Joan Baum

Joan Baum holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. A recovering academic, Ms. Baum has for decades reviewed books across numerous genres in newspapers, magazines, and radio. In addition to New York Journal of Books, current reviewing includes NPR.

Book Reviews by Joan Baum

Image of Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel
Author(s):
Carol Edgarian
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel

December 12, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Joan Baum

Alas, the promise of award-winning novelist, editor and publisher Carol Edgarian’s new novel, Three Stage of Amazement, is not realized, despite the success of her first fiction book,

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Image of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanograp hers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them
Author(s):
Donovan Hohn
Genre(s):
Science & Math

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanograp hers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them

December 7, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Joan Baum

They say it takes only the first paragraph to know if you’re in good literary hands.

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