What’s your favorite review that you published recently? What is the other publication whose reviews you most admire?ĭan Kois: I really liked Julia Turner’s handwritten review of Philip Hensher’s book on handwriting. When was the last time your fellow human beings didn’t have an opinion about something?Įlectric Literature: I have no opinion on that. Is there anything that can’t be reviewed? Anything that you would not review?ĭan Kois: I imagine anything can be reviewed. There’s a guy at The Awl who reviews the weather and a guy at The Rumpus who reviews the world. And I want a balance of fun books and serious books and great books and not-so-great books.Įlectric Literature: You have reviewed books, movies, graphic novels, and music. What kind of editorial balance do you try to bring to the Slate Book Review overall? Balance between what and what?ĭan Kois: I’m looking to achieve a balance between old and new books books from big houses and books from small ones traditional reviewy reviews and critical essays that use the book as a diving board. Įlectric Literature: If your reviews carried no identifying marks - no Slate logo, no byline - would a reader be able to guess that they came from the Slate Book Review? Should they be able to?ĭan Kois: Every review I edit contains hidden within its text the name of my daughter, Nina.Įlectric Literature: ‘Critical Hit Awards’ is really just an anagram for ‘Rad Satirical Witch’. Our VIDA numbers could’ve been better, though. As a mode of covering books, it’s working: Traffic and conversation are both up on our books coverage as compared to pre-SBR times. Happy birthday!ĭan Kois: Thanks! I’m really proud of our first year. Our guest judge is Dan Kois, editor of the Slate Book Review.Įlectric Literature: The Slate Book Review had its first birthday in March. Nominate your favorite review of the month by tweeting it at with the hashtag #criticalhit, or cast your vote in the comments section below. Winners receive a bang-up gift from Field Notes, our beloved sponsor. This is a round-up, a recommended reading list, and - why not? - a terribly prestigious and coveted prize. Welcome back to the Critical Hit Awards for book reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.īoth comments and pings are currently closed.Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work.
On Monday, November 9th, 2015 at 7:41 am and is filed under 2013 - Fall, Awards, Book Groups, Fiction. In what might be the best expression of the group’s reaction, one of the panelists said she has never had as complicated a relationship with a novel, finding it both riveting and deeply unpleasant, a book she could not stop reading even as she found herself emotionally manipulated at every turn.Īnother National Book Award finalist, Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff, will be the subject of the December discussion. Laura Bennett, Andrew Kahn, Dan Kois, and Katy Waldman, all of Slate, gathered to talk about Hanya Yanagihara’s novel just a few weeks before she discovers if the book wins the National Book Award (to be announced Nov.18). The November Slate book club is an intense conversation regarding Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life (RH/Doubleday OverDrive Sample).
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