James Wood

b. 1965

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literary critic from UK living in US, teaching at Harvard and writing for “The New Yorker;” also an author of fiction; married to novelist Claire Messud

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Essays Non-Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Philosophy & Religion

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Wood, James Douglas Graham

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The Fun Stuff

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How Fiction Works

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The Broken Estate

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