Alexander Sorondo

Author Archive

  • Mar 27, 2026
    A portrait of the artist in 1986 finds him at Woods Gramercy, an upscale restaurant in what the New York Times is calling “the year of the column in restaurant...
  • Feb 26, 2026
    1. Michael Silverblatt, who died on Valentine’s Day, was the greatest literary influence of my life. He hosted Bookworm, a radio show out of KCRW Santa Monica, for 30...
  • Feb 9, 2026
    John Updike wrote and published constantly for 40 years. More than 70 titles. Thousands of articles. Mostly for The New Yorker. He sold millions of books and...