Dwight Garner (born January 8, 1965) is an American journalist and longtime writer and editor for The New York Times. In 2008, he was named a book critic for the newspaper. He is the author of Garner's Quotations: A Modern Miscellany[1] and Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements.[2] In 2023 he published his memoir, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading.[3]
Garner's previous post at The New York Times was as senior editor of The New York Times Book Review, where he worked from 1999 to 2008. He was a founding editor of Salon.com,[4] where he worked from 1995 to 1998. His monthly column in Esquire magazine[5] was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in 2017.[6]
"If you read just one literary critic in the Times, you should read Dwight Garner. But let's say you don't read any books sections, which would sadly put you in the vast majority of the population: You should still read Dwight Garner", Benjamin Errett wrote in Toronto's The National Post.[9] Garner "is an excellent guide to what to read, so much so that he's often all you need to read."
Garner wrote a biweekly column for The New York Times called "American Beauties", which focused on under-sung American books of the past 75 years.[10] His championing of certain titles—including The Complete Novels of Charles Wright[11] and On Fire by Larry Brown[12]—helped return them to print. For Esquire, Garner played in the 2017 World Backgammon Championship in Monaco.[13]
Early life and workedit
Garner was born in Fairmont, West Virginia[14] and grew up in that state and in Naples, Florida. He graduated from Middlebury College, where he majored in American literature.[15] While in college, he wrote book criticism for The Village Voice, music and theater criticism for the Vanguard Press, a Burlington, Vermont alternative weekly, and was a stringer for The New York Times.
After his graduation from college, Garner was a reporter for The Addison Independent. He then became the arts editor of Vermont Times, a new alternative weekly in Burlington. He also became a contributing editor to the Boston Phoenix. In the 1990s Garner was a columnist for the Hungry Mind Review. After moving to New York City in 1994, he worked for one year as an associate editor at Harper's Bazaar[16] under the editorship of Liz Tilberis.[17]
Garner lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Cree LeFavour.[18][19] He has two children and is a member of the Organ Meat Society.[20]
Referencesedit
^"Garner's Quotations". Macmillan. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
^"Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements" at Amazon.
^"20 More Cookbooks". The New York Times. June 1, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
^Merkin, Daphne (July 24, 2017). "An Odyssey Through Self-Harm and Out the Other Side". The New York Times.
^"Cocktails & Carnage: The Organ Meat Society". Roads & Kingdoms. December 19, 2013.
External linksedit
The New York Times archive of reviews
Knight News interview, 2007
November 29, 2023
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For the American football player see Dwight Garner American football Dwight Garner born January 8 1965 is an American journalist and longtime writer and editor for The New York Times In 2008 he was named a book critic for the newspaper He is the author of Garner s Quotations A Modern Miscellany 1 and Read Me A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements 2 In 2023 he published his memoir The Upstairs Delicatessen On Eating Reading Reading About Eating and Eating While Reading 3 Dwight GarnerBorn 1965 01 08 January 8 1965 age 58 citation needed Fairmont West Virginia U S OccupationWriter journalistAlma materMiddlebury CollegeGenreCriticism non fiction Contents 1 Journalism and writing 2 Early life and work 3 References 4 External linksJournalism and writing editGarner s previous post at The New York Times was as senior editor of The New York Times Book Review where he worked from 1999 to 2008 He was a founding editor of Salon com 4 where he worked from 1995 to 1998 His monthly column in Esquire magazine 5 was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in 2017 6 His essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine Harper s Magazine The Times Literary Supplement the Oxford American Slate The Village Voice the Boston Phoenix The Nation 4 and elsewhere For several years he wrote the program notes for Lincoln Center s American Songbook Series 7 He has served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle In a January 2011 column for Slate the journalist Timothy Noah called Garner a highly gifted critic who had reinvigorated The New York Times s literary coverage and likened him to Anatole Broyard and John Leonard 8 If you read just one literary critic in the Times you should read Dwight Garner But let s say you don t read any books sections which would sadly put you in the vast majority of the population You should still read Dwight Garner Benjamin Errett wrote in Toronto s The National Post 9 Garner is an excellent guide to what to read so much so that he s often all you need to read Garner wrote a biweekly column for The New York Times called American Beauties which focused on under sung American books of the past 75 years 10 His championing of certain titles including The Complete Novels of Charles Wright 11 and On Fire by Larry Brown 12 helped return them to print For Esquire Garner played in the 2017 World Backgammon Championship in Monaco 13 Early life and work editGarner was born in Fairmont West Virginia 14 and grew up in that state and in Naples Florida He graduated from Middlebury College where he majored in American literature 15 While in college he wrote book criticism for The Village Voice music and theater criticism for the Vanguard Press a Burlington Vermont alternative weekly and was a stringer for The New York Times After his graduation from college Garner was a reporter for The Addison Independent He then became the arts editor of Vermont Times a new alternative weekly in Burlington He also became a contributing editor to the Boston Phoenix In the 1990s Garner was a columnist for the Hungry Mind Review After moving to New York City in 1994 he worked for one year as an associate editor at Harper s Bazaar 16 under the editorship of Liz Tilberis 17 Garner lives in New York City with his wife the writer Cree LeFavour 18 19 He has two children and is a member of the Organ Meat Society 20 References edit Garner s Quotations Macmillan Retrieved December 11 2022 Read Me A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements at Amazon The Upstairs Delicatessen a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Author bio Archived October 21 2012 at the Wayback Machine at HarperCollins Dwight Garner Esquire https asme magazine org about asme pressroom asme press releases asme ellies 2017 finalists announced dead link Lincoln Center s American Songbook Lincoln Center Noah Timothy January 7 2011 I Like Dwight Slate Retrieved December 24 2013 Errett Benjamin June 6 2014 The Week in Wit Let there be Dwight Garner on the prickly sentences of a great critic The National Post American Beauties in The New York Times Garner Dwight February 23 2017 The Pleasures of a Writer Who Was Richard Pryor on Paper The New York Times Garner Dwight June 1 2017 On Fire Makes Bad Habits Sound Very Sweet The New York Times Garner Dwight April 3 2019 How I Won the War Against Regret Playing Backgammon in Monte Carlo Esquire Garner Dwight August 12 2010 The Greenbrier Resort Hopes to Preserve Its Past The New York Times Retrieved December 24 2013 Podhaizer Suzanne January 9 2008 Cooking the Books Seven Days Retrieved December 24 2013 Garner Dwight Dwight Garner Harper s Magazine harpers org Liz Tilberis 20 More Cookbooks The New York Times June 1 2008 Retrieved December 24 2013 Merkin Daphne July 24 2017 An Odyssey Through Self Harm and Out the Other Side The New York Times Cocktails amp Carnage The Organ Meat Society Roads amp Kingdoms December 19 2013 External links editThe New York Times archive of reviews Knight News interview 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dwight Garner amp oldid 1187248485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
