Talk:Parul Sehgal

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Nationality removed[edit]

What does "Balakian" mean ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.66.119.37 (talk) 00:58, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Any citations for her nationality? I have removed it for now until a cite can be provided. Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 19:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

in this interview sehgal says she was born outside of D.C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.99.239.36 (talk) 23:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that makes her American. I think there is more than one cite for birthplace. Parkwells (talk) 20:39, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chief book critic[edit]

According to Vanity Fair:

A new chief book critic has not been appointed, but the Times announced that Parul Sehgal, a senior editor and columnist at the Sunday book review, will join the paper's team of book critics.

-- GreenC 21:13, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New York Times Book Review editor start date[edit]

Compare these two links, the by-line at the end:

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/books/review/by-blood-a-novel-by-ellen-ullman.html -> "Parul Sehgal is books editor at NPR.org"
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/books/review/our-lady-of-alice-bhatti-by-mohammed-hanif.html -> "Parul Sehgal is an editor at the Book Review"

Sometime between February and June 2013, her by-line changed to the NYTBR. -- GreenC 04:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]