“I don’t bail on books very often—there might have been one or two in the last few years. But I’ll frequently have to review something that turns out to be a drag. What do I do? Whinge and moan. Snack. Give myself small bribes,” says parul_sehgal
Parul Sehgal. Illustration: Lauren Tamaki Parul Sehgal is a book critic at the New York Times. She’s known for her clear-eyed, razor-sharp reviews, such as her recent dissection of the controversial novel American Dirt. Before joining the Times in 2012, she was books editor for NPR. Sehgal has lived in India, Hungary, the Philippines, and Canada and now resides in Fort Greene with her daughter and husband. Here’s how she gets it done.I usually go to bed around 3 or 4 a.m.
Every week, I have a different book to review, and I typically read books I’m reviewing in one sitting, hence my mad midnight schedule. I also want to be able to reread the book and to dip into the author’s other work, which means I’m probably reading a book a day or every two days. Some weeks, it’s an author I’ve read, but there are a lot of times where I’m coming fresh to a writer or an entire discipline. I try to research for as long as I can, because then I don’t have to write.
I have my bookshelves organized in a very draconian system, alphabetically and by genre. But I write in books. I dog-ear them. I drop them in the bath. I like the way that certain really loved books show the life creeping in—like when there are little coffee rings.I don’t think about criticism in terms of authority. I think about it in terms of charm and persuasion, which anybody can possess. Your authority is in your sentences, in your lede, in how attractive your own prose is.
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