Posts Tagged ‘criticism’
Matters of Taste
A work of literature and a bottle of wine require similar skills of their respective critics
Read MoreLetters and Comments on My Writing
A selection
Read MoreWriting Without Worry
Mother-in-Law Studies
In which she finds fault and expects dinner
Read MoreCritical But Kind
The importance of civility in reviewing
Read MoreLetter to Posterity
A passion for philosophy led me to my first career, and a passion for art led me to a second, as a critic
Read MoreHis Hour Upon the Stage
As a lifelong reader of Shakespeare’s plays, Lincoln had reservations about how they were presented
Read MoreFull Bloom
A critic offers his final thoughts
Read MoreRemembering John Updike
A critic and his decades-long correspondence with one of America’s best “freelance writers”
Read MoreThe Potency of Breathless
At 50, Godard’s film still asks how something this bad can be so good
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