Laurie Muchnick
@lauriemuchnick.bsky.social
Fiction editor at Kirkus Reviews. Welsh by marriage. 🏴✡️📚
So exciting to hear Maxine Hong Kingston speak at the @bookcritics.bsky.social awards ceremony. WOMAN WARRIOR was one of the first nonfiction winners and she's here to celebrate the group's 50th anniversary.
March 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So exciting to hear Maxine Hong Kingston speak at the @bookcritics.bsky.social awards ceremony. WOMAN WARRIOR was one of the first nonfiction winners and she's here to celebrate the group's 50th anniversary.
I'm finally reading the actual obituary, and I have a question: Who's waving here, Hackman or his father?
March 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I'm finally reading the actual obituary, and I have a question: Who's waving here, Hackman or his father?
Hardly the worst thing going on in the world, or even at the New York Times, but this huge typo is right in the middle of the front page. Took me a minute to figure out what "starred in his of '70s and '80s" meant.
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hardly the worst thing going on in the world, or even at the New York Times, but this huge typo is right in the middle of the front page. Took me a minute to figure out what "starred in his of '70s and '80s" meant.
I was just thinking about Geoff Nicholson the other day, and now comes the sad news of his death. Haven't read him in a long time but I enjoyed his early-mid 90s comic novels. EVERYTHING AND MORE is a satire set in a department store, always a fruitful genre.
February 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I was just thinking about Geoff Nicholson the other day, and now comes the sad news of his death. Haven't read him in a long time but I enjoyed his early-mid 90s comic novels. EVERYTHING AND MORE is a satire set in a department store, always a fruitful genre.
"Has to deal": or he could just let it wither. Which one seems more likely, New York Times headline writer?
February 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Has to deal": or he could just let it wither. Which one seems more likely, New York Times headline writer?
Haven't read this since high school, and I'm here to remind you that it's great. Kate Reading really brings out the dry humor in the audiobook.
January 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Haven't read this since high school, and I'm here to remind you that it's great. Kate Reading really brings out the dry humor in the audiobook.
Happy 7th night of Chanukah, and may we all have more light in 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Happy 7th night of Chanukah, and may we all have more light in 2025.
Happy Penelope Fitzgerald's birthday!
December 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy Penelope Fitzgerald's birthday!
The Brits always include people like SJP on prize juries. This clipping, which has been hanging over my desk for decades, includes an actress and TV host (and Nigella Lawson, who at the time was a journalist).
December 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The Brits always include people like SJP on prize juries. This clipping, which has been hanging over my desk for decades, includes an actress and TV host (and Nigella Lawson, who at the time was a journalist).
Happy #SecularPieThursday to all who celebrate. My pie cracked today but I'm thankful that my family doesn't care how it looks!
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Happy #SecularPieThursday to all who celebrate. My pie cracked today but I'm thankful that my family doesn't care how it looks!
Please join me—along with other current and former @bookcritics.bsky.social board members—on Thursday, November 21 at the Brooklyn Public Library to discuss the borough's impact on American literary culture.
November 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Please join me—along with other current and former @bookcritics.bsky.social board members—on Thursday, November 21 at the Brooklyn Public Library to discuss the borough's impact on American literary culture.
This is from the title page of A GORGEOUS EXCITEMENT by Cynthia Weiner, coming from Crown in January. Are these credits a new PRH thing, or just Crown? I love it.
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 AM
This is from the title page of A GORGEOUS EXCITEMENT by Cynthia Weiner, coming from Crown in January. Are these credits a new PRH thing, or just Crown? I love it.
Glad to have a focus this weekend: preparing to moderate a panel with Jane Smiley and Claire Messud at the Texas Book Festival next Saturday. Hope to see some of you there.
November 9, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Glad to have a focus this weekend: preparing to moderate a panel with Jane Smiley and Claire Messud at the Texas Book Festival next Saturday. Hope to see some of you there.
This parenthetical should be added to every story about Trump from now on.
May 30, 2024 at 9:20 PM
This parenthetical should be added to every story about Trump from now on.
Fabulous coat! I definitely think we're coming into a zebra moment. I saw this ad for Aerosoles the other day; if only I knew where the pants come from!
May 24, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Fabulous coat! I definitely think we're coming into a zebra moment. I saw this ad for Aerosoles the other day; if only I knew where the pants come from!
Here's to more light in the world.
December 15, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Here's to more light in the world.
And he ends it with 🏴!
November 4, 2023 at 3:47 PM
And he ends it with 🏴!
David Streitfeld is such a great writer. This is him on Sam Bankman-Fried:
November 4, 2023 at 3:46 PM
David Streitfeld is such a great writer. This is him on Sam Bankman-Fried:
Kirkus's fall preview is out, and there's some great fiction coming up. Also, the current issue will be a collector's item because we're having a total redesign beginning with September 1!
August 15, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Kirkus's fall preview is out, and there's some great fiction coming up. Also, the current issue will be a collector's item because we're having a total redesign beginning with September 1!
Opening day at the new Ripped Bodice in Park Slope—there's a line to get in.
August 5, 2023 at 7:42 PM
Opening day at the new Ripped Bodice in Park Slope—there's a line to get in.
This Amherst grad who's defending legacy admissions: does he know what a zero sum game literally means?
August 2, 2023 at 12:52 AM
This Amherst grad who's defending legacy admissions: does he know what a zero sum game literally means?
This book is gorgeous. I'm frying-phobic—rarely even make latkes—but these fritters look amazing.
July 29, 2023 at 7:55 PM
This book is gorgeous. I'm frying-phobic—rarely even make latkes—but these fritters look amazing.
Got this beauty today at The Next Chapter, a fantastic new bookstore in Huntington, Long Island.
July 23, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Got this beauty today at The Next Chapter, a fantastic new bookstore in Huntington, Long Island.
Haven't left my chair in two days.
July 9, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Haven't left my chair in two days.