Joan Shelley Rubin

CriticIsm Commentary: The Welcome Buccaneers of Arts Criticism

“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

Athar January 18, 2022 at 3:56 pm on Poetry Review: Writer Alain Mabanckou — Taking Life Both to Heart and in StrideThank you for your incisive comments on BEST AMERICAN POETRY OF 2021 which I have been plowing through and finding...
Peter Power January 18, 2022 at 1:14 pm on Music Remembrance: Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (1953-2021)I absolutely love OFSE, it really captures the intimacy that Nanci could bring to her stage performances. I thankfully had...
William Sr January 17, 2022 at 4:35 pm on Arts Remembrance: The Late Joe Cook and His Chance to Record “The Twist”Little Joe Cook was a dear close personal friend he was the greatest person I knew. I have many many...
Dean M Kuehn January 17, 2022 at 1:23 pm on Arts Remembrance: Film Critic Michael Wilmington — A MemoryI knew Michael too but as part of The Next Generation (1975-83). There's a lot more to tell as the...
Eric Mankin January 16, 2022 at 9:19 pm on Arts Remembrance: Film Critic Michael Wilmington — A MemoryKnew him in Madison when I was also a Cardinal critic. Glad I did: he was unique.

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