Nathaniel Rich is the author of The Mayor's Tongue. He lives in New Orleans. Follow @nathaniel_rich on Twitter.
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The Vicious Homefront
'A Time To Be Born' doesn’t have a single gun, yet Dawn Powell’s novel captures the madness of... MORE
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The Depression’s Ignoble Savages
Nathaniel Rich examines Erskine Caldwell’s “Tobacco Road,” published in 1932, about a vile,... MORE
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The Original American Everyman
Sinclair Lewis's satirical 1922 novel 'Babbitt' became a national phenomenon.... MORE
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Across the Line
In the second installment of the American Dreams series, Nathaniel Rich reads a seminal... MORE
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When Greed Was Good
In the first installment of American Dreams, Nathaniel Rich reads the 1902 novel Brewster’s... MORE
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Introducing American Dreams
What American novels best tell the story of the 20th-century?... MORE
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Be Afraid, Very Afraid
As Japan’s nuclear crisis grows, a new book by Ron Rosenbaum reminds us that nuclear war is a very... MORE
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Belgium's Master of Noir
Georges Simenon's reissued dark novels are worthy of your attention, says novelist Nathaniel... MORE
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The First Celebrity Tell-All
Before Jenna Jameson, before Paris Hilton, even before Kirk Douglas, one man wrote the original... MORE
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What Made Twain Famous
On the centennial of the great American author's death, Nathaniel Rich considers Twain's most... MORE
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Salinger's Final Mystery
Novelist Nathaniel Rich mourns the loss of a literary hero—and fantasizes about the books that... MORE
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The Nabokov Mess
All the fuss about the publication of Vladimir Nabokov’s last “novel” was pointless.... MORE
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Ellroy's American Underworld
Nathaniel Rich reviews crime master James Ellroy’s latest novel, Blood’s A Rover, and explores his... MORE
