The End Of The Wolf- Critic
New York magazine|August 21–September 3, 2017

The Times after “Voice of God” Michiko Kakutani.

Boris Kachka
The End Of The Wolf- Critic

EXCEPT FOR THE FEW PEOPLE who were privy to Michiko Kakutani’s growing estrangement from her job as the country’s most powerful book critic, many readers were surprised by her July decision to take a buyout after 38 years at the New York Times. But one book publicist did have a premonition. She had emailed Kakutani about a controversial political book for the fall and hadn’t heard back with a request for an early copy. Books that break news are zealously guarded from most reporters and critics, but when Kakutani asked, you just mailed it off and bit your nails waiting for the verdict.

This story is from the August 21–September 3, 2017 edition of New York magazine.

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