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  1. [+]
    Abhorring a Vacuum (Review)
    James Wood
    The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen
    1. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
    The New Republic, October 15, 2001, pp. 32-39
  2. [+]
    After Strange Gods (Review)
    James Wood
    T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form, by Anthony Julius
    1. T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form by Anthony Julius
    The New Republic, July 29, 1996, pp. 30-33
  3. [+]
    The All of the If (Review)
    James Wood
    Herman Melville: A Biography, Vol. I: 1819-1851, by Hershel Parker
    1. Herman Melville: A Biography, Vol. I: 1819-1851 by Hershel Parker
    The New Republic, March 17, 1997, pp. 29-34
  4. [+]
    All Rainbow, No Gravity (Review)
    James Wood
    Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon
    1. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
    The New Republic, March 5, 2007, pp. 24-29
  5. [+]
    Aspic of the Novel (Review)
    James Wood
    A Private View, by Anita Brookner
    1. A Private View by Anita Brookner
    The New Republic, April 24, 1995, pp. 41-42
  6. [+]
    Beneath the Waves (Review)
    James Wood
    Virginia Woolf, by Hermione Lee
    1. Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee
    The New Republic, September 29, 1997, pp. 33-37
  7. [+]
    Beyond a Boundary (Review)
    James Wood
    Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill
    1. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
    The New Yorker, May 26, 2008, pp. 78-79
  8. The Birth of Inwardness
    James Wood
    The New Republic, August 17, 1998, pp. 25-28
  9. [+]
    Black Noise (Review)
    James Wood
    Underworld, by Don DeLillo
    1. Underworld by Don DeLillo
    The New Republic, November 10, 1997, pp. 38-43
  10. [+]
    Black Noise (Review)
    James Wood
    Falling Man, by Don DeLillo
    1. Falling Man by Don DeLillo
    The New Republic, July 2, 2007, pp. 47-49
  11. [+]
    The Blue River of Truth (Review)
    James Wood
    Realist Vision, by Peter Brooks
    1. Realist Vision by Peter Brooks
    The New Republic, August 1, 2005, pp. 23-27
  12. The Book Against God (2003)
    James Wood
    A Novel
    7 Reviews, 1 Readable
  13. Bookdumb
    James Wood
    Novels are for reading, not ranking
    The New Republic, August 17, 1998, p. 14
  14. The Critics
    [+]
    Books: The Prankster and the Prophet (Review)
    James Wood
    The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, and Nikol...
    1. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, and Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, ...
    The New Yorker, August 17, 1998, pp. 75-76
  15. [+]
    Brain Drain (Review)
    James Wood
    Generosity: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers
    1. Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
    The New Yorker, October 5, 2009, pp. 80-83
  16. The Broken Estate (1999)
    James Wood
    Essays on Literature and Belief
    4 Reviews
  17. [+]
    Call It Sleep (Review)
    James Wood
    Drown, by Junot Diaz
    1. Drown by Junot Diaz
    The New Republic, December 16, 1996, pp. 39-41
  18. Cambridge Diarist
    James Wood
    MSM S&M
    The New Republic, May 22, 2006, pp. 42-44
  19. Cambridge Postcard: Down and Dirty
    James Wood
    Post-everything at Harvard
    The New Republic, April 22, 1996, pp. 16-18
  20. [+]
    The Celestial Teapot (Review)
    James Wood
    Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris
    1. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
    The New Republic, December 18, 2006, pp. 27-31
  21. [+]
    Clearances (Review)
    James Wood
    Island: The Complete Stories, by Alistair MacLeod
    1. Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod
    The New Republic, June 18, 2001, pp. 31-34
  22. [+]
    The Color Purple (Review)
    James Wood
    Paradise, by Toni Morrison
    1. Paradise by Toni Morrison
    The New Republic, March 2, 1998, pp. 29-31
  23. [+]
    The Conundrumizer (Review)
    James Wood
    Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834, by Richard Holmes
    1. Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834 by Richard Holmes
    The New Republic, September 6, 1999, pp. 35-40
  24. [+]
    The Cost of Clarity (Review)
    James Wood
    The Human Stain, by Philip Roth
    1. The Human Stain by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, April 17, 2000, pp. 70-78
  25. The Critics
    [+]
    A Critic At Large (Review)
    James Wood
    War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky, ...
    1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky, ...
