John Douglas Marshall is a critic for The Daily Beast. He was the longtime book critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until it ceased publication in March.
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A Life in Food
A food critic and journalist has just penned a memoir telling her life story through the chefs she... MORE
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The Last Vietnam War Epic
For years Karl Marlantes struggled with his novel, Matterhorn, based on his experiences during... MORE
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A Novelist's Biracial Struggle
Heidi Durrow’s debut novel captures her own struggles with her mixed-race heritage.... MORE
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Three Overlooked Gems
Critic John Douglas Marshall shares three books, one memoir and two novels, that he thinks have... MORE
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Atheism's Soulful Philosopher
Rebecca Goldstein’s new novel aims to bridge the divide between believers and non-believers.... MORE
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Mary Karr's Sober Period
The bestselling memoirist talks to John Douglas Marshall about her brutally honest new book, Lit,... MORE
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Mountain Man
John Marshall talks to Ed Viesturs, the first American to reach the summit of all 14 of the world’s... MORE
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Parenting for Smarties
A parenting book that contains no advice?... MORE
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Pat Tillman, Anti-War Hero
After his death, the NFL star was portrayed as a warrior jock.... MORE
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When Love Hurts
In Love is a Four Letter Word, an irresistible new breakup anthology, 23 writers including Junot... MORE
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Feeling the Heat in the Kitchen
Monica Ali, author of the bestseller Brick Lane, talks about cooking up her sprawling new novel... MORE
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Drugs and Terror on the Other Border
Jim Lynch’s enthralling new novel Border Songs captures the strange world of pot smuggling and... MORE
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Secrets of a Spymaster
As Alan Furst’s 10th novel, The Spies of Warsaw, comes out in paperback—part of the bestselling... MORE
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Hardass With a Heart of Gold
Writer of The Wire and 16 hard-boiled novels—including his latest, The Way Home—George Pelecanos’... MORE
