"White Teeth author Zadie Smith has been tapped to replace Benjamin Moser as the writer of the Harper's 'New Books' column, the magazine announced this afternoon. Moser will continue on as a contributing editor. Smith, meanwhile, also recently started teaching writing classes at NYU."
Still haven't gotten around to reading White Teeth. Or, for that matter, her slim little book, On Beauty, I think it was, that came out a couple years back. I have seen some odds and ends of hers from the NYRB. She once wrote an absolutely stunning appreciation for Katharine Hepburn in the Guardian, my favorite actress of all time.
Like most magazines, Harper's is pretty moribund. Maybe she'll liven the place up. I am sure she'll have some followers at NYU, especially of the amorous kind..
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