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  1. The Critics
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    After Empire (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
    1. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
    The New Yorker, May 26, 2008, pp. 72-76
  2. [+]
    All That Glimmers (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Heir to the Glimmering World, by Cynthia Ozick
    1. Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
    The New Republic, October 18, 2004, pp. 34-37
  3. The Critics
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    Arse Poetica (2 Reviews)
    Ruth Franklin
    Rimbaud Complete, by Wyatt Mason and Arthur Rimbaud
    1. Rimbaud Complete by Wyatt Mason and Arthur Rimbaud
    2. I Promise to Be Good by Wyatt Mason and Arthur Rimbaud
    The New Yorker, November 17, 2003, pp. 150-158
  4. The Critics
    [+]
    The Art of Extinction (2 Reviews)
    Ruth Franklin
    Frost, by Thomas Bernhard
    1. Frost by Thomas Bernhard
    2. In Hora Mortis/Under the Iron of the Moon by Thomas Bernhard
    The New Yorker, December 25, 2006, pp. 128-133
  5. [+]
    Assent and Lamentation (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, by Alice Munro
    1. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
    The New Republic, February 25, 2002, p. 33
  6. Bad Blood
    Ruth K. Franklin
    The New Republic, January 15, 1972, pp. 10-13
  7. [+]
    The Beauty of Hermetic, Corrupt World (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell
    1. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
    The New York Review of Books, August 19, 2010, pp. 75-77
  8. [+]
    Black Milk of Language (3 Reviews)
    Ruth Franklin
    Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan, by Paul Celan
    1. Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan by Paul Celan
    2. Threadsuns by Paul Celan
    3. Glottal Stop by Paul Celan
    The New Republic, December 25, 2000, pp. 32-39
  9. [+]
    The Box of Tricks (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Autograph Man, by Zadie Smith
    1. The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
    The New Republic, October 14, 2002, pp. 46-49
  10. [+]
    Bursting the Thermometer (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell
    1. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
    The New Republic, July 24, 2006, pp. 25-28
  11. A Critic At Large
    Ruth Franklin
    A Life in Good Taste
    The New Yorker, September 27, 2004, pp. 142-147
  12. [+]
    Day Tripper (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Light of Day, by Graham Swift
    1. The Light of Day by Graham Swift
    The New Republic, June 9, 2003, pp. 30-32
  13. [+]
    Death-Art (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Book of Franza and Requiem for Fanny Goldmann, by Ingeborg Bachmann
    1. The Book of Franza and Requiem for Fanny Goldmann by Ingeborg Bachmann
    The New Republic, July 31, 2000, pp. 37-41
  14. [+]
    Dechronification (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Super Sad True Love Story, by Gary Shteyngart
    1. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
    The New Republic, September 23, 2010, pp. 41-43
  15. [+]
    Depravity's Rainbow (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock
    1. Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
    The New Republic, May 7, 2008, pp. 48-50
  16. [+]
    Enslavements (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    A Mercy, by Toni Morrison
    1. A Mercy by Toni Morrison
    The New Republic, December 24, 2008, pp. 36-39
  17. [+]
    The Epilogue (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz, by Jan T. Gross
    1. Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz by Jan T. Gross
    The New Republic, October 2, 2006, pp. 36-39
  18. [+]
    The Experiment (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Double Bond, by Carole Angier
    1. The Double Bond by Carole Angier
    The New Republic, July 1, 2002, pp. 25-32
  19. The Critics
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    God in the Details (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. III: 1956-1991, by Norman Sherry
    1. The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. III: 1956-1991 by Norman Sherry
    The New Yorker, October 4, 2004, pp. 100-104
  20. [+]
    God is in the House (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Home, by Marilynne Robinson
    1. Home by Marilynne Robinson
    The New Republic, October 8, 2008, pp. 34-37
  21. [+]
    Good Vibrations (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Temperament, by Stuart Isacoff
    1. Temperament by Stuart Isacoff
    The New Republic, December 10, 2001, pp. 40-45
  22. [+]
    I Beg Your Pardon (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Lemon Table, by Julian Barnes
    1. The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
    The New Republic, September 13, 2004, pp. 39-41
  23. [+]
    Identity Theft (5 Reviews)
    Ruth Franklin
    After Such Knowledge, by Eva Hoffman
    1. After Such Knowledge by Eva Hoffman
    2. Nothing Makes You Free by Melvin Jules Bukiet
    3. A Faker's Dozen by Melvin Jules Bukiet
    4. Poetry After Auschwitz by Susan Gubar
    5. Fantasies of Witnessing by Gary Weissman
    The New Republic, May 31, 2004, pp. 31-36
  24. [+]
    Immorality Play (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Flights of Love, by Bernhard Schlink
    1. Flights of Love by Bernhard Schlink
    The New Republic, October 15, 2001, pp. 54-57
  25. [+]
    Inauthetic Fabrics (2 Reviews)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Biographer's Tale, by A.S. Byatt
    1. The Biographer's Tale by A.S. Byatt
    2. On Histories and Stories by A.S. Byatt
    The New Republic, April 23, 2001, pp. 37-38
  26. [+]
    Kaddish's Nose (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Ministry of Special Cases, by Nathan Englander
    1. The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
    The New Republic, May 21, 2007, pp. 61-63
  27. [+]
    The Lost (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Regions of the Great Heresy, by Jerzy Ficowski and Theodosia Robertson
    1. Regions of the Great Heresy by Jerzy Ficowski and Theodosia Robertson
    The New Yorker, December 16, 2002, pp. 97-100
  28. [+]
    The Man Who Saw Too Much (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933, by Joseph Roth
    1. What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933 by Joseph Roth
    The New Republic, February 24, 2003, pp. 34-37
  29. The Missing Joy
    Ruth Franklin
    If recent books are to be believed, motherhood in contemporary America has become an ab...