    The New Yorker, November 26, 2007, pp. 158-166
  26. [+]
    A Critic At Large: Church Mice (3 Reviews)
    James Wood
    Morte D'Urban, by J.F. Powers
    1. Morte D'Urban by J.F. Powers
    2. Wheat That Springeth Green by J.F. Powers
    3. The Stories of J. F. Powers by J.F. Powers
    The New Yorker, December 11, 2000, pp. 114-119
  27. A Critic's Notebook
    James Wood
    Verbage
    The New Yorker, October 13, 2008, pp. 74-75
  28. [+]
    Cult of the Master (Review)
    James Wood
    Henry James: Novels 1896-1899, by Myra Jehlen and Henry James
    1. Henry James: Novels 1896-1899 by Myra Jehlen and Henry James
    The Atlantic Monthly, April 2003, pp. 102-108
  29. [+]
    Damage (Review)
    James Wood
    Half a Life, by V.S. Naipaul
    1. Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul
    The New Republic, November 5, 2001, pp. 31-34
  30. [+]
    Death Takes a Holiday (Review)
    James Wood
    Death with Interruptions, by Jose Saramago
    1. Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago
    The New Yorker, October 27, 2008, pp. 88-91
  31. [+]
    Desert Storm (Review)
    James Wood
    The Book of Psalms, by Robert Alter
    1. The Book of Psalms by Robert Alter
    The New Yorker, October 1, 2007, pp. 94-97
  32. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources (1893)
    James Wood
    Including Phrases
  33. A Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1813)
    James Wood
  34. [+]
    The Digressionist (Review)
    James Wood
    Oblivion, by David Foster Wallace
    1. Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
    The New Republic, August 9, 2004, pp. 26-30
  35. The Distinguishing Doctrines of the Religious Society of Friends (1898)
    James Wood
    A Lecture
  36. The Doctrinal Differences Which Have Agitated a... (1853)
    James Wood
    or, Old and New Theology
  37. Dr. Jekyll's Dungeon of Death (1979 Film)
    James Wood
  38. [+]
    Effects and Causes (Review)
    James Wood
    The Complete Works of Isaac Babel, by Nathalie Babel and Isaac Babel
    1. The Complete Works of Isaac Babel by Nathalie Babel and Isaac Babel
    The New Republic, February 4, 2002, pp. 33-36
  39. The Elements of Algebra (1825)
    James Wood
  40. The Elements of Optics (1801)
    James Wood
  41. [+]
    The Empire Writes Back (Review)
    James Wood
    Rebellion, by Joseph Roth
    1. Rebellion by Joseph Roth
    The New Republic, January 3, 2000, pp. 27-30
  42. [+]
    Essences Rising (Review)
    James Wood
    The Actual, by Saul Bellow
    1. The Actual by Saul Bellow
    The New Republic, June 16, 1997, pp. 41-43
  43. [+]
    Eyes Wide Shut (Review)
    James Wood
    Dreaming by the Book, by Elaine Scarry
    1. Dreaming by the Book by Elaine Scarry
    The New Republic, February 28, 2000, pp. 27-31
  44. [+]
    The Fact-Checker (Review)
    James Wood
    Cross Channel, by Julian Barnes
    1. Cross Channel by Julian Barnes
    The New Republic, June 24, 1996, pp. 40-43
  45. Facts and Observations Concerning the Organizat... (1837)
    James Wood
  46. [+]
    The Flying Trapezius (Review)
    James Wood
    A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe
    1. A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
    The New Republic, December 14, 1998, pp. 37-41
  47. [+]
    The Forgotten (Review)
    James Wood
    The Lazarus Project, by Aleksandar Hemon
    1. The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
    The New Yorker, July 28, 2008, pp. 82-85
  48. Free As a Dog (2006 Film)
    Jack McCoy
  49. [+]
    From Venice To Varanasi (Review)
    James Wood
    Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, by Geoff Dyer
    1. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
    The New Yorker, April 20, 2009, pp. 110-112
  50. [+]
    The Gambler (Review)
    James Wood
    Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881, by Joseph Frank
    1. Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881 by Joseph Frank
    The New Republic, June 3, 2002, pp. 25-30
  51. [+]
    Getting to the End (Review)
    James Wood
    The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
    1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
    The New Republic, May 21, 2007, pp. 44-47
  52. [+]
    Give All (Review)
    James Wood
    Bellow: A Biography, by James Atlas
    1. Bellow: A Biography by James Atlas
    The New Republic, November 13, 2000, pp. 30-37
  53. The Critics
    [+]
    God, Interrupted (Review)
    James Wood
    Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, by Jack Miles
    1. Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God by Jack Miles
    The New Yorker, November 12, 2001, pp. 122-126
  54. [+]
    God's Dictionary (Review)
    James Wood
    Melville: His World and Work, by Andrew Delbanco
    1. Melville: His World and Work by Andrew Delbanco
    The New Republic, December 26, 2005, pp. 25-28
  55. The Gospel Fountain (1859)
    James Wood
    or, The Anxious Youth Made Happy
  56. Grace and Glory (1859)
    James Wood
  57. Gratitude
    James Wood
    How do you thank a writer for his work?
