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George William Skinner (simplified Chinese: 施坚雅; traditional Chinese: 施堅雅; February 14, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American anthropologist and scholar of China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Skinner was a proponent of the spatial approach to Chinese history, as explained in his Presidential Address to the Association for Asian Studies in ...
William I. Skinner (1812–1891), American politician from New York; G. William Skinner (1925–2008), American anthropologist and scholar of China; William W. Skinner (1874–1953), American chemist, conservationist, and college football coach; William C. Skinner (1855–1922), president of Colt's Manufacturing Company
In 1983, William Peter Blatty sued the New York Times Book Review for failing to include his 1983 novel, Legion, in its best-seller list. The New York Times had previously claimed that it based its "best-seller list" is based on computer-processed sales figures from 2,000 bookstores across the United States.
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
2018: Sports Book of the Year, British Sports Book Awards, for Ali: A Life [20] 2018: New York Times Notable Book, for Ali: A Life; 2023: New York Times Notable Book, for King: A Life; 2023: National Book Awards, long list for King: A Life; 2023: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, finalist for King: A Life [21] 2024: New-York ...
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat praised the magazine in April 2021 as "Christian journalism that isn't just part of the culture war." [10] In another assessment, Stephanie Slade, managing editor at the libertarian monthly magazine Reason said that her "sense of the world [was] richer" after reading the magazine. [11]
Benjamin Taylor has a thing for Willa Cather. This year, the 150th anniversary of her birth, he has written a passionate love letter to her in the form of a brief but illuminating biography.
He has also reviewed books for New York Magazine and has written for The New York Times Book Review, New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Atlantic and Spy, and is a contributing editor of Time, where he has received popularity for his entertaining and sometimes humorous first-person essays among other articles of interest.