A long long thread in the Gazebo archives called Criticism of criticism. Lots of things I’d love to excerpt and highlight, but it’s late. Check it out.
Archive for December, 2006
Criticism of criticism
Posted in critiquing on December 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Posted in reviewing on December 8, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The New York Times asks the question and spends a lot of energy putting together a critique of influential critics in the fields of Art, Books, Dance, Film, Food, Music, Music: Classical and Theater.
Any field missing, you think?
Some interesting generic meditations on the role and influence of the critic and if you are hungry for [...]
Amateur web reviewing again
Posted in reviewing on December 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Baroque In Hackney comments on the recent hoo-hah involving online reviewing and the importance of literary criticism. She makes some important distinctions. Worth reading.
Seals!
Posted in whale review on December 3, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Looking today at Imagining Seals by Susanna Roxman.
Seals are one of the many other things I’m a sucker for. At least, seals as more-than-seals. The Selkie-folk, you know.
I came therefore very disposed to like this one, but ended up rather disappointed. The first three strophes are the best part – starting out with that watch-out-what-gets-into-your-mind [...]