    The New Republic, April 25, 2005, p. 15
  58. The Critics
    [+]
    A Great Music (Review)
    James Wood
    God's Secretaries, by Adam Nicolson
    1. God's Secretaries by Adam Nicolson
    The New Yorker, May 26, 2003, pp. 90-96
  59. [+]
    Half-Against Flaubert (Review)
    James Wood
    Flaubert: Selected Letters, by Geoffrey Wall and Gustave Flaubert
    1. Flaubert: Selected Letters by Geoffrey Wall and Gustave Flaubert
    The New Republic, January 18, 1999, pp. 37-39
  60. [+]
    He is Finished (Review)
    James Wood
    The Gospel According to the Son, by Norman Mailer
    1. The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer
    The New Republic, May 12, 1997, pp. 30-34
  61. [+]
    He Words Us (Review)
    James Wood
    Shakespeare's Language, by Frank Kermode
    1. Shakespeare's Language by Frank Kermode
    The New Republic, June 26, 2000, pp. 27-31
  62. [+]
    The History of Laughter (2 Reviews)
    James Wood
    Momus, by Leon Battista Alberti, Virginia Brown, and Sarah Knight, ...
    1. Momus by Leon Battista Alberti, Virginia Brown, and Sarah Knight, ...
    2. The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus and Clarence H. Miller
    The New Republic, December 22, 2003, pp. 25-26
  63. [+]
    Holiday In Hellmouth (Review)
    James Wood
    God's Problem, by Bart D. Ehrman
    1. God's Problem by Bart D. Ehrman
    The New Yorker, June 9, 2008, pp. 116-122
  64. The Critics
    [+]
    At Home in the World (Review)
    James Wood
    Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky, ...
    1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky, ...
    The New Yorker, February 5, 2001, pp. 82-87
  65. [+]
    The Homecoming (Review)
    James Wood
    Home, by Marilynne Robinson
    1. Home by Marilynne Robinson
    The New Yorker, September 8, 2008, pp. 76-78
  66. How Fiction Works (2008)
    James Wood
    4 Reviews
  67. [+]
    The Human Difference (Review)
    James Wood
    Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
    1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
    The New Republic, May 16, 2005, pp. 36-38
  68. [+]
    Human, All Too Inhuman (Review)
    James Wood
    White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
    1. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
    The New Republic, July 24, 2000, pp. 41-45
  69. [+]
    In the Beginning (2 Reviews)
    James Wood
    Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, by Harold Bloom
    1. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
    2. Berryman's Shakespeare by John Haffenden and John Berryman
    The New Republic, March 29, 1999, pp. 30-35
  70. [+]
    An Indelicate Balance (3 Reviews)
    James Wood
    The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
    1. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
    2. Mirrorwork by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West
    3. A Dragonfly in the Sun by Muneeza Shamsie
    The New Republic, December 29, 1997, pp. 32-35
  71. [+]
    Invisible Man (Review)
    James Wood
    Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green, by Jeremy Treglown
    1. Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by Jeremy Treglown
    The New Republic, April 9, 2001, pp. 43-49
  72. Jackie Coogan in London
    James Wood
    The Forum, September 1926, pp. 392-398
  73. [+]
    Jihad and the Novel (Review)
    James Wood
    Terrorist, by John Updike
    1. Terrorist by John Updike
    The New Republic, July 3, 2006, pp. 25-26
  74. The Critics
    [+]
    Knight's Gambit (Review)
    James Wood
    Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman
    1. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman
    The New Yorker, December 22, 2003, pp. 148-149
  75. [+]
    Laughter and Forgetting (Review)
    James Wood
    Ignorance, by Milan Kundera
    1. Ignorance by Milan Kundera
    The New Republic, December 23, 2002, pp. 33-35
  76. Letters
    John P. Frank, Ronald Dworkin, Martin Malia, and Aileen Kelly, ...
