1. a book reviewer for 'The Guardian'

2. Risa Nichols of Alated Bibliophile Book Blogger + Book Reviewer Book blogger and reviewer--particularly in the romance genre

3. Dirda is a regular book reviewer for Style and the author, most recently, of “Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living With Books.” Read more: Michael Dirda’s ‘Browsings

4. The second part of the novel deals with what book reviewer Harding LeMay termed "the spirit-corroding shame of the civilized white Southerner in the treatment of the Negro".