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  1. [+]
    Booked Up (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Every Book Its Reader, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
    1. Every Book Its Reader by Nicholas A. Basbanes
    The Weekly Standard, May 8, 2006, pp. 44-45
  2. Bound to Please (2004)
    Michael Dirda
    1 Review
  3. Caring for Your Books (1990)
    Michael Dirda
  4. Classics for Pleasure (2007)
    Michael Dirda
    1 Review
  5. Books & Arts
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    A Clubbable Man (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Collected Jorkens, Vol. 1, by Lord Dunsany and S.T. Joshi
    1. The Collected Jorkens, Vol. 1 by Lord Dunsany and S.T. Joshi
    The Weekly Standard, July 19, 2004, pp. 31-33
  6. [+]
    A Family Worth Knowing (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Lark and Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips
    1. Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
    The New York Review of Books, April 30, 2009, pp. 45-47
  7. [+]
    Forever Green (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Green Child, by Herbert Read
    1. The Green Child by Herbert Read
    The Weekly Standard, November 2, 2009, pp. 32-33
  8. The Genre Ghetto
    Michael Dirda
    The Nation, May 22, 1982, pp. 633-638
  9. [+]
    The Ghost Master (2 Reviews)
    Michael Dirda
    Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories, by M.R. James and S.T. Joshi
    1. Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James and S.T. Joshi
    2. Eton and King's by M.R. James and Rosemary Pardoe
    The Weekly Standard, January 2, 2006, pp. 42-44
  10. Books & Arts
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    High Victorian Eye (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Literary Essays of Thomas Babington Macaulay, by George A. Watrous and Thomas Babington...
    1. Literary Essays of Thomas Babington Macaulay by George A. Watrous and Thomas Babington Macaulay, ...
    The Weekly Standard, November 3, 2008, pp. 33-34
  11. Books & Arts
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    The Horror, the Horror! (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    H. P. Lovecraft: Tales, by Peter Straub and H.P. Lovecraft
    1. H. P. Lovecraft: Tales by Peter Straub and H.P. Lovecraft
    The Weekly Standard, March 7, 2005, pp. 35-37
  12. [+]
    The Land of Counterpane (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Mercy Among the Children, by David Adams Richards
    1. Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards
    The Atlantic Monthly, January 2002, p. 137
  13. [+]
    Laughing at Augustus (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Augustus Carp, Esq, by Himself, by Henry Howarth Bashford
    1. Augustus Carp, Esq, by Himself by Henry Howarth Bashford
    The Weekly Standard, January 22, 2001, pp. 37-39
  14. Books & Arts
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    The Man Within (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Graham Greene: A Life in Letters, by Richard Greene and Graham Greene
    1. Graham Greene: A Life in Letters by Richard Greene and Graham Greene
    The Weekly Standard, May 4, 2009, pp. 32-34
  15. [+]
    Messing About with 'The Wind in the Willows' (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition, by Kenneth Grahame and Seth Lerer
    1. The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition by Kenneth Grahame and Seth Lerer
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 2009, pp. 48-50
  16. An Open Book (2003)
    Michael Dirda
    Chapters from a Reader's Life
    1 Review
  17. Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments (2000)
    Michael Dirda
    2 Reviews
  18. [+]
    France's Downfall (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    A Way of Life, Like Any Other, by Darcy O'Brien
    1. A Way of Life, Like Any Other by Darcy O'Brien
    The Atlantic Monthly, October 2001, pp. 130-131
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    The Country and the City (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Complete Poems of William Empson, by John Haffenden and William Empson
    1. The Complete Poems of William Empson by John Haffenden and William Empson
    The Atlantic Monthly, September 2001, p. 139
  20. [+]
    A Magnificent Misfit (2 Reviews)
    Michael Dirda
    The Polyglots, by William Gerhardie
    1. The Polyglots by William Gerhardie
    2. Doom by William Gerhardie
    The Atlantic Monthly, April 2002, p. 140
  21. [+]
    Sheer Data (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Aztec Treasure House, by Evan S. Connell
    1. The Aztec Treasure House by Evan S. Connell
    The Atlantic Monthly, February 2002, p. 102
  22. [+]
    A Grand Contrivance (2 Reviews)
    Michael Dirda
    Great Granny Webster, by Caroline Blackwood
    1. Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood
    2. Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood
    The Atlantic Monthly, July 2002, p. 189
  23. [+]
    Elegant Common Sense (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Go-Between, by L.P. Hartley
    1. The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
    The Atlantic Monthly, June 2002, p. 113
  24. [+]
    Leaving It to the Professionals (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters, by Roger Hudson, George Lyttelton, and Rupert Hart-Da...
    1. The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters by Roger Hudson, George Lyttelton, and Rupert Hart-Davis, ...
    The Atlantic Monthly, March 2002, pp. 117-118
  25. [+]
    Spellbound (18 Reviews)
    Michael Dirda
    Man in the Dark, by Paul Auster
    1. Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
    2. Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
    3. The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
    4. Oracle Night by Paul Auster
    5. The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
    6. The Red Notebook by Paul Auster
    7. I Thought My Father Was God by Paul Auster
    8. Hand to Mouth by Paul Auster
    9. Timbuktu by Paul Auster
    10. Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster
    11. Leviathan by Paul Auster
    12. The Art of Hunger by Paul Auster
    13. The Music of Chance by Paul Auster
    14. Moon Palace by Paul Auster
    15. In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster
    16. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
    17. The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster
    18. Squeeze Play by Paul Benjamin
    The New York Review of Books, December 4, 2008, pp. 36-38
  26. [+]
    The Treasure Hunter (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Books: A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry
    1. Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
    The New York Review of Books, August 14, 2008, pp. 54-56
  27. [+]
    Wake Up and Dream (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Generosity: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers
    1. Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
    The New York Review of Books, January 14, 2010, pp. 49-51
  28. [+]
    Wake Up and Dream (Review)
    Michael Dirda
    Eight White Nights, by Andre Aciman
    1. Eight White Nights by Andre Aciman
    The New York Review of Books, June 10, 2010, pp. 34-36
  29. [+]
    The Wand of the Enchanter (4 Reviews)
    Michael Dirda
    The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates, 1973-1982, by Greg Johnson and Joyce Carol Oates
    1. The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates, 1973-1982 by Greg Johnson and Joyce Carol Oates
    2. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
    3. The Museum of Dr. Moses by Joyce Carol Oates
    4. Joyce Carol Oates: Conversations, 1970-2006 by Greg Johnson and Joyce Carol Oates
    The New York Review of Books, December 20, 2007, pp. 62-65
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    White and Black Banville (2 Reviews)
    Michael Dirda
    The Infinities, by John Banville
    1. The Infinities by John Banville
    2. Elegy for April by Benjamin Black
    The New York Review of Books, November 25, 2010, pp. 39-41
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