Jennifer Szalai is the nonfiction critic at The New York Times.[1] Szalai was born in Canada and attended the University of Toronto, studying political science and peace and conflict. She also holds a master's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics.[2]
During the 2000s, she was a senior editor for reviews at Harper's Magazine.[3] Her reviews have also appeared in the London Review of Books,[4]The New Yorker,[5] and many more publications.
She started working as the nonfiction critic for the Times in January 2018,[6] after having worked for four years as an editor for The New York Times Book Review.[7] Szalai is one of the three professional critics who write for The New York Times, together with Dwight Garner and Parul Sehgal. Her reviews appear on Wednesdays. She is also a frequent contributor to The Book Review Podcast.
Frank Rich referred to Szalai's review of Bob Woodward's book Rage, about the presidency of Donald Trump, as a "Didion-worthy dissection".[8] In February 2023, Szalai wrote a similar review of The Courage to Be Free by Ron DeSantis.[9]
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^Jennifer Szalai. "Jennifer Szalai · LRB". London Review of Books. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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^Paul, Pamela (December 11, 2017). "Jennifer Szalai Named New Nonfiction Critic". The New York Times Company. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^Rich, Frank (September 10, 2020). "Why Woodward's Book Won't Break Through". Intelligencer. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^Szalai, Jennifer (February 27, 2023). "Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down". The New York Times.
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