Book Post

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers' in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine Little Star.

By Ann Kjellberg

· Over 11,000 subscribers

"Book reviews and essays by writers both established and upcoming, commissioned by Ann Kjellberg, who also edits the journal "Little Star.""

Featured Reviews

• Caleb Crain, Leaflet
  "I'm looking forward to reading "Middlemarch" again with this group and love Mona Simpson's direction!"

• Elizabeth Aquino, Elizabeth Aquino
  "I'm looking forward to reading "Middlemarch" again with this group and love Mona Simpson's direction!"

Recent Articles

• Guest Notebook: Sarah Ruden, Criticism Then
  Sounds like things were even worse for Vergil
  Jun 18

• Review: Michael Robbins on John Berger
  Berger is faithful throughout his work to the idea that looking at the world can lead to changing it
  Jun 11

• Notebook: On Reviewing
  I wrote this Notebook for “Viva la Book Review,” a nonprofit that supports book reviews in print, digital, and audio media.
  Jun 7•Ann Kjellberg

Notable Reviews

• Notebook: Alt Writing III
  Critics’ Uncertainty Principle: Is the character of culture altered by being observed?
  May 6•Ann Kjellberg

• Notebook: Alt Writing II
  Alt weeklies were natural critics of the media and establishments, natural workshops of a writer-driven style
  May 5•Ann Kjellberg

Additional Content

• Diary: Robert Morgan, Wildacres
  At home I would have been tying bean strings and hoeing corn in the hot fields. Instead, I was sitting on the porch high in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

• Review: David Alff on Abundance
  A scholar of infrastructure looks at prescriptions for building
  Feb 25