    The New Republic, July 4, 2005, pp. 30-37
  30. [+]
    Morbid Longings (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt
    1. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
    The New Republic, December 30, 2002, pp. 38-39
  31. [+]
    Mr. Memory (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Breaking Ground, by Daniel Libeskind
    1. Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind
    The New Republic, February 7, 2005, pp. 28-33
  32. [+]
    Night and Cog (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Kindly Ones, by Jonathan Littell
    1. The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
    The New Republic, April 1, 2009, pp. 38-40
  33. Nobel Savage
    Ruth Franklin
    Who is Elfriede Jelinek?
    The New Republic, November 1, 2004, pp. 32-33
  34. [+]
    Permanent Groping (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth
    1. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, October 8, 2007, pp. 53-56
  35. [+]
    The Prisoner of Sex (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Castle in the Forest, by Norman Mailer
    1. The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
    The New Republic, February 19, 2007, pp. 26-28
  36. The Question of Transplants
    Ruth Franklin
    The New Republic, March 16, 1968, p. 7
  37. [+]
    Rings of Smoke (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    After Nature, by W.G. Sebald
    1. After Nature by W.G. Sebald
    The New Republic, September 23, 2002, pp. 32-38
  38. [+]
    Speak Not, Memory (2 Reviews)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Hothouse, by Wolfgang Koeppen
    1. The Hothouse by Wolfgang Koeppen
    2. Death in Rome by Wolfgang Koeppen
    The New Republic, August 20, 2001, pp. 30-38
  39. [+]
    The Storm Before the Calm (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Miracle Fair, by Wislawa Szymborska
    1. Miracle Fair by Wislawa Szymborska
    The New Republic, June 4, 2001, pp. 58-61
  40. [+]
    Surgings (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
    1. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
    The New Republic, May 16, 2005, pp. 39-41
  41. [+]
    Things Come Together (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Thing Around Your Neck, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    1. The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    The New Republic, September 23, 2009, pp. 52-55
  42. [+]
    A Thousand Darknesses (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Night, by Elie Wiesel
    1. Night by Elie Wiesel
    The New Republic, March 20, 2006, pp. 28-32
  43. [+]
    Tighter and Tighter (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    The Haunting of L, by Howard Norman
    1. The Haunting of L by Howard Norman
    The New Republic, March 25, 2002, pp. 46-49
  44. [+]
    The Tin Book (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Crabwalk, by Gunter Grass
    1. Crabwalk by Gunter Grass
    The New Republic, August 11, 2003, pp. 30-33
  45. Washington Diarist
    Ruth Franklin
    Breathing
    The New Republic, November 17, 2003, pp. 42-44
  46. Washington Diarist: Capitol Style
    Ruth Franklin
    The New Republic, May 15, 2000, pp. 50-52
  47. Washington Diarist: Our Town
    Ruth Franklin
    The New Republic, October 21, 2002, pp. 38-40
  48. Washington Diarist: Personal Best
    Ruth Franklin
    The New Republic, January 15, 2001, pp. 38-40
  49. Washington Diarist: Stephen King and I
    Ruth Franklin
    The New Republic, November 6, 2000, pp. 50-52
  50. [+]
    The Wild Heart (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Why This World, by Benjamin Moser
    1. Why This World by Benjamin Moser
    The New Republic, April 29, 2010, pp. 43-46
  51. [+]
    The Writing Dead (Review)
    Ruth Franklin
    Postal Indiscretions, by Tadeusz Drewnowski and Tadeusz Borowski
    1. Postal Indiscretions by Tadeusz Drewnowski and Tadeusz Borowski
    The New Republic, September 24, 2007, pp. 41-44
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