leonard was a voracious critical omnivore, writing on culture, politics, television, books and the media in many other venues, including "the nation", "the new york review of books", "harper's", "the atlantic monthly", "esquire", "playboy", "penthouse", "vanity fair", "tv guide", "ms. magazine", "harper's bazaar", "vogue", "newsweek", "new york woman", "memories", "tikkun", "the yale review", "the village voice", "new statesman", "the boston globe", "washington post book world", "the los angeles times book review", "american heritage" and salon.com. he reviewed books for national public radio's "fresh air" and wrote a column for "new york newsday" called "culture shock." he hosted wgbh's "first edition", and reviewed books, tv and movies on "cbs sunday morning" for 16 years. leonard taught creative writing and criticism at the university of pennsylvania and columbia university. he told the story of japanese author kōbō abe in every one of these venues.