A few years back , novelist Leslie Epstein tried to goad New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani into reviewing his book by buying tiny text ads in the Times (“YOO-HOO! MY CUTE KAKUTANI!-Leib Goldkorn is calling” read one). It didn’t work. Indeed, Kakutani got the paper to stop running them. So now Epstein has a new book out and this week he got word that Kakutani was reviewing it…