Topic: Rebecca Goldstein

Characters in search of a soul

Anyone who has read Rebecca Goldstein knows her remarkable knack for combining abstract philosophical ideas with the all-too-concrete dramas of everyday life.. Seltzer's "boyish" looks can't help but conjure images of psychologist Steven Pinker, Goldstein's other half. " For while ...

Science in Fiction special

Essay by Rebecca Goldstein Review: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers. Review: A Certain Ambiguity by Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal. Miniblogs: Jeff Hecht and Michael Brooks on writing novels.

Editorial: The power of fiction

Perhaps you are a closet reader of crime thrillers or Harry Potter. We take worthy tomes on vacation, only to sneakily open up a Henry James or a Dan Brown when we get down to the beach. Why would Rebecca Goldstein, the ...

Fiction special

Essay by Rebecca Goldstein Review: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers. Review: A Certain Ambiguity by Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal. Miniblogs: Jeff Hecht and Michael Brooks on writing novels.