Dan Barrett

I am a freelance writer who has worked for PopMatters, SparkNotes, BookPage, and Kirkus, among other publications. You can often find me teaching and tutoring in upper Manhattan. I have a degree in English from Yale and a graduate degree in education from Fordham, and I am currently at work on a Y.A. novel about being young, gay, and Catholic in Buffalo, NY.
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Charlie Cullen, Angel of Death: ‘The Good Nurse’

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 / 8 May 2013
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Vampire Sodomy in Princeton: Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘The Accursed’

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 / 28 April 2013
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‘Schroder’ Describes a Man who Is Stuck between Two Lives

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 / 27 March 2013
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A Mysterious Relationship: ‘My Brilliant Friend’

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 / 24 March 2013
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‘Coral Glynn’, Wherein Inference Speaks Volumes

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 / 7 March 2013
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A Swing and a Miss: Elizabeth Strout’s ‘The Burgess Boys’

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 / 27 February 2013
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Mama Melrose, RIP, and the Rest of Us Shall Get On with Life: Edward St. Aubyn’s ‘At Last’

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 / 5 February 2013
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Tessa Hadley Is a Master of Empathy: ‘Married Love: And Other Stories’

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 / 4 February 2013
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‘Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story’ Is a Short Account of a Too-Short Life

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 / 15 October 2012
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Tana French’s ‘Broken Harbor’ Suffers from Bad Dialogue — You Read That Right

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 / 10 September 2012
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‘Seating Arrangements’ Is Like a Shakespearean Comedy Set in 2012

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 / 14 August 2012
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Keeping the Faith: Colm Toibin’s ‘New Ways to Kill Your Mother’

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 / 16 July 2012