Michiko Kakutani (ミチコ・カクタニ, 角谷 美智子, born January 9, 1955) is an American writer and retired literary critic, best known for reviewing books for The New...
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Japanese politician Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子), a Japanese writer Michiko Itatani (born 1948), Japanese artist Michiko Kakutani (角谷 美智子), an American...
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Massachusetts. Kakutani was married to Keiko ("Kay") Uchida, who was a sister to author Yoshiko Uchida. His daughter, Michiko Kakutani, is a Pulitzer...
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Kakutani is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Michiko Kakutani (born 1955), Japanese-American Pulitzer Prize-winning critic...
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to Michiko Kakutani, some aspects of the novel reflect Nietzsche's model of Apollonian and Dionysian expression in The Birth of Tragedy. Kakutani, writing...
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on—while praising Crocodile Dundee, E.T. and Terminator 2". Similarly, Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times writes, "Mr. Booker evaluates works of art on...
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Ministry to Man, was published in 1959, one year before Mockingbird." Michiko Kakutani made note of the changes between the two versions: "Some plot points...
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of Diana, Princess of Wales. The book was panned by critics, with Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times calling it "tawdry and tiresome". Katha Pollitt...
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expands upon Rice's vampire mythology, and The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani noted, "We learn lots of 'facts' about vampires and vampire culture...
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regarding the last part of the book". In The New York Times, critic Michiko Kakutani called Amsterdam "a dark tour de force, a morality fable, disguised...
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established herself as a prominent writer on Californian culture. As critic Michiko Kakutani stated, "California belongs to Joan Didion." The title of the book...
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conversations, moderated by Ignatius, between Brzezinski and Scowcroft. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times named it one of the ten best books of 2008. Ignatius...
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Role"[permanent dead link], soapoperadigest.com; accessed September 24, 2017. Michiko Kakutani, "Stage: 5 of the 'Best' Short Works at the Nat Horne", The New York...
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to the United States. Despite its scope, it is according to critic Michiko Kakutani, "somehow, acutely personal." The book sold well (15,000 copies in...
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1997 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction. In The New York Times, critic Michiko Kakutani called the work “dazzling ... a book that forces us to reassess the...
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selected from several thousand entrants as the author of the new novel. Michiko Kakutani, writing in The New York Times, called it "a solid enough performance:...
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languages including Spanish, Chinese and Hebrew. In The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani praised the book as "an insightful and beautifully written… a series...
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Trump has no specific political stances. The New York Times reporter Michiko Kakutani criticized Trump for boasting about his business ventures while offering...
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and called Tartt "an amazingly good writer". In The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani pointed out what she saw as the novel's Dickensian elements, writing...
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Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton. Michiko Kakutani, reviewing it, wrote "while Anne Sexton often comes across as a truly...
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been a much lesser book." Reviewing Jarhead for The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani said the book combined "the black humor of Catch-22 with the savagery...
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the storm, which could — with no justification — shatter my body." Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times wrote that the phrasing of his comments on 9/11...
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that rich and stupid and narcissistic!'". (The article states, "When Michiko Kakutani first reviewed Less Than Zero in The New York Times in June of 1985...
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review: "The Case that the President's Reach Exceeds His Grasp", by Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times (September 25, 2007) Articles that won the Pulitzer...
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January 2020. Kakutani, Michiko (3 November 1992). "'Black Dogs'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 January 2020. Michiko Kakutani, "How a Family...
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mainstream appeal. In a generally favorable review, The New York Times' Michiko Kakutani called it "Pynchon Lite", describing it as "a simple shaggy-dog detective...
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Kelly for The Scotsman called it "unequivocally a masterpiece." Critic Michiko Kakutani, reviewing Bleeding Edge for The New York Times, called it "Pynchon...
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the Anglo-Protestants whose culture Huntington wants to celebrate." Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times further criticized it as "recycling arguments...
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win both awards in a single year. The book was well-reviewed, with Michiko Kakutani writing in The New York Times that "Mr. Ford has galvanized his reputation...
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being "rave" and two being "positive". Writing in The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani called the book "powerful", but said the social allegories were at...
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