Daniel Menaker was an editor at The New Yorker for 20 years before joining Random House, where he was editor-in-chief from 2003 to 2007. He has won two O. Henry Awards, is the author of two collections of stories and a novel, The Treatment, and is working on a book about conversation, A Good Talk.

The Night Frank Sang Mother Machree

The Night Frank Sang 'Mother Machree'

Daniel Menaker remembers a summer night in Southampton, with a sky worthy of Limerick County, when Frank McCourt bega...

Posted 6:30 AM | Jul 21, 2009
Anne Hathaways Magical Night

Anne Hathaway's Magical "Night"

The actress is divine in Shakespeare in the Park's production of Twelfth Night, writes Daniel Menaker-if only there ...

Posted 11:03 PM | Jun 28, 2009
Deconstructing the CNN Reaction Meter

Deconstructing the CNN Reaction Meter

The network's squiggly on-screen emotometer beats Joe the Plumber as the most memorable part of last night's debate. ...

Posted 3:46 PM | Oct 16, 2008