    The New York Review of Books, May 25, 2000, pp. 63-68
  77. [+]
    Letting Go (Review)
    James Wood
    Everyman, by Philip Roth
    1. Everyman by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, May 22, 2006, pp. 28-31
  78. [+]
    Levity's Rainbow (Review)
    James Wood
    Mason and Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon
    1. Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
    The New Republic, August 4, 1997, pp. 32-35
  79. Life and Letters
    James Wood
    A Fine Rage
    The New Yorker, April 13, 2009, pp. 54-63
  80. [+]
    Like Men Betrayed (Review)
    James Wood
    Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
    1. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
    The New Yorker, December 15, 2008, pp. 88-92
  81. [+]
    Little Big Man (Review)
    James Wood
    The Information, by Martin Amis
    1. The Information by Martin Amis
    The New Republic, August 14, 1995, pp. 28-33
  82. [+]
    The Little Drummer Boy (Review)
    James Wood
    Absolute Friends, by John le Carre
    1. Absolute Friends by John le Carre
    The New Republic, April 5, 2004, pp. 33-37
  83. [+]
    Little Guignol (Review)
    James Wood
    The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, by Peter Ackroyd
    1. The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd
    The New York Review of Books, September 21, 1995, pp. 49-51
  84. London Diarist: Entitled
    James Wood
    The New Republic, August 16, 1999, pp. 46-48
  85. London Diarist: Sold Out
    James Wood
    The New Republic, October 21, 1996, pp. 42-44
  86. London Dispatch: Major Changes
    James Wood
    Britain says goodbye to socialism and to social union with Europe
    The New Republic, May 19, 1997, pp. 15-16
  87. London Dispatch: Splitting Heirs
    James Wood
    The men who would be Blair
    The New Republic, September 25, 2006, pp. 8-11
  88. London Dispatch: The Coming Blair
    James Wood
    Conventional wisdom says Tony Blair means more of the same. Wrong again. he may mean th...
    The New Republic, June 2, 1997, pp. 15-16
  89. [+]
    Lost in the Punhouse (Review)
    James Wood
    The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie
    1. The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
    The New Republic, April 26, 1999, pp. 94-97
  90. [+]
    Love, Actually (Review)
    James Wood
    The Possibility of an Island, by Michel Houellebecq
    1. The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq
    The New Republic, August 28, 2006, pp. 23-26
  91. The Critics
    [+]
    Love, Iranian Style (Review)
    James Wood
    Censoring an Iranian Love Story, by Shahriar Mandanipour
    1. Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour
    The New Yorker, June 29, 2009, pp. 72-75
  92. Madame Lewinsky
    James Wood
    What Kenneth Starr's report owes to Anna Karenina, Therese Raquin, and other classic no...
    The New Republic, October 5, 1998, pp. 16-17
  93. [+]
    Making It New (Review)
    James Wood
    Brick Lane, by Monica Ali
    1. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
    The New Republic, September 8, 2003, pp. 29-31
  94. [+]
    The Master of the Not Quite (2 Reviews)
    James Wood
    Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann
    1. Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
    2. Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900-1949 by Hans Wysling, Thomas Mann, and Heinrich Mann
    The New Republic, June 1, 1998, pp. 31-35
  95. Memoir of Sylvester Scovel, D. d (1851)
    James Wood
    Late President of Hanover College, IA., and Formerly Domestic Missionary and ...
