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Fuse Book Review: Cynthia Ozick — The Value of “Exaggerated Contempt”

July 20, 2016
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For Cynthia Ozick, critics connect the dots; they inform us about what kind of culture we’re living in.

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Book Review: Critic and Poet Clive James—Reading and Writing Until the Lights Go Out

October 14, 2015
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Clive James gets the most out of whatever’s on the page and isn’t shy about making larger connections.

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Arts Criticism Commentary: In Defense of Negative Book Reviews

August 14, 2007
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“Criticism will always have the force of the child in the story about the emperor’s new clothes, because there will always be naked emperors who everybody says are wearing today’s Crown Jewels.” — Eric Bentley

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