MICHAEL DIRDA received the Pulitzer Prize for his literary criticism in the Washington Post Book World. He is the author of the memoir An Open Book as well as several collections of essays, most recently Bound to Please (a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award) and Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Books
Interviews
Bethanne Patrick and Michael Dirda discuss the works of Charles Dickens and the screen adaptations on Masterpiece Classic.
Bethanne Patrick interviews author and Washington Post Book World critic Michael Dirda about his new book Classics for Pleasure and his feelings about 21st century reading habits.
Blog Posts
Submitted by Bethanne on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 11:41pm A Conversation with Michael Dirda
I mentioned on Monday what a treat it was for me to talk to Michael Dirda -- and I've been delighted to see the interesting comments vlog readers/viewers have been leaving for the giveaway. Kristy Stansfield's comment about reading the "Young Folks Shelf of Books" that came with Collier's Encyclopedia reminded me that I want to share a story Dirda related after we'd finished our on-camera interview. It's one he's told in his memoir "An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland," but it was fun to listen to him tell it.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 5:05pm "Classics for Pleasure" by Michael Dirda
I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxed, happy Thanksgiving weekend. My thanks are due to all of you who have supported this new program so far -- we don't want to do it without you! This week, we have a new book to discuss -- and to give away: Michael Dirda's Classics for Pleasure.
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On the Literature Map, the closer two authors are located next to each other, the more likely that a person will like both of them. The map is experimental and based on the input of users. (We think it's kind of neat!)
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