Talk:Ira Nadel

The NY Times reference on David Mamet bio
The relevant part is: Any biographer trying to make sense of such a far-flung body of work faces a difficult task — one made more urgent when the subject happens to be the greatest American playwright of his generation. First to attempt the feat is Ira Nadel, a professor of English at the University of British Columbia, who has also written books on Tom Stoppard, Leonard Cohen and James Joyce.

Note that creating an account to access NY Times is free and largely trivial. As a secondary source, the NY Times Book Review is highly credible, hence I am leaving the locked link in. Churn and change (talk) 19:00, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

The NY Times reference on Sir Tom Stoppard's comments
And Sir Tom Stoppard recently sounded off against the Ira somebody who, uninvited, is writing his life. Sir Tom might be reassured to hear that the view of the biographer in question, Prof. Ira Nadel of the University of British Columbia, is that there is ''no need to be buddy-buddy with your subject but an appreciation of the work or accomplishment is pretty basic. Otherwise, why bother?''

The para starts with "Biography is a touchy subject these days . . ." and the rest of the article doesn't mention Nadel. Churn and change (talk) 19:20, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

The "Topless in Tahiti" NY Times article
The only part we are interested in is that Nadel edited it and wrote the introduction. The article is pretty hard on the book (just under the title, in italics it says: Wilkie Collins's first novel never saw the light of day. Here's why, but praises Nadel (though I haven't included the praise part in the article):

The present edition is superbly edited by the distinguished scholar Ira B. Nadel, who also offers a sensible introduction laying out the best case that can be made for the novel -- maybe a better case than should be made.

Churn and change (talk) 19:27, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Lower casing
Please put titles of journals and books in capital letters.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:14, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Churn and change (talk) 19:45, 11 August 2012 (UTC)