Maureen Corrigan

Writer Vivian Gornick responds to a commentary we broadcast last week by book critic Maureen Corrigan about Gornick's admission that she had invented some scenes and conversations in her acclaimed memoir. Book critic Maureen Corrigan responds to Vivian Gornick's comments.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan comments on Vivian Gornick's recent admission (which she has since denied) that she had invented some scenes and conversations in her memoir.

She reflects on the career of author Norman Mailer, who turns 80 today.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan comments on the phenomenon of citywide reading groups, where an entire city reads the same book.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan looks back at Astrid Lindgren, the creator of the Pippi Longstocking books. The Swedish author died this week at the age of 94.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan has an appreciation of writer Eudora Welty who died earlier this week, and a review of Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail by Bobbie Ann Mason

Critic Maureen Corrigan reads us her list of the best books of 2000.

The next installment of the Harry Potter series comes out tomorrow. Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the Harry Potter books and the hype around them.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reflects on the value of work, upon receiving a letter about her benefits from the Social Security Administration.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan considers what books she wants to take with her into the next millennium.