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Critical Commentary: But Can You Relate?

Fighting for the intellectual integrity and independence of arts reviews means demanding more analysis and less sales talk.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Editorial, Featured Tagged: arts-criticism, book-reviewing, From the Editor's Desk, Ira Glass, negative-reviews, Rebecca Mead, Relatabilty, Relatable, The New Yorker

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?

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: book-reviewing, book-reviews, Laura Miller, negative-reviews, Salon

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.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Podcast Tagged: book-reviewing, book-reviews, Books, faint-praise:-the-plight-of-book-reviewing-in-America, fiction, Gail-Pool, non-fiction, Podcast

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