  96. [+]
    The Misreader (Review)
    James Wood
    Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, by Harold Bloom
    1. Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine by Harold Bloom
    The New Republic, May 1, 2006, pp. 23-24
  97. [+]
    The Moral Baby (Review)
    James Wood
    Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum
    1. Wodehouse: A Life by Robert McCrum
    The New Republic, March 14, 2005, pp. 21-26
  98. [+]
    Mr. Literature (Review)
    James Wood
    Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature, by Lewis M. Dabney
    1. Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature by Lewis M. Dabney
    The New Republic, September 26, 2005, pp. 23-31
  99. [+]
    Muck Funnel (Review)
    James Wood
    Birthday Letters, by Ted Hughes
    1. Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
    The New Republic, March 30, 1998, pp. 30-32
  100. [+]
    My Death as a Man (Review)
    James Wood
    Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
    1. Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, October 23, 1995, pp. 33-38
  101. New World Vistas (1928 Film)
    James Wood
  102. [+]
    No More Mr. Nice Guy (2 Reviews)
    James Wood
    Anton Chekhov and His Times, by Andrei Turkov
    1. Anton Chekhov and His Times by Andrei Turkov
    2. Chekhov's Plays by Richard Gilman
    The New Republic, February 5, 1996, pp. 32-37
  103. [+]
    The Nobu Novel (Review)
    James Wood
    Fury, by Salman Rushdie
    1. Fury by Salman Rushdie
    The New Republic, September 24, 2001, pp. 32-36
  104. [+]
    Notes from Underground (2 Reviews)
    James Wood
    His Illegal Self, by Peter Carey
    1. His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
    2. My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
    The New Yorker, March 3, 2008, p. 79
  105. [+]
    The Ogee Curve (Review)
    James Wood
    The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
    1. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
    The New Republic, December 13, 2004, pp. 47-49
  106. Old and New Theology (1838)
    James Wood
  107. [+]
    On a Darkling Plain (Review)
    James Wood
    Saturday, by Ian McEwan
    1. Saturday by Ian McEwan
    The New Republic, April 18, 2005, pp. 28-29
  108. Oscar Wild
    James Wood
    Why today's movie reviewers are giving just about everyone an Academy Award
    The New Republic, November 24, 1997, pp. 14-15
  109. [+]
    The Palpable Past-Intimate (Review)
    James Wood
    In America, by Susan Sontag
    1. In America by Susan Sontag
    The New Republic, March 27, 2000, pp. 29-31
  110. The Parable of Ten Virgins (1830)
    James Wood
  111. [+]
    Parables and Prizes (Review)
    James Wood
    Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee
    1. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    The New Republic, December 20, 1999, pp. 42-45
  112. [+]
    Parade's End (Review)
    James Wood
    Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth
    1. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
    The New Yorker, October 15, 2007, pp. 94-98
  113. Philadelphia Diarist: Life Is Swede
    James Wood
    The New Republic, August 14, 2000, pp. 46-48
  114. [+]
    The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark (Review)
    James Wood
    The Finishing School, by Muriel Spark
    1. The Finishing School by Muriel Spark
    The Atlantic Monthly, November 2004, pp. 150-158
  115. The Principles of Mechanics (1818)
    James Wood
  116. [+]
    The Professional (Review)
    James Wood
    More Matter, by John Updike
    1. More Matter by John Updike
    The New Republic, October 11, 1999, pp. 41-47
  117. The Purhcase Meeting (1905)
    James Wood
  118. [+]
    Real Absences (Review)
    James Wood
    No Passion Spent, by George Steiner
    1. No Passion Spent by George Steiner
    The New Republic, September 30, 1996, pp. 32-35
  119. The Critics
    [+]
    Red Planet (Review)
    James Wood
    No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
    1. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
    The New Yorker, July 25, 2005, pp. 88-93
  120. [+]
    The Right Thread (Review)
    James Wood
    The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald
    1. The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
    The New Republic, July 6, 1998, pp. 38-41
  121. [+]
    Roman Holiday (Review)
    James Wood
    Why I Am a Catholic, by Garry Wills
    1. Why I Am a Catholic by Garry Wills
    The New Republic, August 19, 2002, pp. 34-40
  122. [+]
    Salaam Bombay! (Review)
    James Wood
    The Moor's Last Sigh, by Salman Rushdie
    1. The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
    The New Republic, March 18, 1996, pp. 38-40
  123. Saul Bellow: Novels 1944-1953 (2003)
    James Wood and Saul Bellow
    Dangling Man, The Victim, The Adventures of Augie March
    3 Reviews
  124. [+]
    The Seeing I (Review)
    James Wood
    Blindness, by Jose Saramago
    1. Blindness by Jose Saramago
