Saturday, August 18, 2012

A Critic’s Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/magazine/a-critic-makes-the-case-for-critics.html?_r=2

Erica Jong recalled that Paul Theroux, while reviewing her novel "Fear
of Flying," referred to her as a "mammoth pudenda." (Actually he was
referring to the novel's main character.) She replied: "Since Mr.
Theroux has no personal acquaintance with the organ in question, I
cannot help but wonder whether some anxieties about his own anatomy
were at the root (as it were) of his review."
---SPSmith

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