Lev Grossman was the literary critic at TIME Magazine for 15 years, a finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and sat on the board of the National Book Critics Circle for six years. The acclaimed author of seven novels, including the best-selling The Magicians series will discuss how to contribute to literary culture through good quality reviewing. He will also reevaluate the role of the critic in a digital Prime Achievement Margaret is of story series. fun, world, where millions of responses to books are published online. Do reviews by ‘professional’ critics still matter? And if so why?