So the awards were just given out by another literary group, the National Book Critics Circle, and one of the winners was poet Claudia Rankine. Check the web today and you'll find surprise in some corners .... why? Because award recognition and the work of a poet like Rankine don't always come together. Most writers … Continue reading And Justice for all
Category: Scott Timberg
Endangered… and necessary: A talk with Scott Timberg
No, this post isn't about the extinction of the Dodo; it could be, but it isn't. Actually, it's about another species whose situation is bad, though not as bad as the Dodo's (at least not yet): the critics/writers/various members of the contemporary arts and culture world. One of the insights prompted by reading Scott Timberg's book Culture … Continue reading Endangered… and necessary: A talk with Scott Timberg
In lament of the mid-list: coming this week
In case you didn't notice, the world that writers and other creative types inhabit has been shrinking steadily over the past [insert number here] years. For Scott Timberg, shrinkage is probably a term that's too gentle. The title of his new book makes clear how he feels about it: Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative … Continue reading In lament of the mid-list: coming this week
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