All posts by Annie Wyman

February 4th, 2009

The Importance of Being Nice

Abject admiration is the worst way to start a review. Isn’t it the blurbist’s job to kiss a writer’s behind, the critic’s to skewer it on the formidable barb of his or her literary intellect?

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January 28th, 2009

Travel Is Everything

A review of Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, by Paul Theroux

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Annie Wyman is a San Francisco writer and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Her reviews appear in various print and online forums, including The San Francisco Chronicle.

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