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Jerry Griswold

“Beautiful World, Where Are You”

A review of Sally Rooney’s new novel

2 min readSep 22, 2021

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“Beautiful World, Where Are You”

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Jerry Griswold

Watch Jerry Griswold’s Zoom Bedroom Book Launch

With an international crew of notable guests and laughs aplenty, Jerry Griswold’s “Behind Children’s Books” is launched

1 min readMay 19, 2020

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Watch Jerry Griswold’s Zoom Bedroom Book Launch

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Jerry Griswold

Published Today: “Behind Children’s Books”

May 15. Jerry Griswold’s new book offers “Backstories & Revelations” about classic and contemporary children’s stories

3 min readMay 14, 2020

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Published Today: “Behind Children’s Books”

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Jerry Griswold

New Book! “Behind Children’s Books”

Backstories & Revelations by Jerry Griswold

3 min readApr 18, 2020

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New Book! “Behind Children’s Books”

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Jerry Griswold

Chicago, Mike Royko

“Like a famished alley mutt, he digs away at the bone of truth”

4 min readMar 24, 2020

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Chicago, Mike Royko

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Jerry Griswold

How Penguin Books describes me

1 min readJan 22, 2020

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How Penguin Books describes me

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Jerry Griswold

The Doctor Dolittle Stories

They began with injured horses in World War I

2 min readJan 15, 2020

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The Doctor Dolittle Stories

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Jerry Griswold

Things Japanese or Jerry’s Nihonjiron

“Japan” for American writers, Zen & kids’ books, my Tokyo interview with Marcia Brown, Miyazaki, Banana Yoshimoto, Zen lit crit, more

1 min readDec 11, 2019

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Things Japanese or Jerry’s Nihonjiron

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Jerry Griswold

Mickey Mouse on his Birthday

Disney’s politics in the era of the New Deal and FDR (from the NYTimes Book Review)

5 min readNov 17, 2019

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Mickey Mouse on his Birthday

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Jerry Griswold

Halloween & Día de los Muertos

Food and the dead, Irish begging door-to-door, Tim Burton’s “Nightmare Before Christmas,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

4 min readOct 29, 2019

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Halloween & Día de los Muertos

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Jerry Griswold

Jerry Griswold

Writer/critic/professor/journalist: children’s literature, culture, film, travel. Seven books, 100's of essays in NY&LA Times.

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