Critic’s Notebook: Rave vs. Review vs. Recommendation
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#CVG2019: Changing Role of Reviews
My first CONvergence panel of 2019. We talk about the changing role of reviews. Continue reading #CVG2019: Changing Role of Reviews
The Art of Reviewing: Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays, by Cynthia Ozick
Like Updike, Anthony Burgess, and Vladimir Nabokov, Cynthia Ozick writes reviews with lush prose, each essay a stimulant to those seeking the beautiful interplay of ideas, language, and strong opinions. Continue reading The Art of Reviewing: Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays, by Cynthia Ozick
Critical Appraisals: Disinheritance: Poems, by John Sibley Williams
“Disinheritance” is John Sibley Williams’s rumination on death and grief. Continue reading Critical Appraisals: Disinheritance: Poems, by John Sibley Williams
Critic’s Notebook: David Bowie and the Physiology of Taste
The Argument David Bowie’s recent death has closed a page on music history. On a more personal level, Bowie has been a constant in my life for decades. Beyond mere 80s nostalgia (Labyrinth) or 90s nostalgia (Lost Highway, Outside, and Earthling), Bowie has been instrumental to me personally as a taste-maker. He led me down strange avenues and provided the raw material for discovery and aesthetic experimentation. Embryo My fascinating with David Bowie began early. I can still remember the first Bowie album I bought, sometime in the Nineties. It was a CD of Tonight (1984), an album even Bowie … Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: David Bowie and the Physiology of Taste
The Art of Reviewing: Clive James
Clive James and his many books Every blog needs a large-scale project. The Art of Reviewing will explore reviewing as an art form and as a valuable element to understanding society. During this project, I will profile specific reviewers of merit. Several specific cases also explore other facets of reviewing. Clive James and the Spice Girls. A fascinating interview. Clive James has done it all. He’s a poet, wit, lyricist, TV presenter, cultural commentator, author, and memoirist. This Australian native represents the Old Guard, sharing a similar background with Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis. His critical stance may be a … Continue reading The Art of Reviewing: Clive James
The Driftless Area Review 