Richard Yates

My NY: 20 Questions For Author Tao Lin

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 08.31.2011

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Age: 27 Current Gig: I honestly don't know, maybe "author." [Follow Tao on twitter here, and buy his latest book RICHARD YATES here]. Neighborh...

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On Really Bad Book Blurbs

themillions.com | Posted 08.21.2011

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Richard Yates’s The Easter Parade (1976) is a great book by a great writer; on this many agree. Having just read it, I’ll join the chorus. ...

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Great American Novelist

The Stranger | Tao Lin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lin isn't the richest or most famous living American human, but you could argue--I would argue--that he is one of the most nonjudgmental (for years he...

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Tao Lin's Richard Yates: A Review and Interview

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Caitlin Colford

Haley Joel Osment and Dakota Fanning are the two main characters in Tao Lin's second novel, Richard Yates, which hits bookstores today.

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Revolutionary Road, A Beautiful Mind and Truthfulness

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce E. Levine

Sam Mendes and Michael Shannon remind us that people who are diagnosed with seriously mental illness can, when feeling respected, say profound things and should be taken seriously.

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Down That Revolutionary Road Towards Many Award Accolades

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Balfour

In Revolutionary Road, audiences see the destruction of a relationship never really fated to be, somewhat thrown together by expectations they have for each other but are never realized.

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Revolutionary Road's Not So Revolutionary: But Thanks to Leo and Kate, It's Worth the Watch

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

Revolutionary Road plods ever forward to the final fade out, but it still encompasses some wonderful moments and makes us look forward to the next pairing of Leo and Kate.

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