Maureen Corrigan

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns," by Jane Tompkins (Oxford Univ. Press)

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Candidate's Wife," a politcal novel written by Michael Dukakis' former campaign press secretary, Patricia O'Brien (published by Simon and Schuster).

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Girls in the Balcony," by Nan Robertson about how women at "The New York Times," struggled for equality.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Overworked American," Harvard economics professor Juliet Schor's examination of why we all work more than we did a few decades ago. (It's published by Basic Books).

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews a new guide to cheating, titled "Cheating 101: The Benefits and Fundamentals of Earning the Easy 'A'."

Commentator, and professor, Maureen Corrigan examines some of the strange courting rituals of academics.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Strong Motion," Jonathan Franzen's new novel that mixes thriller, science fiction, feminism, and romance. (It's published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux).

Maureen Corrigan wonders why Americans don't read as much as they used to.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new collection of writings by African-American author Richard Wright.

Maureen Corrigan considers the New York City subway system. She reviews Jim Dwyer's new book, "Subway Lives," and she discusses an exhibit of Walker Evans subway photographs from the 1930s and 40s. It's now at the National Gallery in Washington.