Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Position, the new novel by Meg Wolitzer about the children of parents who feature themselves in a sex manual. Previous books from Wolitzer include Surrender, Dorothy and The Wife.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Couple Next Door by Margaret Millar, edited by Tom Nolan. It is part of The Lost Classics Series.

Maureen Corrigan says Anne Lamott's Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith continues her meditations on spirituality with a series of short essays. Corrigan says she's not preaching just to the choir, taking a "screwball approach to soul searching."

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Changed Man, the new novel by Francine Prose.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two new books: the short story collection Nice Big American Baby by Judy Budnitz and the novel Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves by Adam Hochschild. It's about the 18th century anti-slavery movement in the British Empire.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Downtown: My Manhattan, by Pete Hamill.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Rammer Jammer Yellowhammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania, by Warren St. John, a reporter for The New York Times. The book is about sports mania and the fan mania surrounding the University of Alabama's football team, The Crimson Tide.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum.