James Traub

James Traub is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He is currently writing a book about Times Square. (February 2002)

From the Review

February 14, 2002: The Land of the Naked Cowboy*

Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon by Lynne B. Sagalyn

October 4, 2001: Judgment Day*

A Trial by Jury by D. Graham Burnett

A Cold Case by Philip Gourevitch

September 20, 2001: Malcolm X's Brother (letter)

August 9, 2001: Lost Children: An Exchange

May 17, 2001: Bleak House*

The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care Nina Bernstein

April 12, 2001: Excelsior!*

Hillary's Turn: Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate Campaign Michael Tomasky

December 21, 2000: Golden Boy*

The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire by Gwenda Blair

October 19, 2000: The Desert Prince*

Rudy! An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani by Wayne Barrett, with Adam Fifield

Rudy Giuliani: Emperor of the City by Andrew Kirtzman

June 29, 2000: The Worst Place on Earth*

Books by James Traub

City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College (1994)
Too Good to Be True: The Outlandish Story of Wedtech (1990)