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About Craig Fehrman

Craig Fehrman is a Ph.D. student in Yale’s English department and a freelance writer. He's working on a book about presidents and their books [more] . . .

Novelists and cable television

Posted on 19 December 2011

[The New York Times] In Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, I’ve got an essay about how more and more novelists are selling the rights to their work to cable networks — and in many cases, even helping adapt that work, … Continue reading →

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What everyone’s missing about baseball’s new CBA

Posted on 8 December 2011

[Slate] In Slate today, I’ve got a story about Major League Baseball’s new CBA — and about its changes in how teams can acquire (and compensate) amateur talent. Among baseball pundits, a sturdy consensus has formed: these changes will make … Continue reading →

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A Review of John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Pulphead: Essays

Posted on 14 November 2011

[San Francisco Chronicle] In yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle, I’ve got a review of John Jeremiah Sullivan’s terrific new book. It collects a bunch of Sullivan’s magazine pieces (hence its title, Pulphead), and pretty much all of them, whether a review or … Continue reading →

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The Bengals are on the radio

Posted on 31 October 2011

[91.7 WXVU] On Sunday’s Cincinnati Edition, I had a nice conversation with Mark Perzel about my feature on the Bengals, the county, and their ruinous stadium lease. You can listen to it here.

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Wouldn’t it be great if the book industry had its own Oscars?

Posted on 30 October 2011

[The New York Times] In Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, I’ve got an essay on the short and inglorious history of the American Book Awards. Actually, it’s also a history of the short and inglorious rebranding of the National … Continue reading →

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