Lionel Essrog, the twitching, barking, gabbling narrator of Jonathan Lethem's new novel, 'Motherless Brooklyn,' is no movie-of-the-week novelty grafted onto a noir mystery. Maybe his Tourette's is a gimmick, but it's a gimmick with depth, with soul. — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
Something often neglected in popular accounts of the Wild West is the extent to which its dramas were colored by the politics and personal… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death. — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
Let's start at the very end: The postscript of Stephen King's 'On Writing' contains some of the most harrowing pages he has ever written.… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
Lionel Essrog, the twitching, barking, gabbling narrator of Jonathan Lethem's new novel, 'Motherless Brooklyn,' is no movie-of-the-week novelty grafted onto a noir mystery. Maybe… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