    The New Republic, November 30, 1998, pp. 48-51
  125. [+]
    The Sentimentalist (Review)
    James Wood
    I Married a Communist, by Philip Roth
    1. I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, October 12, 1998, pp. 38-41
  126. [+]
    Shallow Graves (Review)
    James Wood
    Invisible, by Paul Auster
    1. Invisible by Paul Auster
    The New Yorker, November 30, 2009, pp. 82-85
  127. [+]
    She's Not Herself (Review)
    James Wood
    Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen
    1. Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen
    The New Yorker, June 23, 2008, pp. 79-80
  128. The Sickness Unto Life
    James Wood
    Camus and twentieth-century clarity
    The New Republic, November 8, 1999, pp. 88-89
  129. The Society of Friends and Its Mission (1893)
    James Wood
  130. [+]
    Songs of Myself (Review)
    James Wood
    The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia Davis
    1. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
    The New Yorker, October 19, 2009, pp. 88-89
  131. [+]
    The Spoils (Review)
    James Wood
    Author, Author, by David Lodge
    1. Author, Author by David Lodge
    The New Republic, October 18, 2004, pp. 28-30
  132. Books
    [+]
    Squall Lines (Review)
    James Wood
    Diary of a Bad Year, by J.M. Coetzee
    1. Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee
    The New Yorker, December 24, 2007, pp. 140-143
  133. Stories from Greek Mythology (1867)
    James Wood
  134. The Critics
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    The Story of Ozick (Review)
    James Wood
    Fame and Folly, by Cynthia Ozick
    1. Fame and Folly by Cynthia Ozick
    The New Yorker, May 13, 1996, pp. 88-89
  135. [+]
    Textual Harassment (Review)
    James Wood
    After Theory, by Terry Eagleton
    1. After Theory by Terry Eagleton
    The New Republic, June 7, 2004, pp. 28-33
  136. [+]
    Thinking (Review)
    James Wood
    Mortals, by Norman Rush
    1. Mortals by Norman Rush
    The New Republic, June 23, 2003, pp. 34-37
  137. [+]
    Toward Slouching (Review)
    James Wood
    The Last Thing He Wanted, by Joan Didion
    1. The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion
    The New Republic, October 14, 1996, pp. 44-48
  138. [+]
    Traffic (Review)
    James Wood
    Cosmopolis, by Don DeLillo
    1. Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
    The New Republic, April 14, 2003, pp. 30-33
  139. A Treatise on the Nature and Use of the Tropes ... (1831)
    James Wood
  140. Spring Books
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    The Trick of Truth (Review)
    James Wood
    Atonement, by Ian McEwan
    1. Atonement by Ian McEwan
    The New Republic, March 25, 2002, pp. 28-29
  141. [+]
    The Tunnel (Review)
    James Wood
    Lowboy, by John Wray
    1. Lowboy by John Wray
    The New Yorker, March 30, 2009, pp. 69-70
  142. [+]
    The Unconsoled (Review)
    James Wood
    When We Were Orphans, by Kazuo Ishiguro
    1. When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
    The New Republic, October 16, 2000, pp. 43-48
  143. [+]
    Under the Aspect of Serenity (Review)
    James Wood
    In the Beauty of the Lilies, by John Updike
    1. In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike
    The New Republic, May 27, 1996, pp. 29-32
  144. [+]
    Unions (Review)
    James Wood
    Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
    1. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
    The New Republic, October 7, 2002, pp. 31-33
  145. The Unwinding Stair
    James Wood
    Can literature be simple?
    The New Republic, March 10, 2003, pp. 25-29
  146. [+]
    Virtual Prose (Review)
    James Wood
    John Henry Days, by Colson Whitehead
    1. John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
    The New Republic, August 6, 2001, pp. 30-33
  147. Washignton Diarist: Angel Food
    James Wood
    The New Republic, December 25, 1995, pp. 42-44
  148. Washington Diarist: Godforsaken
    James Wood
    The New Republic, February 1, 1999, pp. 42-44
  149. Washington Diarist: Last Days
    James Wood
    The New Republic, January 24, 2000, pp. 50-52
  150. Washington Diarist: Playing God
    James Wood
    The New Republic, February 21, 2000, pp. 46-48
  151. Washington Diarist: Twister
    James Wood
    The New Republic, June 8, 1998, pp. 46-48
  152. [+]
    Wounder and Wounded (Review)
    James Wood
    The World Is What It Is, by Patrick French
    1. The World Is What It Is by Patrick French
    The New Yorker, December 1, 2008, pp. 77-80
  153. [+]
    The Writer and the Preacher (Review)
    James Wood
    Juneteenth, by Ralph Ellison and John F. Callahan
    1. Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison and John F. Callahan
    The New Republic, June 28, 1999, pp. 38-42
  154. [+]
    Writing Under God (Review)
    James Wood
    Monsieur Ouine, by Georges Bernanos
    1. Monsieur Ouine by Georges Bernanos
    The New Republic, February 26, 2001, pp. 28-31
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