26: How to Write a Book Review – A Conversation with Ann Kjellberg

After serving on the editorial staff of The New York Review of Books from 1988 to 2017 and founding the literary magazine Little Star, Ann Kjellberg launched her own Substack newsletter, Book Post, which she describes as “a bite-sized, newsletter-based book review delivery service.” In this episode, Ann shares stories from her long career, and we pick her brain about book reviews—why they matter, how they’ve evolved, common beginner’s mistakes to avoid, and what it takes to write a good one—before touching on trends in the writing and publishing industries writ large.