Book Review: 'The Time of Our Singing'

Fresh Air | By Maureen Corrigan

Published January 29, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “The Time of Our Singing” by Richard Powers.

Maureen Corrigan

Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is an associate editor of and contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers (Scribner) and the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism, presented by the Mystery Writers of America. In 2019, Corrigan was awarded the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing by the National Book Critics Circle.

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