John Leonard

Leonard was considered one of the best literary critics in America; he was an early champion of future Nobel Prize winners Toni Morrison and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Leonard died Wednesday from complications with lung cancer.

Literary editor of The Nation and television critic for New York Magazine John Leonard (and former Fresh Air book critic). His new book is a collection of essays, "Smoke and Mirrors: Violence, Television, and other American Cultures."

Critic John Leonard reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez's collection of short stories "Strange Pilgrims."

John Leonard reviews "New York Days" (Little, Brown, & Co.) by Willie Morris.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Smilla's Sense of Snow," the new book by Danish writer Peter Hoeg.

John Leonard reviewed the new William Gibson novel, "Virtual Light" (Bantam).

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Henry James' Midnight Song" by Carol De Chellis Hill.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf," by Kathryn Davis.

Book critic John Leonard reviews, "In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead," by James Lee Burke.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The 60s" a new collection of essays and journal writings by Edmund Wilson from 1960 to 1972.