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Lucky George A hugely entertaining oral history of the journalist and literary celebrity George Plimpton. The Joy of English A usage book from Roy Blount Jr. delights in language, ?sonicky? and otherwise. The Presidency That Roared Jon Meacham, the editor of Newsweek, discerns a democratic dignity in the seventh president?s populism. On Poetry: Love, Your Ted Ted Hughes?s letters are both an illuminating aesthetic record of a major poet and an opportunity to discuss the ­decades-long hoo-ha brought about by his relationship with Sylvia Plath. No Heroes A. B. Yehoshua?s novel wrestles with the complexities of Israeli identity. In His Own Write A novel about a working-class boyhood in Glasgow, told in Scots English. Bumpy Ride A study of all the criticism that has been directed against the car, and why none of it has seemed to matter. The Shrinking Woman Sylvia Brownrigg?s protagonist is a therapist with her own issues. The Exile?s Palette A biography of Marc Chagall explores his impulses, his art and his complicated relationship with Russia. Heavy Reading A critical look at the Great Books and what they have wrought. The Seven-Day Itch Susan Cheever discusses sex addiction ? her own in particular. Crime: If Austen Wrote E-Mail New crime fiction by Reginald Hill, Jeffery Deaver, Christopher Fowler and Pablo De Santis ? as well as the collection ?Paris Noir.? Fiction Chronicle New novels by Céline Curiol, Michel Jouvet, Nicholas Drayson, Andreï Makine and Attila Bartis. Letters: Does Not Compute To the Editor:. Letters: The Bishop-Lowell Letters To the Editor:. Letters: Derange, or Re-Arrange To the Editor:. Letters: The Epicure?s Dissent To the Editor:. Essay: Enough With the Sweet Talk Forget unfair negative reviews. The real problem is the unfair positive ones. Archive: Book Review Podcast This week: Vanity Fair?s Graydon Carter on George Plimpton; Motoko Rich with Notes from the Field; Roy Blount Jr. on language; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. Up Front No stranger to the tonier precincts of Manhattan literary life, Graydon Carter is nonetheless an outsider of sorts ? a Canadian, born in Toronto.