Maureen Corrigan
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"The 'Fresh Air' book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- 'The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't.' Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover extraordinaire, points out, while Fitzgerald's masterpiece...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"As book reviewer for NPR's Fresh Air and contributor to many publications, Maureen Corrigan literally reads for a living. Part memoir, part coming-of-age story, part reflection on favorite and influential books, Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading views the author's life through her love of books. From her girlhood in the working-class neighborhood of Sunnyside, Queens, to her bemused years in an Ivy League Ph.D. program, from the whirl of falling in love...