Robin Reardon

Smelling salts! Icy towels! The heat has gone to Michiko Kakutani’s head! Her review of Benjamin Kunkel’s Indecision is written in Holden Caulfield’s voice. Gothamist can’t remember such a wacky review since she favored us with her thoughts on Candace Bushnell’s Trading Up, said thoughts taking the form of a... continue reading on Gothamist

So, it’s August and your shrink has split. Eleven months of listening to you has earned her a few weeks of rest, no? You, unfortunately, don’t get a break from your issues. All we have to offer by way of solace is a book that might make them seem... continue reading on Gothamist

If March of the Penguins failed to satisfy your appetite for adorable penguin action, march yourself right over to the bookstore and check out And Tango Makes Three. Gothamist must admit that we could not resist judging this book by its cover, seeing as we were instantly smitten. But it... continue reading on Gothamist

An editorial in today’s Times reminds us that prison isn’t just a plot twist in the stories of powerful people like Martha Stewart and Judith Miller; a lot of people spend a lot of time there, and we could do a better job of making that time about rehabilitation. Thanks... continue reading on Gothamist

If you suffer from a nasty magazine addiction as we do, you will understand our initial attraction to Francine du Plessix Gray’s memoir, Them: her stepfather was Alexander Liberman, the magazine genius who served as editorial director of Conde Nast for decades. Being pretty much devoid of panache ourselves, we... continue reading on Gothamist