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Maureen Corrigan

Biography

Maureen Corrigan

Maureen Corrigan is the book critic for NPR's "Fresh Air," the Critic-in Residence at Georgetown University, and winner of the Edgar Award for Criticism. She is the author of LEAVE ME ALONE, I'M READING (Random House, 2005).

Maureen Corrigan

Books by Maureen Corrigan

by Maureen Corrigan - Literary Criticism, Nonfiction

Maureen Corrigan, the book critic for NPR's "Fresh Air," points out that, while THE GREAT GATSBY may be one of the most popular novels in America, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power. Offering a fresh perspective on what makes GATSBY so great and utterly unusual, SO WE READ ON takes us into archives, high school classrooms, and even out onto the Long Island Sound to explore the novel's hidden depths.