Ray Suarez interviewed Harold Bloom about Harry Potter in 2000: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/conversation/july-dec00/bloom_8–29.html. His comments on the only American writers that “deserve our praise” appeared in the Boston Globe on September 24, 2003: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/09/24/dumbing_down_ american_readers/. His How to Read and
