Media Attention and Reviews
Narechania, Apurva. Gottschall’s Problem. The Common Review, Winter
2010.
(My
Letter to the Editor of Common Review)
Cohen, Patricia The Next Big Thing in
English. The New York Times, March 31,
2010
Austin,
Michael. "A trumpet with an
uncertain (but compelling) sound." A review
of Jonathan Gottschall, Literature, Science, and a New Humanities. Evolutionary Psychology
7 (2009).
(Please
read my response to
Shetty,
P. "Novels
help to uphold the social order." New
Scientist Magazine, January
2009.
(this
story was also covered in The Atlantic
Monthly and in newspapers around the world, like The Guardian, The Telegraph,
and the Times of
Peterson,
Britt. Darwin to the
Rescue.
Chronicle of
Higher Education. 1 August 2008, B7-9.
(NB: This article included
multiple errors and distortions, a few of which are described in letters to the
editor submitted by Brian
Boyd and by Joseph
Carroll and Jonathan Gottschall—the letters were
published in the Sept. 5, 2008 edition of The
Chronicle)
Fox,
Robin. Demonic Males
and Missing Daughters—A Review of The Rape of Troy. Evolutionary Psychology 6,
2008.
Barash,
David. Review of The Rape of Troy. American Journal of Human Biology, 3
September 2008. (review runs on pages 5-6)
Hsu,
Jeremy. The
Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn. Scientific
American Mind, 18 September 2008.
Czarnecki,
Mark. The Other
Darwin.
The Walrus Magazine. September 2008.
Reily,
Michael. An Alternative Reading of Literature.
New Scientist. 10 November 2007.
Whitfield,
John. 2006. Textual Selection. Nature.
439:388-389.
Max,
Daniel. 2005. The Literary Darwinists. New York Times Magazine.
November 6, PP. 74-81.
Leonard,
Jennifer. 2006. Shakespeare Meets the Selfish Gene. Q&A in Seed Magazine
(Feb/March 2006, 34-35)
Fromm,
Harold. 2006. Reading with Selection in Mind. Review in Science 311:
612-613 (3 February 2006).
Goldstein,
Rebecca. A Cross-Cultural Relationship. Review of Literary Animal in
Nature 441: 160 (11 May 2006).
Ross,
John, MD. 2006. Review of Literary Animal. The Journal of The American Medical Association 295 (March 22/29).
Pinker,
Steven. 2007. Toward a Consilient Study of
Literature. A Review of The Literary Animal. Philosophy and Literature 31:
162-178.
Allemang,
John. Harry Potter, meet Charles Darwin. The Globe and Mail.
August 11, 2007.
Podcast
of Interview on Literary Animal on Australian "NPR," Counterpoint with Michael Duffy. (LA interview in final 15 mins of show)
MacIntyre,
Ben. Last Word. The
Times. Jan 7, 2006. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-1971881,00.html
Michelson,
David. 2005. The Evolution of Literature: A Review of The Literary Animal. Skeptic Magazine.
12 (1):87-90.
Hovarth,
Tim. 2005. By Sextants and Stars: The Propitious Voyage of The
Literary Animal.
Human Nature Daily Review 5: 99-107.
Gillespie,
Nick. 2005. When
Morrissey,
Thomas. Review of The
Literary Animal
(Preprint). Science Fiction Research Association Review 277
(2006): 7-8.
Walker,
Matt. 2001. Insult to Injury. New Scientist.
June 21. Pp.10-11.
Attention in Non-English Media
Conde, Miguel. "Darwinismo Literario." Page 1, Page 2. El Globo. December
30, 2006.
Frank, Lone. Med Darwins Laesibriller. Weekendavisen
November 15, 2007.
Discussion
of The Literary Animal on Swedish "NPR" (open with real player; knowledge of
Swedish required)
A. C. Lindberg. "Darwin blander sig i litteraturen.” Berlingske Tidende 14. November 2005, 2 sektion, magasin, side 2
Matthias Glaubrecht. "Kampf um Troja." Der Tagesspiegel