Ballanchine: The Ballet Maker (2004) (Atlas Books/Harper Collins) Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (2010) (Yale University Press) Lives and Letters (2011) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens (2012) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Avid Reader: A Life (2016) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others (2018) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Garbo (2021) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Other nonfiction References Further reading Booklist October 15, 1996, Bonnie Smothers, review of Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now, p. 395 November 1, 2008, Donna Seaman, review of Reading Dance: A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras, p. 20 May 1, 2011, Donna Seaman, review of Lives and Letters, p. 54. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries May 2001, Review J. Farrington, review of Reading Lyrics, p. 1604 May 2005, S. E. Friedler, review of George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker, p. 1600 April 2009, T. K. Hagood, review of Reading Dance, p. 1511 April 2011, D. B. Wilmeth, review of Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt, p. 1485 Commonweal, March 28, 1997, Frank McConnell, review of Reading Jazz, p. 23 Interview, December 1996, Ingrid Sischy, "Jazz Writ Large," pp. 34–36 Library Journal September 15, 1991, Lesley Jorbin, review of The Journals of John Cheever, p. 76 November 1, 1996, Michael Colby, review of Reading Jazz, p. 70 August 2000, Barry Zaslow, review of Reading Lyrics, p. 107 October 1, 2008, Barbara Kundanis, review of Reading Dance, p. 72 June 1, 2011, David Keymer, review of Lives and Letters, p. 98 New York Times July 1, 1992, Deirdre Carmody, "Tina Brown to Take Over at The New Yorker" December 9, 1992, Eric Pace, "William Shawn, 85, Is Dead" New York Times Book Review December 22, 1996, Peter Keepnews, review of Reading Jazz September 17, 2010, Emma Brockes, review of Sarah The Observer (London, England), October 24, 2010, Olivia Laing, review of Sarah The Telegraph (London, England), October 22, 2010, Claudia FitzHerbert, review of Sarah. External links Gottlieb's author page and archive 1931 births Living people American magazine editors Columbia College (New York) alumni American dance critics American male journalists Jewish American writers The New Yorker people The New Yorker editors Journalists from New York City Catch-22 21st-century American Jews