Bill Gold­stein, the found­ing edi­tor of nytimes​.com/​books, reviews books and inter­views authors for NBC’s ​“Week­end Today in New York.” He received a PH.D in Eng­lish from City Uni­ver­si­ty of New York Grad­u­ate Cen­ter in 2010, and is the recip­i­ent of writ­ing fel­low­ships at Mac­Dow­ell, Yad­do, Ucross and else­where for his work on The World Broke in Two.