Selected Essays & Criticism
“The Fate of Middle Class Art”
The Millions, Lessons of Hollywood: On the Fate of Middle Class Art
“The Book Is Not The Movie”
The Weeklings, The Book is Not the Movie
A Culture Diary Part One:
The Paris Review, A Week In Culture: Matthew Specktor, Writer and Editor
A Culture Diary Part Two:
The Paris Review, A Week In Culture: Matthew Specktor, Writer and Editor, Part 2
On Renata Adler:
A Dissident Writer in Modern America
On Eve Babitz:
Vogue, The Slow Days and Fast Company of Eve Babitz
On James Baldwin:
LA Review of Books, Mentors: James Baldwin
On Philip Roth:
NPR, A Gruesome 'Sabboth': Roth's Vile Brilliant Masterpiece
On Howard Jacobson:
New York Times, 'J' by Howard Jacobson
On Joan Didion:
LA Review of Books, Positions of Privilege
On Jonathan Franzen:
LA Review of Books, Mr. Sublimation