James Wood | |
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| Born | 1 November 1965 Durham, County Durham, England |
| Occupation | Literary critic |
| Education | Chorister School, Durham |
| Alma mater | Eton College Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Notable awards | Young Journalist of the Year Berlin Prize Fellowship |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
James Douglas Graham Wood (born 1 November 1965)[1] is an English[a] literary critic, essayist and novelist.
Wood was The Guardian's chief literary critic between 1992 and 1995. He was a senior editor at The New Republic between 1995 and 2007. As of 2014[update], he is Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism at Harvard University[2] and a staff writer at The New Yorker.