Russell Baker Summary

Russell Baker (born 1925) was one of the most distinguished practitioners of the personal-political essay in the English language.Russell Baker was born in rural Morrisonville, Virginia on August 14, ... Read more

Critical Essay by Virginia Kirkus' Service Russell Baker, a New York Times Washington correspondent, gets a lot off his chest [in An American in Washington] writing about Washington as a triba... Read more

Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews "Observer" columns from Russell Baker are the perfect light-beer chasers for the hard-stuff of daily news—but few of the short pieces in this ple... Read more

Critical Essay by Mary Lee Settle What do you say about a memoir that has made you cry, made you laugh, brought back streets, sounds and hours of your own growing up and helped you look at them with ... Read more

Critical Essay by Joe Mysak [In Growing Up] Russell Baker, the New York Times "Observer" columnist, turns his talent to autobiography. The results are as happy as his fellow Baltimorean... Read more

Critical Essay by Publishers Weekly As expected, nothing is immune to Baker's unique comedic observations—the MX missile ("Merrily We Pentagon"), New Yorkers' dogs ... Read more

Critical Essay by William H. Stringer The only thing worrisome about [An American in Washington, a] wild Lord Bryce's guide on how Washington's denizens behave, is that someone may rega... Read more

Critical Essay by John Martin Russell Baker is perhaps the funniest newspaper columnist there is, and, after Murray Kempton, the finest stylist in contemporary journalism. Regrettably, his lyrical an... Read more

Critical Essay by Virginia Kirkus' Service Baker's squibs and brief forays have an uncommon ability to touch the center of our private perceptions. His subject [in All Things Considered... Read more

Critical Essay by Erwin D. Canham For a journalist there's nothing, so to speak, like getting ahead of the news. So [in Our Next President] Russell Baker has written the story of the 1968 pres... Read more