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Reviewer and Reviewee

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Isaac Fitzgerald

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Shya Scanlon posted on Big Other about an extremely harsh review of Jorge Volpi’s Season of Ash written by Tom Bissell for the New York Times.

The post led to a long back-and-forth with John Madera, also a contributor to Big Other, about the New York Times Book Review Supplement. Eventually, Tom Bissell weighed in, as did Jorge Volpi.

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Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.

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  1. John Madera Avatar
    John Madera

    Thanks Isaac. I was definitely surprised when Bissell and Volpi joined the fray. And I’m glad that more wrinkles were revealed in this whole thing.

    I hope more people share their thoughts about the matter and about what is or isn’t a fair review.

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