Author Archives: Jonathan Tel

Nicholson Baker's new novel is a bizarre riff on pornographic themes. The problem is it's just not creepy enough...

Dave Eggers, one of the most powerful figures in current American writing, has tackled Hurricane Katrina. But he fails to get under the skin of New Orleans

Israel's most celebrated living writer has produced a wonderfully curious new book—a study of authorial isolation that cuts against everything he believes in

Music helped Chen Wei to survive the cultural revolution. But it also brought him an unexpected lesson in desire