Jim Lewis

Poster Children: Is Denis Johnson Too 'Important' to Be Ignored, However Bad His Books Get?

Poster Children: Is Denis Johnson Too 'Important' to Be Ignored, However Bad His Books Get?

Can "Important Writers" ever go wrong? The Atlantic's B.R. Myers didn't like Denis Johnson's recent novel Tree of Smoke. But, he claims, reviewers are so blinded by the critical success of Johnson's Jesus' Son that they can't take a wary eye to his new works.  read more »