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Nicholson Baker talked about Project Baseless, a secret 1950s Air Force program to develop chemical and biological weapons, and the challenges faced by researchers trying to uncover governme…

Pamela Paul, Nicholson Baker, Walter Mosley, Ann Patchett, and Francine Prose talked about Ms. Paul’s anthology, By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Ti…

Nicholson Baker talked about his book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, which is a collection of previously published news items from the 1930s and 1940s…

A panel of fellow writers and friends talked about two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike, who died on January 27, 2009, at the age of 76. Authors Nicholson Baker, who wrote a…

Nicholson Baker talked about a book he co-wrote, The World on Sunday: Graphic Art in Joseph Pulitzer’s Newspaper (1898-1911), published by Bulfinch. The book was co-written with his wife, Ma…

Nicholson Baker was interviewed about a book he co-wrote, The World on Sunday: Graphic Art in Joseph Pulitzer’s Newspaper (1898-1911), published by Bulfinch. The book was co-written with hi…

Mr. Baker discussed his book Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, published by Random House. He explained that the term “double fold” describes a method used by librarians to det…

From the Tishman Auditorium at New York University Law School, Elizabeth Taylor, president of the National Book Critics Circle, hosts the ceremony honoring the 2001 book award recipients. Th…