Selected Essays

Goldstein R. Five Best Novels of Ideas. Wall Street Journal. 2010. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. What's In a Name?. In: Bryson B Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society. London: HarperPress ; 2010.

Goldstein R. On the Seventh Day (review of Judith Shulevitz's "The Sabbath World"). New York Times Book Review. 2010. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Theory, Literature, Hoax. New York Times Book Review . 2010. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Does Moral Action Depend on Reasoning? Yes and no, happily. In: Big Questions Essay Series. John Templeton Foundation ; 2010.

Goldstein R. Love, Tough and Not: I.J. Singer’s "The Brothers Ashkanazi". The Book, The New Republic online. 2010. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Hearts Full of Sorrow (Review of Nicole Krauss's "Great House"). New York Times Book Review. 2010. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. When Clarity Isn't a Virtue. Wall Street Journal. 2010. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. A Kibitz on Pure Reason (dialogue with Michael Weiss). Jewcy. 2007. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Review of Saul Bellow’s “Novels 1956-1964”. Los Angeles Times. 2007. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Why I’ve Learned to Love the Novel. New Scientist. 2007.

Goldstein R. Review of Mark Lilla's “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West”. New York Times. 2007. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Proud Atheists (Interview with Steven Pinker). Salon. 2007. Publisher's Version

Goldstein R. Consciousness is a brain process. In: Brockman J What we believe but cannot prove: Today’s leading thinkers on science in the age of certainty. New York: Free Press ; 2006.

Goldstein R. Review of “The Literary Animal” Gottschall J, Wilson DS. Nature. 2006;April.