- New York Magazine · December 6, 2009
When Lit Blew into Bits
Sam Anderson on the decline of the mega-novel in the aughts, includes discussion of The Last Samurai - Steve Dodson of Languagehat.com August 15, 2003
- Time Magazine · Monday, Feb. 19, 2001
Time 100: The Next Wave
Crafting a New Tower of Babel
Elizabeth Gleick - New York Review of Books, Volume 48, Number 14 · September 20, 2001
Boy Wonder
Daniel Mendelsohn
- Books Of The Times · December 11, 2000
Mother and Son on an Intellectual Quest
Janet Maslin - Time Magazine · December 4, 2000
The Burdens Of Genius
Elizabeth Gleick - The New Yorker · October 30, 2000
The Kurosawa Kid
A. S. Byatt