News & Press

NEWS

Summer 2021
“BOTH PRESUMPTUOUS AND NECESSARY: ON TRANSLATING THE ODYSSEY
A Conversation with Ancient Exchanges, University of Iowa
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December 2020
DM’s THREE RINGS Named a Literary Hub Favorite Book of the Year
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November 2020
DM’s THREE RINGS (Trois Anneaux: Un Conte d’Exils) Wins France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
(Best Foreign Book of the Year)
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October 2019
DM’s Five Great Books About Criticism, from LitHub
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February 2019
DM Named first Editor-at-Large of the New York Review of Books 
& Appointed Director of the Robert B. Silvers Foundation

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OF INTEREST

DM’s Tribute to Robert B. Silvers
The New York Review of Books, March 2017
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On Proust, 2: DM & “Six Writers on the Genius of Marcel Proust”
Literary Hub, July 2016
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On Proust 
The Revue des Deux Mondes Interview “Proust Seen from America” in English 
via the Paris Review, July 2014
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The Art of Criticism: Interview
Prospect Magazine
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How the Greeks Inform Modern Life
“Out Loud” in The New Yorker
podcast

The Art of Arts Criticism: A Conversation with Christopher Beha
The New School, 24 October 2013
podcast 

Mary Renault and Me 
“Out Loud” in The New Yorker
podcast

On Growing Up Without Gay TV
OUT, 20 September 2012
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On A Father/Son Odyssey
NPR’s “All Things Considered,” 15 April 2012
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PROFILES AND INTERVIEWS

The Poets & Writers interview
October, 2019
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The Bookforum interview
October, 2012
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The Interview magazine interview
November, 2012
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OUT profile
November, 2012
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The Millions interview
October 2012
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Maggid Interview
2010
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Poets & Writers
September 2006
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Toronto Globe and Mail
May 2009
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ETC.

On Being A Literary Critic Today
In Conversation with James Wood
October 2008
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On Cavafy 
New York Review of Books podcast
November 2008
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On How Beautiful
NPR Interview
September 2008
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On The Lost 
New York Times Book Review podcast
September 2006
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On The Lost
“Fresh Air” Interview
November 2006
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On The Lost
Salon Interview
December 2006
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On The Elusive Embrace
Bold Type Interview
June 1999
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Tina Brown on DM’s Mad Men Essay
NPR podcast
February 2011
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