Nicholson Baker

Nicholson Baker’s new book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, will be published this month. (March 2008)

From the Review

March 20, 2008: The Charms of Wikipedia

Wikipedia: The Missing Manual by John Broughton

August 11, 1994: Leading with the Grumper

Historical Dictionary of American Slang (Volume I, A-G) edited by J.E. Lighter

November 4, 1993: Survival of the Fittest

Pause and Effect: An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West by M. B. Parkes

Books by Nicholson Baker

The Everlasting Story of Nory: A Novel (1998)
The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber (1996)
The Fermata (1994)
Vox: A Novel (1992)
U and I: A True Story (1991)
Room Temperature: A Novel (1990)
The Mezzanine: A Novel (1988)