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Greg Zimmerman

Greg Zimmerman blogs about contemporary literary fiction at The New Dork Review of Books and holds down a full-time gig as a trade magazine editor. Follow him on Twitter: @NewDorkReview.

If Heavy Metal Lyrics Were Book Blurbs, Vol. 2

As we’ve learned (maybe to the surprise of many), heavy metal and literature have a rather intimate relationship. To review: ...

Our Reading Lives: Why I Like Difficult Novels

While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...

Literary Tourism: A Book Lover’s Guide to Chicago

Welcome to Sweet Home Chicago — the Windy City of Broad Shoulders! Chicago has a rich literary tradition, both in ...

10 Pieces of David Foster Wallace Swag

Is this is the year you finally read Infinite Jest? You have our full encouragement — it’ll be quite the ...

Our Reading Lives: Why I Like Difficult Novels

When I first read David Foster Wallace’s notoriously difficult novel Infinite Jest in the fall of 2008, just weeks after ...

The 10 Best Top 100 Books Lists

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

12 Literary Predictions For 2014

It’s going to be a crazy bookish year. January — Dan Brown’s New Year’s Eve / Bestselling Book Of The ...

Jason Segel is the Perfect Choice to Play David Foster Wallace

Last week, news broke that Jason Segel would be playing David Foster Wallace in a film adaptation of part of ...

The Seven Funniest Novels of 2013

Need some cheer? These seven funniest novels of 2013 (listed in no particular order) are sure to give you a ...

Five Novels For Environmentalists

You’ve read your Rachel Carson and your Amory Lovins, even your Paul Hawken, William McDonough, and Ray Anderson. But where ...