Fighting for the intellectual integrity and independence of arts reviews means demanding more analysis and less sales talk.
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Fuse Book Commentary: A Case for Negative Book Reviews
Why does Laura Miller feel, given her belief that negative reviews are often useless, that she has to kick criticism while it is down? Why argue against the efforts of a small number of delusional reviewers in major publications who continue to speak fruitless negativity to the indifferent masses?
Critical Condition: The Book Review Blues
ArtsFuse editor Bill Marx speaks with Gail Pool, the author of Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America, about the slow decline of literary criticism in the United States.