Book), Buell, Lawrence, American literature, Literary criticism, Nonfiction

Jack London: Beyond The Call of the Wild.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: Virginia Quarterly Review. Fall2013, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p257-262. 6p.

Subjects: Jack London: An American Life (Book), Labor, Earle, 1928-2022, London, Jack, 1876-1916, Nonfiction

Fact & Fiction.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: Virginia Quarterly Review. Summer2012, Vol. 88 Issue 3, p205-208. 4p.

Subjects: Lifespan of a Fact, The (Book), D'Agata, John, Fingal, Jim, Writing, Nonfiction

Stephen Crane's strange singing.

Authors: Dirda, Michael

Source: New Criterion; Sep2011, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p40-45, 6p