Writer Rex Sorgatz recently opined on Twitter:“Which NYMag Approval Matrix quadrant do you browse first?” is the new “Which Sunday NYTimes section do you read first?”
We see where he is coming from, but respectfully disagree.
Either way, we want to talk about another grid. Last Friday, New York magazine writer Boris Kachka looked at six new books, in grid form. Writing on what seems like a trend of penning memoirs at your third or fourth book, Kachka muses: This season is rife with novelists’ digressions, most of them a little self-conscious—even defensive—about cheating on their novels. They promise riches as wonderful and offbeat as fiction, and they run the gamut from solipsism to (almost) literature.
Mentioned in the grid is The Education of a British-Protected Child, by Chinua Achebe. Unlike the others, Kachka notes this book is “...a more-traditional career-capping memoir for the 78-year-old.”
You can join Chinua Achebe In conversation with K. Anthony Appiah at 92Y on Oct 19. Part of our Main Reading Series, tickets are priced at $10 for those 35 and under.
And if Rex was reading this grid, what book would he read first? We asked him over gchat, to which he replied: “I’m reading Adderall Diaries...”
» Follow us on  Facebook and  Twitter. Join our  eNews
The 2009-2010 Reading Series at 92Y is sponsored by:
| 
