Joel Lovell, deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine.

Show notes:

@lovelljoel

Lovell's New York Times archive

Lovell's GQ archive

Lovell's This American Life archive

[2:00] "George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year" (Joel Lovell • New York Times Magazine • 2013)

[8:20] "The Semplica-Girl Diaries" (George Saunders • New Yorker • 2012)

[12:40] George Saunders on respect

[12:55] Twitter response to Lovell's profile of George Saunders

[14:50] The first time Lovell read Saunders

[19:40] Writer Paul Tough

[23:35] Saturday Night magazine

[25:00] GQ conversation between Lovell and John Jeremiah Sullivan

[27:45] "Upon This Rock" (John Jeremiah Sullivan • GQ • 2004)

[34:40] The New York Observer on Lovell's "Men + Money" column for GQ

[35:30] Lovell on money advisors (The Washington Post • 2009)

[42:30] "The Upside of the Downside" (Joel Lovell • New York • 2008)

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