But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover extraordinaire, points out, while Fitzgerald's masterpiece may be one of the most popular novels in America, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power. in English from Fordham University.The 'Fresh Air' book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby - 'The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't.'Ĭonceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in the social criticism of Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin and William Morris, and her B.A. She recently wrote and filmed “Banned and Burned Books,” a 24-lecture course scheduled for release by Great Courses/Wondrium in March 2023.Ĭorrigan received her Ph.D. She is the author of the memoir Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading, and So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures. She served as a curator and continues to serve as an Advisory Board member and video exhibit guide for the American Writers Museum in Chicago, advisor to the National Endowment for the Arts’ ”Big Read” Project, and on The Usage Panel of The American Heritage Dictionary. A regular contributor for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, Corrigan is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism in the Department of English at Georgetown University, Corrigan opens Chautauqua’s week on “A Life of Literature” with a discussion at the nexus of the classic and the contemporary, framing a week of discussions by tracing literary trends and examining the current state of literature.Ĭorrigan is an associate editor of and contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers, which won the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism, presented by the Mystery Writers of America the winner of the 2018 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, from the National Book Critics Circle a juror and panel head for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for two consecutive years and was a juror for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. One of America’s most respected book critics with a distinctive voice at once incisive and accessible, Maureen Corrigan has been the weekly book critic on NPR’s Peabody Award-winning “Fresh Air” for more than 30 years. Mystic Heart Interspiritual Meditation ProgramĪmphitheater and CHQ Assembly | $30 | How To Access This Event Week Six (July 29–August 5).

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So We Read On by Maureen Corrigan